Melatonin, whose only previous stakes placing occurred last October in the Eddie D (G3), a turf sprint, lorded over eight rivals at a 1 1/4-mile on the main track Saturday when upsetting the $1,001,035 Santa Anita H. (G1). The Big 'Cap appeared to be a relatively pace-less race on paper, and a...

Saturday’s $400,345 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita had no shortage of potential pace players – chief among them Midnight Storm and Om – but when none wanted the lead, the only other entrant with early speed, What a View, took the pole position on the front end. Hall of Fame rider Kent...

Danzing Candy jumped into the Kentucky Derby picture with a smashing two-length victory in Saturday’s $400,345 San Felipe (G2) at Santa Anita, leading wire to wire in his stakes debut. Trained by Cliff Sise Jr., the dark bay colt has now captured three straight races in convincing fashion...

If you were an opposing general trying to figure out how to neutralize the shock effect of Tepin’s acceleration, you’d order a ferocious early pace. Stretch out the battlefield, so to speak, and hope that the champion turf mare wouldn’t have quite the same sprint for home. Hall of Fame rider...

Stonestreet Stables LLC’s homebred Terra Promessa was making her stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Honeybee (G3) at Oaklawn Park and passed the black-type test with flying colors when pulling off for a 6 1/2-length victory. The bay daughter of Curlin settled into the three path on the...

Outwork made the pace and Destin finished the job as the Todd Pletcher-trained duo finished one-two in Saturday's $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs. Tracking three wide in third as Outwork set splits of :24.04, :47.88, and 1:11.43, Destin ranged up alongside his stablemate passing the...

Salutos Amigos launched his rally off the far turn, closing dramatically down the middle of the Aqueduct inner track, and easily proved best for the second consecutive year in Saturday’s $200,000 Tom Fool H. (G3), scoring by 2 ½ lengths. Cornelio Velasquez was up on the 6-year-old gelding. Favored...

Amerman Racing LLC’s Baciami Piccola rallied on the outside from the back of the pack to capture her U.S. debut in the $155,000 Florida Oaks (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. The Equiano filly broke from the 13 post and settled in 10th on the inside as Valueable Charmer and Conquest Bebop set...