Horse Racing News on July 21, 2012

La Tia coasted to her third consecutive victory in as many starts this season with a wire-to-wire score in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Oaks.

Reigning champion older male Acclamation cruised to a 2 3/4-length repeat victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar, extending his current winning streak to seven.

Besilu Stables' Royal Delta held off a late challenger to win the $750,000 Delaware Handicap by a neck at Delaware Park July 21, but it wasn't the nemesis everyone thought she'd face near the wire.

Godolphin Racing's Questing earned the first grade I win of her career and gave 19-year-old jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. the same when she took the $300,000 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks by 4 1/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course July 21.