Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Calder: Happily Unbridled is back

MIAMI - Happily Unbridled ($7.60) proved she is back on top of her game by rallying to a 7 1/4-length victory over Company Storm in the $50,000 Judy's Red Shoes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Calder.

Happily Unbridled, badly outrun in graded stakes three times during the spring before being sidelined with ulcers, rated just off the early pace of North Park Legend. Under leading rider Cornelio Velasquez, Happily Unbridled launched her bid wide on the final turn and easily ran down Company Storm.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Bay Meadows: Lexicon all the way

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Lexicon ($6), ridden by Russell Baze, used a pace advantage to upset 1-5 favorite Swept Overboard and win the $150,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Sprint by three-quarters of a length.

Lexicon broke like a shot and quickly opened up by a length, with the other three entrants racing as a team. After a quarter in a slow 22.75 seconds, Lexicon opened a lead of nearly three lengths en route to a 44.59 half.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Pimlico: John's Call off the board

La Reine's Terms ($49.40) improved his record to 4 for 5 over Pimlico's turf course when he defeated eight other older horses in the $97,000 Bald Eagle Breeders' Cup Handicap.

John's Call, the 6-5 favorite, never fired after racing in midpack in the one-mile turf race, finishing seventh under Jean-Luc Samyn. A multiple Grade 1-winning earner of nearly $1.6 million, the 10-year-old John's Call was receiving Lasix for the first time after having bled at Saratoga in his last start.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Arlington: Another claimer wins stakes

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two-year-old claimers continued to do amazingly well at Arlington when Double Zero Seven won the $75,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes.

Double Zero Seven, claimed for $25,000 earlier this summer at Churchill Downs, won the Gilded Time Stakes here three weeks ago, and the 2-year-old filly Vicki Vallencourt, a maiden claiming winner, won the Top Flight Stakes here over the Labor Day weekend.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Xtra Heat melts Big Bambu in Delaware stretch

The highly anticipated matchup between graded stakes winners Xtra Heat and Big Bambu ended at the quarter pole of Saturday's six-furlong Endine Stakes at Delaware Park. That's where Xtra Heat disposed of Big Bambu en route to a 5 1/4-length victory.

Ivy's Jewel finished 2 1/2 lengths in front of a tired Big Bambu, who took third in the field of five in the Grade 3 Endine, a $150,000 race for fillies and mares.

Owned by Kenneth Taylor and partners and trained by John Salzman, Xtra Heat ($3.20) set fractions of 21.55 seconds and 44.12 under Rick Wilson, and won in 1:09.64.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Unbeaten duo could be singles in carryover

ELMONT, N.Y.- A pair of undefeated 3-year-old fillies will be the focal point Wednesday for bettors chasing a pick-six carryover of $56,238 at Belmont Park.

Descapate, who faces four rivals in a second-level allowance that goes as race four, and Blinded by Love, who tops a seven-horse field entered in a preliminary allowance heat in race eight, figure to be on most pick-six tickets. The question is, will handicappers need to go any deeper in those races?

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

City Zip, he's always working

ELMONT, N.Y. - Just a week after winning the Bergen County Stakes at The Meadowlands, City Zip was back on the Belmont Park work tab Monday morning preparing for his next engagement.

City Zip drilled five furlongs in 1:01.37 over Belmont's training track in preparation for the $150,000, Grade 2 Kentucky Cup Sprint at Turfway Park on Sept. 22. Trainer Linda Rice said she moved City Zip's workout up to Monday because she was flying that night to Lexington to attend the Keeneland yearling sales and wanted to see him train.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Fillies and mares sprint into spotlight

A pair of five-furlong races - one on the main track for 2-year-old maiden fillies and one on the grass for filly and mare allowance runners - are part of a nine-race card at The Meadowlands on Wednesday evening.

Eight 2-year-old fillies entered the fifth race, which carries the largest purse on the program, $46,000. Five of the runners will make their career debuts in this maiden race.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Double Zero Seven: License to win

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Like any trainer in the claiming game, Angel Montano always is looking to strike gold. This summer, he has.

Double Zero Seven, a 2-year-old colt Montano and owner Larry Telle claimed for $25,000 earlier this summer, has won four straight races, a streak that includes consecutive stakes scores at Arlington. Last Saturday, the colt won the $75,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes here to establish himself as the top 2-year-old in Chicago.

Mon, 09/10/2001 - 00:00

Atto winner Breeders' Cup-bound

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Numerous Times, winner of Sunday's Atto Mile at Woodbine, is headed for the Breeders' Cup Mile, trainer Sid Attard confirmed Monday.

Affirmed Success, Quiet Resolve, and Irish Prize, the second- through fourth-place finishers in the race, and sixth-place Brahms also are slated to run in the World Thoroughbred Championships.

Affirmed Success, beaten a nose by Numerous Times Sunday, was headed back to his home base at Belmont Monday morning.