Banderia ($10) enabled trainer Marty Wolfson to win the $75,000 Aspidistra Handicap for the fifth time when she drew off to a two-length victory at Calder.
Jockey Manuel Cruz began to ask the 5-year-old Banderia to make a run with a half-mile remaining in the one-mile turf race, but she was still fifth coming into the final turn. Banderia slipped through along the inside while advancing into contention, then swung outside 3-2 favorite Bay Street Gal and took command inside the sixteenth pole.
Mujado, a 4-year-old Irish-bred filly making her first North American stakes appearance, broke an 18-year-old track record while winning the $60,300 Local Thriller Stakes at Delaware Park.
Her time of 56.16 seconds for five furlongs on turf shaved four-hundreths of a second off the record of 56.20 set by Jeff on Sept. 3, 1984.
Trained by Christophe Clement since arriving from England last winter, Mujado ($16.20) rallied from off the pace and drew clear by 1 1/2 lengths over runner-up Oh Say Vicki.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Boldest of All won her maiden in style at Woodbine, leading all the way in the $129,125 Nandi Stakes for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies.
Boldest of All was pressed on the front end by Dressed for Action through splits of 23.01 and 46.10 seconds in the six-furlong sprint. She opened up a one-length lead at the eighth pole, and then coasted home on top by 2 1/2 lengths in a time of 1:11.58.
Dressed for Action finished a clear second, while Santerra outran 3-5 favorite Nystar for third in the five-horse field.
Martha's Music ($6.60), trained by John Servis and ridden by Harry Vega, cruised to a 10 1/2-length victory in the $145,500 Martha Washington Breeders' Cup Handicap at Laurel Park.
The 1 1/16-mile race, timed in 1:45.50, was left with just four 3-year-old fillies when it was moved from the turf course to the main track.
Docent ($5.60) overtook Sumset just before the wire to score a neck victory in the $50,000 Iroquois Handicap for Pennsylvania-breds at Philadelphia Park.
A 4-year-old colt trained by Tim Ritchey and ridden by Oliver Castillo, Docent had not won a race since taking the Maryland Million Sweepstakes at Pimlico last October. He covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:45.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jerry Bailey Bobble Head Doll Day came early as Tates Creek, with Bailey up, won a head bob over Voodoo Dancer to take the $500,000 Diana Handicap by a nose. It was one length back to Snow Dance in third.
"I won it by the bobble of a head," joked Bailey, whose likeness was to be the subject of a bobble head doll giveaway here on Sunday.
Tommy Meyers, the 56-year old dean of the Ohio riding colony, has been red hot over the past five days at Thistledown. Meyers has won with six of his last seven mounts and has displayed the ability that enabled him to win over 150 Stakes in Ohio when in the 12 year span between 1967 and 1981 we he rode first call for trainer Jim Morgan. Meyers came to Thistledown in 1967 following a 21 month tour of duty in the U. S. Army. Since then he has ridden 13,624 horses and has a 2,259-1977-1732 record while his mounts have earned $11,624,157.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Kirtle nearly pulled an upset in her first start in the United States in the Flawlessly Stakes at Hollywood Park on July 5. Sent off at 29-1, she fought through traffic to finish third, losing by 11/4 lengths to Super High.
In Monday's fourth, Kirtle returns in a $57,000 allowance race for 3-year-old fillies over 11/16 miles on turf at Del Mar that could be a prep for a stakes. But trainer Bob Hess Jr. is hesitant to look past Monday's race, where Kirtle will have eight opponents.
Trainer Thomas Amoss is based in the Midwest, so when he takes the trouble and expense to ship a horse to the East Coast for a stakes, it's safe to assume he has a live runner.
That certainly seems to be the case with Peace River Lady, a 3-year-old filly who appears ideally suited for Monday's $55,000 Count Turf Stakes at Delaware Park.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - It's 10:30 a.m., more than two hours before the first post, and already race fans have filled the park stage area just outside the Sonoma County Fair racetrack.
It's not a day at the races for them if it doesn't start with the daily handicapping seminar.
"It's part of what you do if you come to the races here," said track announcer Vic Stauffer, who co-hosts the seminars with local handicapper Danny Holmes.