(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Silverton Hill’s St. Joe took command leaving the backstretch and cruised to a 3 ½-length victory over Garifine in Sunday’s $51,780 feature race at Churchill Downs.

Jenny Kellner
Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. – Her name translates into “Lucky Charm,” and Sunday afternoon at Belmont Park, Porte Bonheur made her own luck as she ran down Spritely in the final strides to take the 32nd running of the Grade 2, $150,000 First Flight Handicap for fillies and mares.

(Edited Monmouth Park report)

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Dubb & Park Avenue Racing Stables’ Girlfrienontheside waited patiently early on before driving up the inside rail to best pacesetter Snow Lass by a neck in the $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

Jenny Kellner
Belmont Park

ELMONT, N.Y. – Scarcely 12 hours after her record-setting victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose at Belmont Park, Rachel Alexandra stepped onto a van that carried her up the Northway to Saratoga Race Course, which will be the base for her summer campaign.

Michele Blanco
Calder Race Course

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Joel Kligman’s 3-year-old filly Jungle Jill ran a very good race to finish second to the speedy My Sweet Natalie in the Georgia Juvenile Fillies Turf Sprint last year at Calder Race Course in her only try on grass in eight career starts, and her connections will hope to get her back to the turf in Thursday’s optional/allowance feature.

(Edited Hollywood Park report)

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — One fan held a sign which said it all Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Park: “Bo Derek a Perfect 10, Zenyatta a Perfect 11.”

Zenyatta, the champion distaffer with a perfect 10-for-10 record, notched career victory No. 11 as she came from off the pace to score a 2½-length victory while being geared down in the closing yards by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith in the $300,000 Vanity Handicap.

Ron Correll
Senior columnist
Tracksideview.com

Two speed horses tried to take it to Rachel Alexandra on Saturday in the Mother Goose and all she did was run past them and set a stakes record in the mile-and-an-eighth race at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The field was cut down to three fillies after the early-morning scratches of Hopeful Image and Don’t Forget Gil, but there could have been 20 horses in the field and Rachel Alexandra still would…

(Edited Arlington Park report)
 
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – James Glenn and William Patterson’s Rumor Has It had everything his way going gate to wire in Saturday’s $52,500 Polar Expedition for 3-year-olds and up at Arlington Park on Saturday at the seldom used distance of a mile and three-quarters.

(Edited Lone Star Park report)

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Poindexter Thoroughbreds LLC’s My Spanx, trained by Allen Milligan, rallied determinedly to win the 12th running of the $50,000 Lone Star Oaks over a firm Lone Star Park turf course on Saturday.

(Edited Churchill Downs report)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Westrock Stables’ Decelerator prevailed by a neck over Wild Forest Cat to win Saturday’s 109th running of the $111,300 Debutante Stakes (Grade 3) for 2-year-old fillies and give trainer Hall of Fame trainer  D. Wayne Lukas his record seventh victory in the race.