Horse Racing News by Mike Welsch

Turallure could not make up ground after Sidney's Candy's was allowed to get away with a snail-like pace in the Fourstardave Handicap earlier in the meet.

Ask the Moon, the front-running upset winner of the Grade 1 Ruffian Invitational here July 31, is entered back for Sunday's Grade 1, $300,000 Personal Ensign Invitational going 1 1/4 miles.

Get Stormy swept the two major turf stakes for males, the Grade 2 Fourstardave and Bernard Baruch handicaps, during the 2010 Saratoga meeting.

Saturday is Travers day at Saratoga, but even a race as prestigious as the Travers may have to share some of the spotlight on this particular Saturday with the Grade 1 King's Bishop.

As expected, a field of 10 was entered Wednesday for Saturday's 142nd running of the $1 million Travers, the cornerstone event of the Saratoga season which this year is likely to decide leadership in the 3-year-old division.

Four people have been arrested by the South Florida Violent Crimes Task Force in connection with the fatal shooting of a Brinks security guard at Calder Racecourse and Casino on Sunday afternoon, the FBI announced Monday.

Hungry Island parlayed her own talents and the misfortune of the 2-5 favorite Winter Memories to register a convincing 2 1/2-length victory over Kathmanblu in Sunday's $150,000 Lake Placid Stakes decided over a yielding course at Saratoga.

Royal Delta easily avenged her third-place finish behind It's Tricky and Plum Pretty four weeks earlier in the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks with a convincing 5 1/2-length victory in Saturday's Grade 1 Alabama.

Ask the Moon, a $75,000 claim by the Farnsworth Stables six weeks earlier, became a Grade 1 winner on Sunday when leading throughout to dominate the $250,000 Ruffian Handicap by 5 3/4 lengths over runner-up Super Espresso.

Four months ago, owner Mike Repole and trainer Todd Pletcher were probably fairly confident they'd have the the favorite for the Travers. They just never would have believed it might be Stay Thirsty.