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Love the Nest held off stablemate Cousvinnysacanuck to win the $100,000 Minnesota Derby for state-breds by a nose on Saturday at Canterbury Park. Both are owned by Lothenbach Stables' Bob Lothenbach of Wayzata, Minnesota, and trained by Joel Berndt.

Ry Eikleberry rode Love the Nest, son of Blame out of Congrats and Roses, by Congrats. Luis Fuentes was aboard runner-up Cousvinnysacanuck.

Time for the one-mile and 70-yard contest was 1:42.93 on a fast track.

Love the Nest, bred by Pete Mattson, paid $5.20 as the wagering favorite. His record improved to 4-2-0 from six career starts while earning his second black-type victory.

The $100,000 Minnesota Oaks went to It's Her Time, who pressed the front-running She's My Warrior early before driving past after a half mile on the way to a 3 1/2 length victory.

Constantino Roman rode the winning filly for trainer Mac Robertson. She paid $19.00 to win. It's Her Time, by Not This Time, was bred by Warren Bush of Iowa who died in June. His family owns the filly.

“To be able to come up here after dad passed this summer and getting a win. …nothing replaces getting your picture taken,” said Bush's son Chad Bush, “and hey, we got our picture taken, so thanks Dad.”

Ready to Runaway took the lead from the gate in the $50,000 Glitter Star Stakes and maintained an advantage to the wire 1 1/16-mile race to win the stakes for the fourth consecutive time. Time was 1:46.18. Eikleberry was aboard for owner John Mentz. A 6-year-old First Dude mare, Ready to Runaway returned $4.40. The winner and the runner-up are both trained by Robertson.

Thealligatorhunter raced gate to wire in the $50,000 Wally's Choice Stakes to win by two lengths over Bayou Benny. The winner, a 4-year-old Overanalyze gelding, is owned by Pete Mattson and trainer Tim Padilla. Alonso Quinonez was aboard Thealligatorhunter, who paid $5.00 to win.

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The bay filly Vegas Magic stalked the pacesetting favorite Procrastination for the majority of the six-furlong Sorrento Stakes Saturday at Del Mar, then surged past her at the sixteenth pole and went on to a 1 1/4-length upset in the Grade 2 juvenile filly headliner.

The Kentucky-bred daughter of Good Magic ran the distance in 1:11.46 under Abel Cedillo and earned a first prize of $120,000 from the total purse of $200,500. The win – her third in three tries – pushed her bankroll to $205,200.

Doug O'Neill trains Vegas Magic for the three-way partnership of Omar Aldabbagh, Todd Cady, and Ty Leatherman.

Finishing second in the sprint was Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Procrastination, who had cut out all the fractions at :22.43, :45.43 and :58.29 as the race's 7-10 favorite. Finishing third in the six-horse field was Rick or Sharon Waller's Dazzlingdominika.

Vegas Magic returned $31.40, $6.60 and $4.20. Procrastination paid $2.80 and $2.40, while Dazzlingdominika returned $4.60 to show.

The track's Pick 6 Single Ticket Jackpot wager for the fourth day in a row wasn't solvable meaning there will be a carryover into the pool for Sunday of $237,758.

First post Sunday at the seaside oval is 2 p.m.

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ABEL CEDILLO (Vegas Magic, winner) – “I got a perfect trip. Soon as I broke with her she took me there and when I got to the stretch, when she switched leads, she just kept going. In the last eighth I'm like: 'Oh, I'm going to get that.' I would love to see her at one mile next time; she'd be tough.”

LEANDRO MORA, assistant to trainer Doug O'Neill (Vegas Magic, winner)– “I expected the outside; this filly is so gutty. We were expecting her to give us a good race, she was my choice. Del Mar isn't the perfect place for some horses. It is like Saratoga: you might bring a nice horse to Saratoga and still might not win.”

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FRACTIONS:  :22.43  :45.43  :58.29  1:11.46

The stakes win was the second of the meet for rider Cedillo and his first in the Sorrento. He now has 13 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer O'Neill, but his third in the Sorrento. He now has 43 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The winning owners are Omar Aldabbagh of Las Vegas, NV, Todd Cady of San Diego, CA and Ty Leatherman of Simi Valley, CA.

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After matching strides throughout the stretch, 6-5 favorite Twilight Blue emerged as a narrow head winner over tracking stablemate Intrepid Heart in Saturday's inaugural running of the $200,000 Fort Larned for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs.

Trained by Joe Sharp and ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., Twilight Blue covered the 1 3/16 miles on a fast main track in 1:57.09.

After longshot Artemus Eagle led the field of five older horses through a first quarter mile in :24.11, Twilight Blue asserted himself to the front down the backstretch and a half-mile in :49.33 with Intrepid Heart in close pursuit. Passing the six-furlong marker in 1:13.77, Twilight Blue and Intrepid Heart engraved their prolonged drive midway around the far turn. The two battled shoulder to shoulder to the finish with a head bob deciding the victor.

“He was really gutsy today,” Hernandez said of Twilight Blue. “He took me to the front up the backside and really battled late. It was really cool to win a race named after Fort Larned (who Hernanadez rode to victory in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic [G1]) in the first edition.

The win was worth $122,760 and increased Twilight Blue's earnings to $444,594 with a record of 5-3-1 in 12 starts. Three of his wins have come at Churchill Downs.

“Both of these horses try so hard all the time and give it their all,” said Sharp, who trains the winner and the hard-luck runner-up. “It's great to win it with one of them but you're gutted at the same time for the other to run so well and lose. Both of these horses have been on the right and wrong sides of tight photos in the past. It's nice to run on this day at Churchill Downs. This is our home track and I'm glad we're able to be here to support it.”

Twilight Blue is a Kentucky-bred son of Air Force Blue out of the Rahy mare Lily the Pink and was bred by Knowles Bloodstock Inc. He is campaigned by Carl R. Moore Management LLC, which bought him from Lane's End for $45,000 at the 2019 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Twilight Blue returned $4.76. Intrepid Heart, with Tyler Gaffalione up  outfinished King Fury, who was 1 ¼ lengths back in third under Julien Leparoux.

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