ELMONT, N.Y. - Buster's Daydream confirmed that his 4 1/2-length victory in the Flash was no fluke by winning Saturday's Grade 3 $106,300 Tremont Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park.
Draw Play rallied for second, 4 1/2 lengths in front of pace-setting Day Trader. Pinch Hitter and Cloudy Mist completed the order of finish.
It was the third straight win for Buster's Daydream, a son of Housebuster purchased for $38,000 last September by Stephen Barberino Jr.'s S J Bee Stable.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - There were things to dislike about Baptize Saturday in the $200,000 Arlington Classic. The 3-year-old colt had just run a subpar race as the heavy favorite at Lone Star late last month.
The rumor mill swirled up a story - accurate it turned out - that the colt was fighting off a minor sickness late this week. But what Baptize had going for him, besides high-class natural ability on turf, was trainer Bill Mott, a grass stakes master who had won the Classic two of the last three years.
ALTOONA, Iowa - Miss Seffens and The Happy Hopper lead the field for Tuesday's $125,000 Saylorville Stakes at six furlongs, which opens the Iowa Festival of Racing at Prairie Meadows.
The festival, which is in its third year, runs through Saturday and features six open stakes races worth a total of $1.2 million, culminating with the Grade 3 $400,000 Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap on Saturday. Two $75,000-added stakes for Iowa-breds will also be run during the festival.
AUBURN, Wash. - Tuesday's featured eighth race has drawn a field of seven $16,000 to $14,000 claimers going a mile. Military Force and Sunshine Scholar lead the field in wins, with nine and eight, respectively, and they may well attract most of the betting.
Emerald Downs will stage its annual fireworks spectacular, which is one of the track's most popular events, following the races on Tuesday.
EDMONTON, Alberta - In a surprise move by trainer Ernie Keller, Timely Ruckus will be returning on just eight days' rest when he starts in an allowance race at Northlands Park Monday.
Timely Ruckus, a three-time Alberta Sprint champion, continues to show his class at age 8 and opened the summer meet with a dead-heat victory in the $33,000 Journal at 6 1/2 furlongs here June 23.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - March Magic won the $300,000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap after License Fee, the 4-5 favorite, suffered a fatal injury on the backstretch.
License Fee was stalking the pace of the 1 1/16-mile race when the injury occurred. Her jockey, Pat Day, jumped off her and narrowly missed serious injury when Hemline, ridden by Joe Bravo, just missed hitting him. License Fee was euthanized with a broken right front leg.
Colonial Downs will open its first-ever summer meet on Tuesday, with hopes of building up tourist business and, in the process, turning around its flagging fortunes.
The track, in New Kent County, Va., has struggled to meet its projections every year since opening in 1997. It will run 22 days this summer on a Friday-through-Tuesday schedule, closing on Aug. 7. Post time will be 1 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 4 p .m. on Monday and Tuesday.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Two jockeys and a 2-year-old colt suffered minor injuries in a gate incident at the Alameda County Fair meeting here Friday after a race was delayed by a missing United States flag.
Jockeys Jason Lumpkins and Joey Castro, both thrown off their mounts at the gate before the fourth race, were expected to ride Saturday. The colt, Woodfield, who was scratched at the gate after throwing Castro, apparently suffered only superficial injuries to his hock and head, according to trainer Art Sherman.
MIAMI, Fla. - Blissful Kiss was a maiden going in but a stakes winner coming out of Saturday's $100,000 J j'sdream Stakes, winning by 6 3/4 lengths over another maiden, Lacy Lady, in the
5 1/2-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies.
Blissful Kiss, a homebred daughter of Kissin Kris owned by John Franks, had finished a troubled third in her only previous start.
MIAMI, Fla. - Last year's inaugural edition of the Summit of Speed proved to be a success. But if the nomination lists are any indication, this summer's renewal could be even better.
The Summit of Speed, a series of four sprint races with total purses of more than $1 million, will be held on July 14.