ELMONT, N. Y. - A tough trip denied Say Florida Sandy a win in Sunday's $125,000 Hudson Handicap at Belmont Park, but he was still able to make history by finishing second.
Say Florida Sandy became the all-time leading New York-bred money earner with his second-place finish behind Impeachthepro in the Hudson. Sandy, who now has $1,750,926 in earnings from 77 trips to the starting gate, surpassed L'Carriere, who had held the top spot.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Mr Ross won his third consecutive $90,000 Classic Stakes by a commanding 10 3/4 lengths. The race was the richest of seven Oklahoma-bred stakes Sunday in the ninth annual Oklahoma Classics Day.
Mr Ross raced about eight lengths behind his stablemate, Peyvon, who held on for second after running the opening six furlongs of the 1 1/16-mile race in 1:10.88. Mr Ross overtook Peyvon at the top of the stretch, then cruised home, covering the distance over a fast track in 1:44.09. It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Vince.
ANDERSON, Ind. - Red's Honor staked a claim as one of the top Indiana-breds in training, cruising to a 2 3/4-length win in the $44,400 Brickyard Stakes.
With Justin Vitek riding, Red's Honor clicked off solid fractions of 22.12, 44.76, and 56.78 seconds en route to his second consecutive stakes win. He ran the six furlongs over a fast track in 1:09.53, one of the fastest clockings of the meet. He returned $3 in the field of 11.
Trained by Dale Romans, 3-year-old Red's Honor is now 6-0-1 in 12 starts and has earnings of more than $160,000.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Ponche De Leona completed a dream weekend for trainer Chris Paasch, winning the $86,800 Anoakia Stakes for 2-year-old fillies by three lengths.
The victory came a day after the Paasch-trained 2-year-old colt Roman Dancer won the $77,900 Sunny Slope Stakes on Saturday.
The Anoakia's five-horse field was weak and the time was slow - 1:11.07 for six furlongs. Two races later, a 2-year-old maiden fillies race was run in 1:10.58.
Ride the Tiger ($3.40) took advantage of the absence of two of his most formidable rivals to score a 3 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 First State Stakes at Delaware Park.
A Maryland-bred 2-year-old trained by Tim Ritchey and ridden by Jeremy Rose, Ride the Tiger covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:49.99 for his second win in five lifetime starts.
The field was reduced to four horses when the first two choices on the morning line, Invent and Soul of the Tiger, were scratched.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Cat Cay overcame a sluggish start Sunday in the $109,000, Grade 3 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes, powering from last under Pat Day to finish 7 1/2 lengths ahead of Spanish Glitter.
Miss Seffens, the 6-5 favorite, faded to fifth in a field of seven fillies and mares after contesting the pace with Another, who also tired and finished third, a head behind Spanish Glitter.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Under clever handling from Anthony Lovato, longshot Biblical ($35.60) withstood pressure from odds-on favorite L. A. Spider Legs from gate to wire to win the $25,000 Alliance Handicap at Louisiana Downs. Biblical, claimed for $20,000 when he won his maiden at Fair Grounds in March, won for the fourth time in 13 starts in his stakes debut.
Due to Win Again ($9.20) became a stakes winner when she darted home 2 1/4 lengths clear of favorite Madison Grace in the $35,000 San Antonio Oaks at Retama Park.
Due to Win Again raced close to the pace throughout, and then drew clear in the stretch. She covered 1 1/16 miles on firm turf in 1:43.11 under jockey Ted Gondron, who was aboard for trainer Howard Scarberry.
The last time Grundlefoot switched from turf to dirt, he produced a career-best 105 Beyer Speed Figure. A similar surface change produced a 2 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Kelso Stakes at Delaware Park.
Coming off a third-place finish in a turf stakes at Pimlico, Grundlefoot ($12), ridden by Anthony Black, covered 1 3/16 miles in 2:01.76.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The handful of runners trainer Lynn Whiting has started at Arlington Park this year have, for the most part, performed poorly, many of them at short prices. That all changed when the longshot Rylstone won the $75,000 Manila Handicap by three lengths.
Rylstone ($26.60), winless in his career, went off at 12-1 because he had failed to impress in a pair of Saratoga maiden races. But those races were dirt sprints and the Manila was a one-mile turf race, obviously much more to Rylstone's liking.