INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Hot Market was only a blip on the Santa Anita Derby undercard before he sped to a front-running upset April 6. By the end of the day, he had emerged as one of the most exciting older horses in California.

Hyperbole? Could be. After all, Hot Market has never raced in a stakes, and his reputation is based mainly on one performance. But what a dazzling performance it was. From 69 races this winter at Santa Anita at 1 1/16 miles, only one winner (bias-aided Western Pride) survived a six-furlong fraction more vicious than the 1:10.10 thrown down by Hot Market.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - My First Lady ($10.40) sat off the sizzling pace of Stormy Society and Lindsay Jean and pulled away through the lane to win the $61,175 Santa Clara Handicap at Bay Meadows on Sunday.

Stormy Society, the 13-to-10 favorite, led the one-mile stakes for fillies and mares with a 21.94 opening quarter with Lindsay Jean beside her. Lindsay Jean led by one length after a 44.73 half mile as Stormy Society began to jump shadows heading into the second turn.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Hand jockey Victor Espinoza an easy lead, and he will exploit the advantage. The lesson was repeated Sunday at Hollywood Park, where Espinoza rode Night Patrol to a front-running upset in the Grade 3 Inglewood Handicap for older horses at a mile and a sixteenth on turf.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Trainer David Hofmans, and owners John and Jerry Amerman, won a stakes race on the first Saturday in May. It just wasn't the one hoped for orginally. With their onetime Kentucky Derby prospect Siphonic on the shelf however, it was up to Adoration to carry the day by winning the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes at Hollywood Park.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Gonetofarr wore down favored Ginger Gold in the final furlong en route to an impressive score in Sunday's $163,500 Fury Stakes for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.

Ginger Gold, last year's champion 2-year-old filly in Canada, led the way in the seven-furlong tilt, setting fractions of :22.14 and :44.65. Gonetofarr loomed into contention on the far turn under Jim McAleney, who said he had a lot of horse under him.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Grade 1 winner Voodoo Dancer, the even-money favorite, was an easy winner of Sunday's $113,200 Beaugay Handicap at Aqueduct on closing day.

With Jerry Bailey in the saddle, Voodoo Dancer, who was making her first start of 2002, was a 2 3/4-length winner over Golden Corona. It was a nose back to Babae, the second choice, who finished third in the 10-horse field of fillies and mares.

Voodoo Dancer ($4.30) covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.10 over the turf course, which was labeled good. Voodoo Dancer was the 119-pound highweight of the Grade 3 Beaugay.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - War Emblem, allowed to coast alone on the lead, led from start to finish to capture the at 20-1 on Saturday at Churchill Downs, giving trainer Bob Baffert his third Derby victory.

War Emblem was purchased less than a month ago by Baffert on behalf of Prince Ahmed Salman's The Thoroughbred Corporation. None of the dozens of 2-year-olds that Baffert began with one year ago panned out, forcing Baffert and Salman to buy their way into the Derby.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Fancee Bargain ($18.80), last through the first half mile, unleashed a strong closing kick to win the $65,813 Woodside Handicap by three lengths over defending champion and odds-on favorite Slewsbox. Fancy Bargain ran the six furlongs in 1:09.60.

"They told me to keep her out of trouble, and I did. I let her settle, and she made a strong run," winning rider Frank Alvarado said of his three-wide rally.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Beat Hollow finally lived up to his reputation in the $452,500 at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Scoring his first stakes win in the United States, Beat Hollow caught the front-running Climate at the top of the stretch and held off a world-class cast of challengers.

Ridden by Alex Solis, Beat Hollow ($5.20) ran 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:47.35.

The 5-year-old Beat Hollow gave trainer Bobby Frankel his first victory in the Turf Classic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The fairy-tale story of trainer Ken McPeek and the Ohio-bred Harlan's Holiday concluded without a happy ending at Churchill Downs on Saturday when the colt finished a disappointing seventh as the tepid 6-1 favorite in the 128th running of the Kentucky Derby.

No horse who has ever been favored at 3-1 or greater has ever won the race.