Mr. Livingston set a stakes record and equaled the one-mile course record when he rallied to defeat the pacesetting Honorable Pic by a head in the $150,000 Miami Mile Breeders' Cup Handicap at Calder.
Mr. Livingston ($11.80) saved ground under jockey Abel Castellano Jr. while racing just off the pace of Honorable Pic, angled outside the leader for the stretch run and was up in the final strides.
He completed the distance in 1:33.75 over a firm course.
John Grabowski had ridden Shesastonecoldfox and Smokieisabandit to two wins apiece. When the 2-year-olds, both trained by Anthony Ferraro, faced each other for the first time in the $137,900 New York Breeders' Futurity at Finger Lakes, Grabowski logically chose the colt Smokieisabandit over the filly Shesastonecoldfox.
Michael Davila, picking up the mount on Shesastonecoldfox ($4.50), guided her to a wire-to-wire 1 3/4-length victory in the 39th running of the Futurity. Grabowski, meanwhile, was fifth aboard Smokieisabandit.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Native Desert and Spinelessjellyfish, the two heavy favorites, finished in a dead heat for first after a furious stretch duel in the $100,000 California Turf Championship at Bay Meadows.
Native Desert caught Spinelessjellyfish near midstretch of the one-mile turf race, and the two battled it out from there.
Native Desert, who had won this race two of the past three years, went off at 3-5, while Spinelessjellyfish, who had split two of four recent decisions with Native Desert, was 8-5. Both paid $2.10 to win. The final time was 1:36.37.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Speedster Kris's Sleigh softened up the Sea O'Erin field at Arlington Park, and his stablemate, Intern, swept past, giving owner-trainer Louis Roussel his first stakes win in almost two years.
Ninth after three-quarters of the one-mile turf race, Intern rallied strongly through the stretch under jockey Eddie Martin to beat a game Minor Wisdom by a neck and touch off a spirited post-race celebration led by Roussel, who last won a stakes race in December 1999.
CINCINNATI - Harlan's Holiday, an Ohio-bred based in Kentucky with trainer Ken McPeek, outlasted Request for Parade in a lengthy stretch duel Monday in the $200,000 Cradle Stakes, completing an unprecedented sweep for Ohio-breds in the two showcase races at River Downs.
Harlan's Honey, ridden by Tony D'Amico, made a strong move to gain command on the backstretch of the 1 1/16-mile Cradle, then was taken to the limit by Request for Parole, the 2-1 favorite, to win by a neck. Arctic Sand closed late to finish 10 lengths back in third.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - City Zip wasted little time getting back to winning sprint races by taking the $100,000 Bergen County Stakes on the opening-day program Monday at The Meadowlands.
The 3-year-old City Zip ($2.80) was back just nine days after finishing third in the King's Bishop Stakes at Saratoga - a race that snapped a string of three straight wins. He overcame a wide trip under jockey Jose Ferrer to get the better of four other rivals in 1:08.67.
DEL MAR, Calif. - They wear the same green-and-white colors in the afternoon and stay near one another the rest of the day in their barn at Del Mar. And even though Officer has been as brilliant as a 2-year-old as Point Given was dominating at age 3, it would be oversimplifying to say that Officer will now replace Point Given for trainer Bob Baffert and Prince Ahmed Salman's The Thoroughbred Corporation.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Lord Jim, a three-time Group 1 winner in his native Argentina, makes his North American debut in Wednesday's $75,000 Live the Dream Handicap, one of two stakes on the closing-day Del Mar Futurity undercard.
Lord Jim won four times in eight starts in Argentina, and was 4 for 7 on turf. He has not raced since February, but sports a lengthy series of works for the Live the Dream, which is run at one mile on turf. Carla Gaines trains Lord Jim for owner Gary Tanaka.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - While the live card at Hastings Park Wednesday evening isn't likely to get local fans' hearts pumping the upcoming weekend looks promising. That's because the $175,000 B.C. Breeders' Cup Oaks plus the $100,000 Jack and Sadie Diamond Futurities all expected to attract full fields.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Now that the monster trucks are gone and the Pacific National Exhibition is over, it's time to get down to serious business at Hastings Park. In the next six weeks close to a million dollars in stakes money is up for grabs.
