ELMONT, N.Y. - The day before trainer Bobby Frankel won the third leg of Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown with Empire Maker, a good-looking 3-year-old filly arrived in his barn from Kentucky.

Little did Frankel know then that Spoken Fur would give him an opportunity to still win a triple crown in 2003.

In a virtual repeat of her performance in last month's Mother Goose, Spoken Fur took command at the quarter pole and drew off to a 3 1/2-length victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks before 8,867 at Belmont Park.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. - They are ex-claimers, but the two graded stakes winners in the fifth annual Claiming Crown proved they were in a different class Saturday at Canterbury Park.

Pioneer Boy won the deepest race in the six-race Claiming Crown series, the Rapid Transit, by putting his superior speed to maximum use and finishing 2 1/2 lengths clear of the other graded winner, Debonair Joe.

"This horse ran really hard," jockey Rick Wilson said after Pioneer Boy finished the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.47 over a fast track. The winner returned $6.80.

STANTON, Del. - A filly whose only previous win came at Sunland Park and a jockey who's not even among the top 10 riders at his home track in California stole the show from the supposed stars in Saturday's Delaware Oaks.

Island Fashion ($20.20) and her jockey, Iggy Puglisi, demolished a good field of 3-year-old fillies to win the Grade 3, $500,000 Oaks by a surprising 6 1/2 lengths. Her time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:44.20.

Awesome Humor, the even-money favorite, was a distant second. Previously unbeaten Sue's Good News finished sixth.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Perfect Moon, who broke his maiden in a $40,000 claiming race in May, pulled an upset in Saturday's $102,500 Hollywood Juvenile Championship at Hollywood Park.

Ruler's Court, the 1-5 favorite, finished a well-beaten third in a field of five.

Ridden by Patrick Valenzuela, Perfect Moon raced along the rail on the backstretch of the six-furlong race, tracking pacesetter Blairs Roarin Star through an opening quarter-mile in 22.23 seconds.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - The well-traveled Stylish made her visit to Monmouth Park a winning one as she rallied Saturday afternoon to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Eatontown Handicap.

Stylish, high weight in the field at 118 pounds, has run at seven different tracks in her last seven outings. She seems none the worse for the travel, having won the Lady Canterbury Breeders' Cup Stakes and the Eatontown in her last two starts.

Perfect Drift continued his ascent within the North American handicap ranks when he easily defeated four rivals Saturday in the Grade 2, $400,000 at Arlington Park.

With jockey Pat Day never asking the 4-year-old gelding for his best, Perfect Drift was ridden out to a five-length victory in the 1 3/16-mile race over the longest shot in the field, Aeneas (31-1). Perfect Drift returned $3.20 as a huge favorite after finishing in 1:55.49 over a fast main track. The 5-1 exacta paid $34.60.

MIAMI - Stormy Frolic, whose form had tailed off a bit following a decisive victory in the Calder Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap during the opening weekend of this meet, proved she's back on top of her game with a 1 3/4-length victory over 3-5 favorite Redoubled Miss in the Nancy's Glitter Handicap on Saturday at Calder.

Stormy Frolic raced out of her element in each of her last two starts, finishing eighth against the boys in the Dartsum Stakes and seventh over the turf in the Mia's Hope Stakes.

Soto's long-awaited return to the races Saturday turned out to be little more than a public workout.

Facing just four opponents after two horses were scratched, the 3-year-old Soto remained undefeated with an easy 3 3/4-length win in an allowance sprint race at Philadelphia Park.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Mysterious Affair won Saturday's $140,000 Rainbow Connection at Fort Erie by a neck in a gritty effort.

Regular rider Richard Dos Ramos was aboard Mysterious Affair, who withstood several challenges during the five-furlong turf race and a claim of foul before being declared the winner.

Mysterious Affair, timed in 58 seconds, returned $3.60 as the favorite. Spanish Decree finished second and Barbarees Hill third in the field of nine Ontario-sired fillies and mares.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Mulligan the Great won the front-end battle and the war in Saturday's $138,500 Bold Venture Handicap at Woodbine, scoring by a length under Jim McAleney.

Mulligan the Great dueled with Wild Whiskey through sizzling fractions of 21.51 and 43.54 seconds in the 6 1/2-furlong dash. Mulligan the Great established a clear lead at the three-sixteenths pole, and went on to complete the distance in 1:16.77. Krz Ruckus enjoyed a perfect stalking trip, but couldn't get by a game Mulligan the Great and finished second.