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Favorite Regal Riot dueled Arollercoasterride in a thrilling stretch drive before thrusting his head in front nearing the finish line to secure victory in the $125,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) Saturday at Hastings Racecourse.

A 3-year-old Jersey Town gelding ridden by Efrain Hernandez, Regal Riot crossed the wire in a final time 1:50.73 for the 1 1/8-mile test.

In pursuit of his first graded stakes win, Regal Riot chased pacesetter Arollercoasterride about a length behind in second through a :23.79 opening quarter.

Drawing to within a half length through a half mile in :48.89, Regal Riot was eye to eye with his rival as six furlongs went in 1:14. 71 and the two began to move away from the field, matching strides down the lane, but Regal Riot won the head bob at the line.

Arollercoasterride was four lengths in front of third-place finisher Boitano.

Trained by Robert J. Anderson, Regal Riot is campaigned by Kim M. Peacock and Lance Giesbrecht, a retired trainer, Hastings mainstay, and member of the British Columbia Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Regal Riot, who returned $5.70, won for the fourth time in seven starts this year. His record includes two stakes wins in June and July at Hastings and a third-place finish in the Canadian Derby (G3) August 20 at Century Mile in his first attempt in a graded stakes.

In his his only start at age 2, he was runner-up in a maiden special weight at Century Mile.

Bred in British Columbia by Suzanne I. Anderson, Regal Riot was produced by the On Target mare Regal Red. The $68,750 winner's share of the British Columbia Derby purse boosted his lifetime earnings to $133,134.

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Horses owned by Robert Lothenbach of Wayzata, Minn. won four of the six $100,000 Thoroughbred stakes Saturday during Canterbury Park's 12-race Minnesota Festival of Champions for state-breds.

Joel Berndt trained all Lothenbach winners, including an allowance winner earlier on the card.

The first stakes victory came in the Princess Elaine with Midnight Current, a 4-year-old Midnight Lute filly who has won five consecutive races this season at Canterbury. She paid $3.20 as the favorite with leading rider Harry Hernandez aboard.

Lothenbach next won the Northern Lights Futurity with favorite It's Bobs Business. The 2-year-old Bolt d'Oro gelding missed the break but was able to navigate through traffic, circling the field and drawing off to win by 7 1/4 lengths under Constantino Roman. He paid $2.80.

Love the Nest, a 3-year-old Blame filly, won the Crocrock Sprint for Lothenbach and Berndt with rider Ry Eikleberry. The Minnesota Derby winner, facing older horses for the first time, raced behind a pace battle between The Alligatorhunter and Doctor Oscar before passing both to win by 2 3/4 lengths. Love the Nest returned $7.00.

Eikleberry was aboard the fourth Lothenbach winner as well. Charlie's Penny, a 4-year-old daughter of Race Day, prevailed in the Bella Notte Distaff Sprint by 5 1/4 lengths over Ready to Runaway and defending champion Clickbait, returning $3.80.

Eikleberry has now won 11 Festival Thoroughbred stakes in his career, tying Scott Stevens for the third most in the 29-year history of the event. Eikleberry also has five additional Festival wins aboard quarter horses.

Lothenbach's allowance victory that came earlier on the card when Loring Park, a 4-year-old Orb gelding, won as the favorite with Eikleberry riding. Lothenbach is also the breeder of Loring Park, Midnight Current, Its Bobs Business, and Charlie's Penny.

Lover Girl, trained by Matt Williams and ridden by Karlo Lopez, secured the Northern Lights Debutante as a longshot. The 2-year-old Congrats filly paid $28.80, defeating odds-on favorite Thunders Rocknroll by two lengths. The winning filly was bred and is owned by Gary and Brenda Bergsrud

Stitzy won the Blair's Cove Minnesota Turf Championship with jockey Ezequiel Lara aboard. The gate-to-wire winner is trained by Jose Silva Jr. and owned by 5th Street Stables. The 6-year-old English Channel gelding paid $17.80.

Wagering reached a Minnesota Festival of Champions high of $2,446,940, the fourth largest handle total of the season. The previous Festival handle record was the 2020 total of $2,048,915.

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Leading rider Juan Hernandez took a gamble on the backside with his mare Avenue de France and he cashed it in at the wire when they held on by half a length over the charging 1-2 race favorite Going Global in Saturday's $251,000 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar.

Hernandez's bold jump proved just what his daughter of Cityscape needed to capture the Grade 2 stakes and pick up a check for $150,000 to increase her earnings to $525,066.  It was her eighth career victory in her 22nd start. The French-bred turf specialist is trained by Frenchman Leonard Powell and she covered the nine furlongs on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course in 1:47.96.

Going Global, who races for Dub, Gevertz or Nentwig, et al, had 2 1/2 lengths on third-place finisher Going to Vegas, who goes for Abbondanza Racing and Medallion Racing.

The winner paid $23.80, $5.60 and $2.60, while Going Global returned $2.20 and $2.10. Going to Vegas paid $2.10 to show.

The race was part of the Pick 6 sequence at Del Mar, which was not hit again causing a carryover of $166,281 into Sunday's final card of the season. There is a mandatory payout on the wager tomorrow, which will be held on races six to 11. First post for the finale is 1 p.m.

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JUAN HERNANDEZ (Avenue de France, winner)– “This filly always moves the last quarter of the race, but today I took my chance and went around at the half mile. She was pulling and it looked like she wanted room, so I saw the opportunity to go around and make my move a little early today. Nothing caught us at the three-eighths (pole) and I took my chance. If I was going to get caught, I would have gotten caught at the wire. Good thing my filly held on through that move and won.”

LEONARD POWELL (Avenue de France, winner) – “She's on her game. She's got a very good turn of foot. She caught Going Global flat footed at the three-eighths and when Going Global came at her she re-rallied. I thought he (Juan Hernandez) had moved too early, honestly, but it turned out to be the winning move. That's why Juan is at the top of the ladder right now.”

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FRACTIONS:  :23.73  :46.53  1:11.00  1:35.50  1:47.96

The stakes win was the 11th of the meet for rider Hernandez, but his first in the John C. Mabee Stakes. He now has 26 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The stakes win was the second of the meet for trainer Powell, but his first in the John C. Mabee Stakes. He now has eight stakes wins at Del Mar.

The winning owners are Stephen Aron of Santa Monica (Convergence Stable, Sol Kumin of New York City (Madaket Stables) and partners.

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Peter Redekop's And Tell Me Nolies dug in late and just caught race favorite Home Cooking at the wire to register a notable upset in Saturday's Grade 1, $301,000 TVG Del Mar Debutante Stakes.

Ridden by veteran Ramon Vazquez, who was recording the first Grade 1 tally of his career in the mainland U.S., the bay filly by the late Arrogate covered the seven-furlong distance in 1:23.29 to get up by a head. Peter Miller trains the winner.

Home Cooking, who is owned by the partnership of Pegram, Watson and Weitman, went off at odds of 7-10 and just missed. Finishing third, three and three-quarter lengths farther back, was Perry and Ramona Bass' Ice Dancing.

And Tell Me Nolies earned a check for $180,000 for her efforts and now has two wins in three starts and earnings of $232,800.

The winner paid $21.60, $5.40 and $3.00. Home Cooking returned $2.60 and $2.10, while Ice Dancing paid $2.60 to show.

The TVG Del Mar Debutante is considered the championship event of the Del Mar meeting for 2-year-old fillies.

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RAMON VAZQUEZ (And Tell Me Nolies, winner) – “I told Peter (trainer Miller) that I had confidence in this filly right from the start. I'm glad he was loyal to me and let me ride her in this one. She was a runner all the way today. And I knew I was the winner at the wire. This is my first Grade I win. It is so amazing. I want to thank Peter for giving me this chance. This is amazing.”

PETER MILLER (And Tell Me Nolies, winner) – “I didn't see a ton of speed on the form. We were drawn inside. I think he (Ramon Vasquez) wanted to get position, which he did. I did like some of the moves he made. At the five-eighths pole when he beat Cedillo (Vegas Magic) to the spot, and then when he got her outside around the two-and-a-half furlong pole, I felt really good.”

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FRACTIONS:  :22.01  :44.36  1:09.92  1:23.29

The stakes win by jockey Vazquez was his third of the meet, but his first in the TVG Del Mar Debutante. He now has three stakes wins at Del Mar.

The stakes win by trainer Miller was his second of the meet and his second (Set Play, 2007) in the Del Mar Debutante. He now has 46 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The winning owner is Peter Redekop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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