Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida hosted an 11 horse field in the $150,000 Grade 3 Swale Stakes on Saturday. Clearly Now at 7-1 odds came out on top over 50-1 long shot Singanothersong.
In one of three Grade 1 races on Santa Anita's impressive Saturday card, 2011 Eclipse Award winner as juvenile filly Beholder was much the best in the field of seven for the $250,000 Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes.
Perhaps the best race of the weekend took place in the $300,000 Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita Park. Argentinean bred 3-2 favorite Suggestive Boy continued his stellar form with a nose win over 5-1 Silentio who finished a very close second.
The main event at Santa Anita on Saturday was the $750,000 Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap for older horses willing to go 1 1/4 miles. 2011 winner of the Big Cap Game On Dude was dominant in leading gate-to-wire and recording an astounding 7 3/4 length win.
In the Grade 2 Top Flight Handicap at Aqueduct, 6-5 favorite Summer Applause looked more like the filly we saw last year when she bested the eight horse field by 2 3/4 lengths Saturday, avenging a last place finish in her only other start so far in 2013.
The $200,000 Grade 3 Tom Fool Handicap came our way from Aqueduct Racetrack Saturday. Favored at 2-1, Peter Miller trained Comma to the Top won and bettered a third place finish from just a week ago.
In the biggest race of the weekend - the Grade 3 $400,000 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack - it was Vyjack that made it four straight wins with an impressive 2 1/4 length win.
Santa Anita Park hosted the Grade 2 $200,000 San Carlos Stakes for older horses on Saturday. Sahara Sky posted his second straight Grade 2 win by three quarters of a length at 6-1 odds.
Data Link did what many expected on Saturday - he won the Grade 3 $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes at Gulfstream in come-from-behind fashion. Sent off as the heavy favorite in the Canadian Turf, Data Link finished a length ahead of the field for his second straight graded stakes win.
It was Live Lively that raced to victory in the Grade 2 Davona Dales Stakes at Gulfstream on Saturday. The 2-1 second choice registered a 1 1/2 length win in her stakes debut for her third straight win overall finishing ahead of 9-10 favorite Dreaming of Julia, the reigning third place finisher in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Private Ensign was another 5 3/4 lengths back in third while Lady banks was fourth and Twice Told Tale trailed in the small field of five.