SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Orientate clearly established himself as the leading sprinter in the country after withstanding a torrid pace battle with reigning Eclipse Award champion Squirtle Squirt en route to a 2 1-4 length victory over Aldebaran in Sunday's $250,000 at Saratoga.
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BOSSIER CITY, La. - Sheza Nasty Lady led throughout to win the $50,000 Lyrique Handicap by a neck over Chula at Louisiana Downs on Sunday. It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Just Scarlet.
Sheza Nasty Lady($5.40) took the lead soon after the start in the mile and a sixteenth turf race for 3-year-old fillies, and coasted through fractions of 24.82 seconds for the opening quarter, 48.75 for the half, and 1:12.85 for six furlongs. In deep stretch, she fought off a bid by Chula, and went on to cover the distance over firm turf in 1:42.91.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Favored El Prado Essence held off a closing Hattiesburg to prevail by a nose in Sunday's $136,500 Seaway Stakes at Woodbine.
Feathers and Elektraline dueled through fractions of :22.61 seconds and :45.75 in the 6 1/2-furlong contest. El Prado Essence stalked the leaders on the backstretch, and made a three-wide bid on the turn under Todd Kabel. She hit the front at the head of the stretch, opened up a clear lead at the eighth pole, and held Hattiesburg at bay to stop the timer in 1:24.48 seconds.
Zydeco Affair($15.60) outfinished favorite Leo's Last Hurrahy late to pull a mild upset Saturday night in the $100,000 El Joven at Retama Park near San Antonio. The one-mile turf race 2-year-olds shared a program with the $100,000 La Senorita for fillies, which was won by favorite Sea Bloom($6.80).
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Full of Wonder notched his first stakes under Todd Kabel Saturday at Woodbine in the Grade 1, $324,400 .
"He ran a very powerful race," said Kabel. "It seems like the farther he goes, the better it is for him."
Full of Wonder trailed the nine-horse field early in the 1 1/2-mile turf race, as Stage Classic led while being pressed by Attest, Sumati and Moontazz.
DEL MAR, Calif. - An upset win by Miss Houdini in Saturday's $250,000 gave jockey Gary Stevens his biggest win of the meeting in his second day back following knee surgery.
Stevens, who missed a month after having bone chips removed from a knee, was a replacement rider for Eddie Delahoussaye, who was shaken up in a spill on Friday and did not ride over the weekend.
Miss Houdini ($24.80) ran seven furlongs in 1:23.43. She is unbeaten in two starts, having won a maiden race at Hollywood Park on July 13 for owner Bo Hirsch and trainer Warren Stute.
SAN MATEO - Favored Channing Way ($4.80) defeated Onslaught by a neck as she went wire-to-wire to capture the six-furlong Mae De Vol Sprint at Bay Meadows on Saturday as she won her third straight stakes. Winning time was 1:10.31.
Channing Way was five wide early down the backstretch and had a head advantage over Bigboystoy as the field of six fillies and mares entered the turn. She opened a 2.5-length lead into the stretch over Onslaught who rallied wide to move into second.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Making the jump from a maiden win straight into stakes company is usually a formidable proposition. But Ibn Al Haitham was not your run-of-the-mill maiden when he raced on the grass for the first time and posted a convincing 9 1/2-length victory earlier in the meet.
Ibn Al Haitham was already
DEL MAR, Calif. - A new jockey and a shorter race may help Congaree find the winner's circle in Monday's $250,000 Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap.
After two disappointing performances by Congaree this summer, trainer Bob Baffert is willing to try nearly anything to revive the career of the 4-year-old Congaree, one of the top 3-year-olds of 2001. For the first time, Congaree will be ridden by Mike Smith in the one-mile Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap.