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Hot Shot Kid became the all-time leading Minnesota-bred money earner when he won the eighth race on Monday at Canterbury Park.

Hot Shot Kid, the 6-5 favorite, annexed the 7 1/2-furlong turf contest for $16,000 claimers by 1 1/4 lengths and finished the trip in 1:28.90 on a firm course.

The 9-year-old Majestic Warrior gelding earned the $10,800 winner's share, boosting his career earnings to $708,816 to become the top state-bred by money won and surpass the retired Mr. Jagermeister, who earned $700,839.

Hot Shot Kid ($6.40) was bred in Minnesota by the late Warren Bush and is owned by his wife Linda Bush. Trained throughout his career by Mac Robertson, Hot Shot Kid has won 17 of 54 starts in a career that began in 2016. He was ridden to victory Monday by Harry Hernandez.

Hot Shot Kid was produced by the Officer mare Our Sweet Mary B.

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Four stakes that combined could be worth as much as $400,000 highlight the September meet at Los Alamitos.

The six-day season will begin Friday, Sept. 15 and continue through Sunday, Sept. 24. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (Sept. 15-17 and Sept. 22-24) both weeks. Post time will be 1 p.m. (PT).

The first of the stakes races is the $75,000 E.B. Johnston for 3-year-olds and up bred or sired in California. The one-mile Johnston will be run Saturday, Sept. 16.

The following day older horses — 3-year-olds & up – will get together in the $100,000 Los Alamitos Special at 1 1/16 miles.

Completing the schedule are the $125,000 Dark Mirage for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles and the $100,000 Capote for 2-year-olds at 6 ½ furlongs. The Dark Mirage will be contested Saturday, Sept. 23 while the Capote will be run closing day, Sunday, Sept. 24.

The Dark Mirage, Los Alamitos Special and Capote were originally $75,000-guaranteed, but the Los Alamitos Racing Association and track owner Dr. Edward Allred recently increased the purses – provided those races draw at least six starters.

The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4's on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick Six as well as the Players' Pick 5 – a 50-cent minimum bet with a reduced takeout rate of 14% rate – on the first five races.

The Pick Six will have the standard 70-30 split with 70% of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30% going to tickets with five of six winners.

There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, Sept. 23 and the LARA will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths to the 2024 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.

Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live money wagering card.

Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily doubles. Each entry must bet at least $50 on a minimum of five races that day, but there is no wagering limit.

The player with the highest bankroll at the end of the day will be declared the winner and the player with the second highest bankroll will be the runner-up.

The winner will receive 50% of the prize pool. The remaining payoffs: 20% (2nd place), 15% (3rd place), 7.5 % (4th place) and 7.5% (Most Money Wagered).

Two jockeys are approaching milestones entering the September meet.

Juan Hernandez's next stakes win at Los Alamitos will be his 14th, making him the all-time leader. He is currently tied for the top spot with Corey Black.

Edwin Maldonado is three victories away from becoming the all-time leading rider. He currently has 125 wins, two fewer than Martin Pedroza.

The totals for both wins and stakes victories include the Orange County Fair meets (1977-1991).

Entries for opening day of the September meet will be taken Tuesday, Sept. 12.

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With limited opportunities for a horse of St Anthony's ilk in California, trainer Neil Drysdale decided to send the 4-year-old Noble Mission gelding East to campaign this year.

A stakes win is the latest result of that decision.

St Anthony split horses coming out of the final turn and powered his way to a 2¼-length victory in Monday's $102,000 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park, the horse's second straight win at the Jersey Shore track.

St Anthony's winning time for the mile over a firm turf course was 1:34.58.

“When we started him off this year he was a little fresh his first start and then he hit soft ground in his next start,” said Drysdale. “Everything has gone well since he came to Monmouth Park. For a horse like him there are more opportunities in the East. That's why we decided to ship him here. You have several racetracks that are options from Monmouth and New York.

“In California if you're not good enough there aren't a lot of opportunities. This (the East) gave us a lot more options with him.”

Ridden by Paco Lopez, St Anthony had an ideal set-up in the seven-horse field of 3-year-olds and up, sitting behind the early speed duel between Megacity and Principled Stand. Lopez deftly managed to steer his horse to the rail while tracking the front-runners through early fractions of :23.07 and :45.98 to the half.

Coming out of the final turn, Lopez had to split horses, with Megacity inside and There Are No Words on the outside of him.

Owned and bred in Kentucky by Alice Bamford, St Anthony returned $5.80 to win as the favorite. The Invincible Spirit mare Amnesia is the winner's dam.

“It sure helps when you have the best horse and you get a perfect trip,” said Lopez, who has all but officially wrapped up his ninth Monmouth Park riding title in the past 11 years with one weekend of live racing remaining. “I really like this horse. I liked him off his last win and I told my agent (Cory Moran) that I wanted to ride him back.

“I knew there was speed in this race so I wanted to be close to it. I was able to get to the rail early (from post seven) and I was able to track the speed until I needed to go. It got a little tight there for a while and I had to split horses coming out of the turn but we had room and he was really wanting to run at that point.”

St Anthony started this year with two races at Belmont Park before winning an optional claimer at Monmouth Park on July 28. He is now 5-for-17 lifetime and 2-for-2 at Monmouth Park.

“He's certainly done well his past two races at Monmouth Park,” said Drysdale. “I think Paco gets along with him really well. He gave him a picture perfect ride. That plays a good part in it.”

Wicked Finn rallied from far back to get second, edging out There Are No Words by a neck.

In the supporting feature earlier on the card, Great Navigator turned in a dazzling performance while coasting to a 10-length victory in the $127,000 Charles Hesse III Handicap for New Jersey-breds.

Great Navigator, meanwhile, easily handled the longest stretch out of his eight-race career for jockey Jairo Rendon in the 1 1/16-mile Hesse Handicap, doing so as the only 3-year-old in the seven-horse field. The winning time was 1:44.25

“He's just such a consistent horse,” said winning trainer Eddie Owens. “He's been consistent since day one. He's just a very nice horse. Nice horses overcoming everything so I wasn't worried about this being the longest race of his career. I know how talented he is.”

Great Navigator, a son of Sea Wizard, has never missed the board in eight lifetime starts. The Hesse marked his second time trying two turns. He paid $7.80 to win.

Lemon Creek Louie was second, four lengths ahead of Irish Boolum.

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The summer meet at Del Mar comes to an end next weekend but not before the 2-year-olds have their say both on the dirt and on the grass.

Six stakes are on tap for next weekend starting Friday with the $125,000 I'm Smokin, a six-furlong test for Cal-bred 2-year-olds. Five of the eight runners in the Graduation Stakes, run at Del Mar last month, are entered in the I'm Smokin, including the top three finishers who were only separated by three-quarters of a length. Lord Prancealot wired them that day but Last Call London's final bid came up a head short and Mici's Express was right behind him.

Saturday, three stakes are on the docket, including the FanDuel Racing Del Mar Debutante (G1). Ten are possible for the race including the top three finishers in the Sorrento (G3) and the winner of the CTBA, both run earlier in the meet. Dreamfyre, trained by O. J. Jauregui, put on a clinic in the Sorrento, going wire-to-wire to win by 3 ½ lengths over race favorite Benedetta. The Bob Baffert-trained Dua was next, another 7 ¼ lengths behind the front-runners.

Pushiness, an undefeated Cal-bred, also may get in the mix. She won her stakes debut in front-running fashion and is expected to give Dreamfyre a tussle.

Tamara, the daughter of Hall of Famer Beholder who won her career debut, is also a possible for the seven-furlong race on the main track.

On the Debutante undercard is the Juvenile Fillies Turf, a one-mile journey. Nineteen fillies have been nominated for the race. Most are coming out of maiden races.

Grass races for juveniles are tough to come by this time of year, let alone around two turns. That being said, trainer Doug O'Neill's Angiolleta, Peter Eurton's Flattery and Michael McCarthy's Sushi Sticks are all coming off one-mile maiden special weight turf races.

Trainer Phil D'Amato, always dangerous on the turf, has nominated Loterie, runner up to Angiolleta in July.

The John C. Mabee (G2) is also on the Debutante undercard. Eleven fillies and mares have been nominated for the 1 1/8-mile grass race, including Closing Remarks, winner of the Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) at Del Mar last month, and Macadamia, winner of the Gamely (G1) at Santa Anita on Memorial Day.

Turning to Sunday, two stakes are scheduled for the closing-day card at Del Mar, beginning with the Del Mar Juvenile Turf (G3). Twenty 2-year-old colts and geldings have been nominated for the one mile race. Like its filly counterpart, a few of the nominees have won on the turf at the one mile distance, including McCarthy's Endlessly and Blue Eyed George, who did it at Ellis Park. Richard Mandella's Boltage won by five lengths in a maiden special weight at the distance at Del Mar last month.

D'Amato's lone entry, Poor Dompter, is making his first start in the U.S.

The stakes schedule closes out with the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1), headed by Baffert's Prince of Monaco and Muth, the top two finishers in last month's Best Pal (G3). Prince of Monaco won by 4 ¼ lengths for his second open length win. The son of Speightstown broke his maiden by eight lengths.

O'Neill's Raging Torrent, who finished third behind the Baffert pair in the Best Pal, is also possible for the Futurity.

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