Maryfield nosed out Baroness Thatcher on Sunday to win the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes and get her first Grade 1 victory at Saratoga Race Course. Mayfield had not won a race since November 2006, when she took the Very Subtle stakes at Churchill Downs. She now has eight wins from 27 starts for trainer Doug O’Neill.
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Maryfield Wins $250,000 Ballerina Stakes
Maryfield nosed out Baroness Thatcher on Sunday to win the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes and get her first Grade 1 victory at Saratoga Race Course. Mayfield had not won a race since November 2006, when she took the Very Subtle stakes at Churchill Downs. She now has eight wins from 27 starts for trainer Doug O’Neill.
Young’s 2 early homers lift Arizona
The Arizona Diamondbacks are in first place despite giving up 32 more runs than they’ve scored. For clues to how the Diamondbacks have done it, see their 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon. Arizona spotted the Cubs a 3-0 first-inning lead, rallied behind two Chris Young home runs and then hung on…
Angels’ Escobar wins career-high 15th
The Blue Jays didn’t have enough bargaining power to keep Kelvim Escobar in Toronto when he became a free agent after the 2003 season. The Los Angeles Angels did, and they’ve been reaping the benefits ever since. Escobar recorded his career-high 15th victory, Garret Anderson homered and the Angels beat the Blue Jays 3-1 on…
Giants rally, complete sweep of Brewers
The Brewers’ continued slump has left manager Ned Yost speechless. Pedro Feliz scored from first base on Rich Aurilia’s single to right field in the eighth inning, lifting the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday and completing a three-game sweep. “The way we’ve been playing right now, we need to…
Cameron makes Dolphins offense fun
The Miami Dolphins refer to the play as “paint-pump,” and when the call was made to run it, quarterback Trent Green thought he had misunderstood the signal from the sideline. “When the play came in, I gave the signal to repeat it,” Green said. “I was surprised — `Are you serious?”‘ Coach Cam Cameron was…
Colts DE Freeney expected to sit Friday
Three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney bruised his right thigh during the Indianapolis Colts’ 37-10 win over Detroit Saturday night and isn’t expected to play Friday at Cincinnati. Coach Tony Dungy said Sunday that the injury is not serious and Freeney would probably play if it were a regular-season game.
Vick to enter guilty plea Monday
Michael Vick’s guilty plea to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge will cap one of the most rapid and startling falls from stardom in U.S. sports history. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback is scheduled to formally enter his plea Monday, following the path of three co-defendants who already have pleaded guilty.
Carrots Only wins Charles Hesse Jersey Breeders’ Handicap at Monmouth
Carrots Only overtook Fagedaboudit Sal in the deep stretch and beat him by a neck in the $135,000 Charles Hesse Jersey Breeders’ Handicap at Monmouth Park on Sunday. Trained by John Mazza and ridden by Chris DeCarlo, Carrots Only covered 1 1-16 miles over the fast main track in 1:42.4 and paid $5.20, $3 and…
Travers winner Street Sense doing great, next start is anybody’s guess
Street Sense will enjoy a few more days at the Spa, then it’s back home to Kentucky to begin training for the next race of an already exceptional career. Just when and where that will be remained the biggest question a day after the Kentucky Derby winner’s hard-fought, half-length victory over Grasshopper in the $1…
Red Sox finish 4-game sweep of White Sox
With September looming, Boston looks like the team to beat. The Chicago White Sox look like the team anyone can beat. David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, and J.D. Drew and Bobby Kielty ended long homerless droughts to back Julian Tavarez’s first win since late June as the Red Sox finished a four-game sweep of…
Howard helps Phillies end 4-game skid
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said it was a must-win situation. His team delivered that victory in dominating fashion. Ryan Howard homered and drove in four runs and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 14-2 rout over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Howard, the reigning National League MVP, ended a season-high…
Browns’ Quinn good in win, may not start
Maybe in the regular season the red flag will come out. Preseason games don’t count and neither do touchdowns that are erroneously ruled incompletions, as Brady Quinn discovered Saturday night. Quinn was efficient and effective for the second straight game, leading the Cleveland Browns past the Denver Broncos 17-16, although it probably wasn’t enough to…