SUNLAND PARK, NM - Making just his second career start, Stanley Fulton's Sum Trick showed that he is a horse for the future by winning the six and one-half furlong Riley Allison Futurity by over four lengths under Mike Clark.
ALBANY, Calif. - Jockey Macario Rodriguez was injured Sunday when Palermitano suffered a fatal breakdown 20 yards from the finish line in the second race at Golden Gate Fields.
Rodriguez, who has 11 victories at the current meeting, suffered bruised knees and a sore right wrist after sliding into one of the posts holding up the inner rail. X-rays revealed no broken bones.
Palermitano, a 3-year-old gelding who was running second when he fell, fractured his left front leg and had to be humanely destroyed.
ARCADIA, Calif. - No matter how consistently he performs, Grammarian cannot attract substantial support from California bettors.
Last July, he was 29-1 when he won the Sunset Handicap. On Sunday, he was 9-1 in the and rewarded his backers with a frontrunning win in the turf race over 1 1/8 miles.
"We get no respect and that's fine," said winning owner Lindsey Williams, with a smile.
Grammarian ($21.40) took the lead from Night Patrol when the field reached the backstretch and maintained a one-length advantage through fractions of :47.50 and 1:11.53.
NEW ORLEANS - Trainer Dallas Stewart is making his wins count at Fair Grounds. Stewart has won but four races at the meet, but a week ago Kazoo upset the Gaudin Handicap and on this Sunday afternoon favored Saintly Look won the for Stewart's second stakes win.
Call Me Lefty remained unbeaten around two turns when he led throughout for a three-length win over Lasttorun in the of the Texas Stallion Stakes on Saturday night at Sam Houston Race Park.
It was another four lengths back in third to Hasit.
Call Me Lefty($3.60) broke sharp in the one-mile race for 2-year-olds, and went on to cover the distance over a fast track in 1:38.87. One race prior, the colt was a 10-length winner of a two-turn allowance at Sam Houston.
Hadif's Allstar improved her record to 3-for-6 when she rolled to a four-length win over Ritzy Dame in the $40,000 Genesis for 2-year-old fillies Saturday night at Delta Downs in Vinton, La. It was another neck back in third to Fantasy On Fire.
Hadif's Allstar($5.40) stalked pacesetter Pawsie's Princess through an opening quarter in 22.34 seconds, before overtaking that one and going on to cover the five furlongs over a fast track in 59.52 seconds. Alex Jimenez was aboard the winner for trainer Sam David, Jr.
ARCADIA, Calif. - An upset win by 17-1 Got Koko in the $200,000 La Brea Stakes helped to create a pick six carryover of $160,167 for Sunday's nine-race program.
Sunday's pick six covers the fourth through ninth races, which includes three sprints on the main track, two routes on dirt and one turf race. There is a chance of rain, which could lead to a change in suface for the turf race.
Here is a look at the scratch-time changes for Sunday's pick six races.
MIAMI - Man From Wicklow ended a frustrating season-long drought with a hard-earned, one-length victory over Serial Bride in Saturday's . The Grade 2 McKnight highlighted Calder's Grand Slam II program that also included the Grade 2 La Prevoyante Handicap, the Grade 3 Fred W. Hooper Handicap, and the Stage Door Betty Handicap.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Got Koko won her graded stakes debut with a late rally in Saturday's for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.
Ridden by Alex Solis, Got Koko ($36.60) finished seven furlongs in 1:22.57. She ran down runner-up Spring Meadow, a stakes winner at Lone Star Park last summer, who was followed by the longshot Erica's Smile in third and Bella Bellucci in fourth.
You, the 4-5 favorite, was near the pace early. She challenged pacesetter Erica's Smile on the turn, but faded through the stretch to finish fifth in the field of 10.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The presence of the three-times stakes winner Rolly Polly didn't scare away many participants for Tuesday's $100,000 Monrovia Handicap at Santa Anita.
A maximum field of 12 fillies and mares have been entered for the hillside turf race at about 6 1/2 furlongs on turf. There are two mares on the also-eligible list.