Horse Racing News by Jack Shinar

She needed the length of the Santa Anita Park stretch to do it, but Secret Compass passed favorite She's a Tiger with 50 yards to go and won the $250,000 Chandelier Stakes.

Ron the Greek picked a perfect time to snap out of a lengthy slump when he demolished the field in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup in a 21-1 upset Sept. 28 at Belmont Park.

Southern California shipper Private Zone outfought favored Justin Phillip to win the $400,000 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes Sept. 28 by a head at Belmont Park.

Grade 1 winner Paynter, whose comeback from life-threatening illness more than a year ago was stalled on track in the Woodward Stakes, will attempt to atone at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28 in a stakes named for his sire, Awesome Again.

Wise Dan became the first two-time winner of the Ricoh Woodbine Mile when he romped to victory Sept. 15 in track-record time over the Toronto track's turf course as the shortest-priced favorite in the race's 17 renewals.

Making her United States debut, French filly Alterite seized the lead past mid-stretch en route to a commanding victory in the $500,000 Garden City Stakes.

Morton Fink's Wise Dan, winner of last year's Ricoh Woodbine Mile and Horse of the Year in 2012, drew post four in a field of six as the 2-5 favorite for this year's edition of the $1 million grass test Sept. 15 in Toronto.

A pair of heavy longshots trained by Dale Romans for Donegal Racing swept the exacta in the $171,750 Iroquois Stakes Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs when Cleburne edged a fast-closing Smart Cover by a neck in the key juvenile test.

Untapable, under a patient ride from Rosie Napravnik, collared favored Stonetastic past in deep stretch and edged away to a half-length victory in the $168,150 Pocahontas Stakes Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs.

Hyper had his consistency rewarded with his first graded stakes victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap on the inner turf at Belmont Park Sept. 7 as odds-on favorite Boisterous fizzled in the stretch.