Curtis Stewart and Gordon Wilkinson, who race under the stable name CanMedia Inc., made a quick return on their investment when Wild Crush rallied to win the $50,000 Alberta Breeders at Northlands Park on Saturday. The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds and up headlined the 11-race Alberta Fall Classic Day card which included seven $50,000 stakes  restricted to Alberta-breds.

Trainer Rod Cone claimed Wild Crush on behalf of CanMedia Inc. for $17,500 just 10 days ago and Stewart and Wilkinson banked $30,000 for his win over the 3-5 favorite Silver Baubles in the Breeders.

BENSALEM, Pa. – The much ballyhooed rematch between Travers 1-2 finishers Will Take Charge and Moreno turned into a one-sided affair Saturday at Parx Racing as Will Take Charge rallied along the inside under Luis Saez and drew off to a decisive 2 1/4-length victory over Moreno in the Grade 2, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby.

Moreno, who was unable to secure an easy lead like he did in the Travers, held second by a neck over Battier. He was followed in the order of finish by Transparent, Fury Kapcori, Romansh, Speak Logistics, and Java’s War.

The Pizza Man is a full-bodied, scopey horse, far from the athletic type that zips through tight holes and accelerates on a dime, but he won the $66,500 Illinois Owners Stakes despite that fact. Forced to split horses in midstretch, then dive to the rail for a final move, The Pizza Man chugged along the fence and won the Owners Stakes by a neck over Mr. Vegas on Saturday at Arlington.

This is the seventh summer Immortal Eyes has been knocking around the East Coast. The 8-year-old gelding is aging well. Second in the 2011 De Francis Dash and third in last year’s edition, Immortal Eyes broke through in a big way Saturday at Laurel Park with a 6 3/4 lengths front-running blowout in the $350,000 De Francis.

BENSALEM, Pa. - There was both delight and disappointment on the part of the connections of Close Hatches after their 3-year-old filly returned from a three-month layoff with a two-length victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes at Parx.

Career win No. 23 for the popular Maryland-bred sprinter Ben’s Cat concluded near the Laurel Park grandstand. Floated wider and wider through the stretch run by pacesetting Mr. Online, Ben’s Cat nevertheless scored a neck victory Saturday in the $100,000 Laurel Turf Dash.

Sittin At the Bar won twice Saturday at Louisiana Downs. She finished in a dead-heat with Kisses for Carrots for the win in the $150,000 Elge Rasberry, and with the victory earned a $100,000 bonus from the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

The Elge Rasberry was one of six restricted stakes on the card. The races were worth a cumulative $600,000. Of them, the Elge Rasberry and $150,000 A.L. “Red” Erwin were originally scheduled for turf, but were moved to the main track after heavy rains hit Friday.  

Another year, another layoff winner in the Gallant Bloom Handicap for Steve Asmussen, as Cluster of Stars returned from an absence of better than five months to lead the Grade 2 sprint at Belmont Park from start to finish, emulating what former stablemate Dust and Diamonds did off a two-month absence a year ago.

BENSALEM, Pa. - Coming to the quarter pole of Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx, jockey Paco Lopez, aboard 30-1 shot City of Weston, was looking for a way to get outside into the clear.

“My plan was the outside but I didn’t have a choice, so I had to come through on the rail,” Lopez said.

The 4-year-old filly Geeky Gorgeous made a good impression on jockey Joe Bravo and owner-trainer Daniel Lopez when she pulled a 14-1 upset seven weeks ago in the six-furlong Regret.

Saturday, Bravo passed up the opportunity to ride in richer races out of town to retain the mount on Geeky Gorgeous in the New Jersey Breeders’ Handicap at Monmouth Park. Lopez showed his confidence by sending Geeky Gorgeous to challenge male sprinters.