Horse Racing News by Marty McGee

Gio Ponti flexed the muscles of a multiple Eclipse Award winner Saturday when gliding to victory without even feeling the whip in the richest race of the Keeneland fall meet, the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile.

Dubai Majesty ran down an improbable longshot to post the richest victory in her rags-to-riches career Saturday in the 30th running of the Grade 2, $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland.

California invader Wickedly Perfect turned back all challengers after setting a moderate pace when proceeding to capture the 59th running of the Grade 1, $400,00 Darley Alcibiades Stakes, opening day of the Keeneland fall meet.

Lookin At Lucky might have given his connections and backers a little scare, but the colt proved his class Saturday when he rallied from well back to capture the 16th running of the Grade 2, $510,900 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park.

Crowded House will have to earn his way into a Breeders' Cup race at Churchill Downs this fall. Owner Paul Reddam and trainer Ben Cecil will know the colt's status after Saturday's $250,000 Goodwood Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Easily the biggest draw in the history of Thoroughbred racing in Indiana will be at Hoosier Park on Saturday when Lookin At Lucky prepares for the Breeders' Cup Classic in the Grade 2, $500,000 Indiana Derby.

Super Saver will have 60 days of stall rest before being re-evaluated for bone bruising that was diagnosed last week by nuclear scintigraphy, Elliott Walden, racing manager for the colt's owner, WinStar Farm, said Monday.

The applause began, politely, near his box, then quickly spread throughout the entire section towering above the Arlington Park finish line Saturday.

Free Fighter has been zigging when horseplayers are zagging. The Team Block colorbearer won the Grade 3 Stars and Stripes at Arlington Park last September at nearly 11-1 and the Grade 3 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs this spring at 12-1.

Direct Line upset the showcase race of the Ellis Park meet by nailing an even pricier longshot, West Hope, in the final strides of the Grade 3, $100,000 Gardenia on Saturday.