3-time Hambo winner Sears elected to Harness Hall of Fame

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3-time Hambo winner Sears elected to Harness Hall of Fame (The Associated Press)
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Three-time Hambletonian winner Brian Sears has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame for a driving career that includes nearly 10,000 victories and $174 million in earnings.

Persuasive Paul wins opening day feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Persuasive Paul won the $21,380 feature by 2 1/2 lengths Thursday on opening day at Los Alamitos, ending a six-race skid.

Ultra Brat, 22-1, wins Belmont’s Christiecat Stakes (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Ultra Brat rallied from last for a 22-1 upset Friday in the $100,000 Christiecat Stakes, the opening-day feature at Belmont Park.

Dream Team wins feature by half-length at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Dream Team won the $54,890 feature by a half-length Friday at Los Alamitos.

Too close: Comfort wins Belmont’s Seattle Slew Stakes (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Comfort, the odds-on favorite, took the $100,000 Seattle Slew Stakes by a nose Saturday at Belmont Park.

Soi Phet wins E.B. Johnston Stakes at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Soi Phet won the $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes for older California-breds by a half-length Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Conquest Enforcer captures Belmont’s Allied Force Stakes (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Conquest Enforcer shipped down from Canada to capture the $100,000 Allied Force Stakes for 3-year-olds on Sunday at Belmont Park.

Bendable wins Beverly J Lewis Stakes at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Bendable led all the way to win the $75,000 Beverly J. Lewis Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths Sunday at Los Alamitos, giving Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith a sweep of the weekend stakes races.

Jockey Club offer 1 million Triple Crown bonus (Reuters)
Britain’s Jockey Club has announced the return of a 1 million pounds ($1.33 million) Triple Crown bonus for the 2016-17 season. The Jockey Club is offering the cash bonanza for any horse that can win the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park in November, the 32Red King George VI Chase at Kempton Park a month later and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, the racing body said. “We’d love a special horse to capture the public’s imagination and take their place in racing folklore by winning The Jockey Club Chase Triple Crown,” Paul Fisher, Group Managing Director, said.

Lani’s Belmont run inspires Japan route to Kentucky (Reuters)
(Reuters) – The storming run by Japan-based colt Lani at this year’s Belmont Stakes has inspired a series of races in the Asian country that could annually produce a starter in the Kentucky Derby, from 2017 onwards. Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) has partnered with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to create the ‘Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby’, which will include two one-mile dirt stakes races at the famed Tokyo Racecourse. “We saw sizeable international interest through Lani’s participation in this year’s Triple Crown and we’re thrilled that, through this partnership, we can add to the worldwide popularity of the Kentucky Derby.” Lani, a gray Kentucky-bred Tapit colt owned by Koji Maeda, made an electric charge down the long final straight to place third at the 148th Belmont Stakes in June, the final leg of U.S. racing’s Triple Crown series for 3-year-olds.

California Chrome eyes $1 million Santa Anita bonus (Reuters)
By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) – California Chrome, North America’s all-time leading money earner, is scheduled to run in next month’s Awesome Again Stakes in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic in November, the horse’s trainer said on Wednesday. The chestnut-colored five-year-old, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2014, is in line for a $1 million bonus if he wins the Awesome Again on Oct. 1 and the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 5. Both races will be staged at the iconic Santa Anita Park in Arcadia where California Chrome has won four out of seven starts — all of them stakes.

Texting rallies to win Belmont feature (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Texting beat Earring by a neck Wednesday in the $77,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.

Roca Rojo takes Belmont feature as 1-5 choice (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Roca Rojo won the $90,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares as the 1-5 favorite on Thursday at Belmont Park.

Zuzu’s Petals wins Los Alamitos to end 5-race skid (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Zuzu’s Petals rallied from just off the pace to win the $46,000 feature Thursday at Los Alamitos, ending a five-race skid.

Green Mask snaps 12-race losing streak in Belmont feature (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Green Mask ended a lengthy losing streak with a 2 ¼-length victory Friday in the $90,000 allowance feature for turf sprinters at Belmont Park.

Spud Spivens wins feature at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Spud Spivens led nearly all the way to win the $31,620 feature by 1 1/4 lengths Friday at Los Alamitos.

On Leave sails to victory in Belmont’s Sands Point Stakes (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — On Leave extended her winning streak to four with a front-running victory Saturday in the $500,000 Sands Point Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the turf at Belmont Park.

Tepin wins Woodbine Mile for 8th straight victory (The Associated Press)
TORONTO (AP) — Tepin won the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile on Saturday for the Kentucky-bred filly’s eighth straight victory.

Bitzka wins $100,000 Barretts Debutante at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Bitzka won the $100,000 Barretts Debutante for fillies by 5 1/4 lengths Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Quidura takes Belmont feature in her US debut (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Quidura won her U.S. debut Sunday, rallying to take the $77,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.

California Diamond wins Barretts Juvenile at Los Alamitos (The Associated Press)
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — California Diamond caught pacesetter Crosscheck Carolos with an eighth of a mile to go and won the $100,000 Barretts Juvenile by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday at Los Alamitos.