ARCADIA, Calif. - Mountain Rage remained unbeaten in 2002, and won the fourth stakes of his career, with a ground-saving trip in Sunday's $82,050 La Puente Stakes at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Mountain Rage ($5.60) ran a mile on turf in 1:34.84, finishing three lengths in front of Doc Holiday. Stormy Forever was third in the field of eight, finishing a half-length in front of the well-fancied Johar.

Mountain Rage stayed on the inside until the second turn when Espinoza rallied inside.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Orientate sped to an uncontested lead and had plenty in reserve to hold off favored Aldebaran in the $272,000 on Sunday at Keeneland.

With Pat Day riding for owners Bob and Beverly Lewis and trainer D. Wayne Lukas, Orientate went unchallenged down the backstretch after Dancing Missile, another expected front-runner, was checked soon after the break. Out of the turn of the seven-furlong race, Orientate held a comfortable three-length lead and was hand-ridden to the wire when prevailing by 1 1/4 lengths over Aldebaran, the 9-5 favorite.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Flying Birdie used her abundant speed to its best advantage, leading throughout before outlasting defending champion Elvi Gamble by a nose to win Sunday's $75,000 Marshua's River Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

JAMAICA, N.Y - Bella Bellucci confirmed her status as a major player for the May 3 Kentucky Oaks with an easy-as-expected, seven-length victory in Sunday's $108,200, Grade 3 at Aqueduct.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Six losing favorites in Saturday's pick six has created a carryover of $182,443 for Sunday.

Sunday's pick six covers the fourth through ninth races.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Tracemark ($6.20) made a strong move to split horses at the quarter pole and wore down Cappuchino in the final strides to win the $150,000 California Derby at Bay Meadows on Saturday.

Final time for the 1 1/8-mile race was 1:47.93, the fastest of the day in the final preps for the Kentucky Derby.

Tracemark was sixth early in the field of eight, prompting winning jockey Jason Lumpkins to say, "I may have had him a little too far back early. It seemed like everybody went. I had too much cover in front, but I didn't want to make an early move."

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Harlan's Holiday raced right into the Kentucky Derby favorite's role Saturday by posting an emphatic 4 1/2-length victory in the $750,000 at Keeneland.

Ridden by Edgar Prado, the Ohio-bred Harlan's Holiday went up to challenge his longtime rival Booklet entering the stretch of the 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass, then ran off to finish in 1:51.51, the slowest Blue Grass in 14 years. Booklet finished second, a neck before Ocean Sound, who was followed by Straight Gin, Bob's Image, and Azillion.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - As he watched his big, gray colt Buddha charge down the inside of Aqueduct's stretch in Saturday's $750,000 , trainer James Bond had great confidence that his jockey, Pat Day, would have something left for the last 100 yards.

But the horse he was battling with, Medaglia d'Oro was ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr. and trained by Bobby Frankel, who seems to win every major race.

Almost every major race.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Private Emblem overcame the widest post and a six-week layoff to post an authoritative, 4 1/2-length win over Wild Horses in the Grade 2, $500,000 before a crowd of 52,122 at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

It was 1 3/4 lengths back to Windward Passage and Bay Monster, who dead-heated for third place.

The Arkansas Derby was the third leg of the Big 3 Pick 3 that also included the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct and the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, and the national bet returned $128 for a $2 ticket. The pool for the wager was $991,679.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Affirmed Success, an 8-year-old gelding, continued his renaissance Saturday afternoon, charging through an opening at the top of the stretch and drawing off to a one-length victory in the Grade 1, $350,000 at Aqueduct.

Voodoo, a 41-1 longshot, rallied for second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Burning Roma. Snow Ridge, the 5-2 favorite, finished ninth in the field of 10.