ROUNDUP : ‘Squall Wins; Unbridled Is Beaten

Summer Squall, returning to racing after a 14-week layoff, rallied from last on the first turn to win the $300,000 Pennsylvania Derby by 3 3/4 lengths at Philadelphia Park Monday.

Challenge My Duty, longest shot on the board and ridden by Inocencio Ayarza, finished second by one length over Southland-based Sports View, ridden by Mike Smith and trained by Wayne Lukas.

Jockey Pat Day said Summer Squall was hit coming out of the gate, and that it took the jockey a quarter-mile to steady him.

“He got messed up at the start,” Day said. “He’s very competitive. He showed me courage I had not seen before.

“They mashed him leaving the gate,” he said. “The outside horse came in and we had to steady. Consequently, he was last going to the first turn.”

The victory was the ninth in 11 career starts for the colt, who earned $180,000 and increased his career earnings to $1,510,978.

Summer Squall, winner of the Preakness after running second to Unbridled in the Kentucky Derby, ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48 1/5 under top weight of 123 pounds.

Summer Squall is next expected to run in the $1-million Super Derby Sept. 23.

The 1-5 favorite returned $2.60, smallest payoff for this race since Smarten returned the same figure in 1979. Challenge My Duty returned $12.80 and $5 and Sports View paid $2.80.

Super Abound, an also-ran in last month’s Del Mar Derby after being squeezed to the rail at the start, beat Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled in the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington International Racecourse near Chicago.

In his first run on grass, Unbridled lost to his stablemate by three-quarters of a length in the 1 1/4-mile, $250,000 feature.

Both colts are owned by Mrs. Frances A. Genter of Minneapolis.

“Unbridled ran a super race, considering it was his first start on turf,” trainer Carl Nafzger said. “And he carried 126 pounds, compared to 114 on Super Abound, and was brushed a bit at the start.”

Unbridled is scheduled to race once more before competing in the $3-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles on dirt Oct. 27 at Belmont Park in New York.

The entry paid $3, $2.80 and $2.40 and Super Fan returned $3. Super Abound was timed in 2:01 3/5.

The Secretariat marked the end of Arlington’s three-day International Festival of Racing. Highlights of the festival were victories by two Southland-based horses, the filly Reluctant Guest in the $500,000 Beverly D. and the colt Golden Pheasant in the Arlington Million.

Housebuster won the $170,100 Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park by 13 lengths, racing a mile in 1:34--four-fifths of a second off the stakes record by Noble Nashua in 1981.

“There’s nothing I can say about this horse you don’t know,” jockey Craig Perret said. “He’s a super horse. He can do anything. As far as distance goes, he’s done everything he’s had to and, yes, he can go a mile and an eighth. I’m sure of it.”

Housebuster won his ninth race in 10 starts this year and 11th of 13 lifetime. He earned $102,060 and returned $2.80, $2.10 and $2.10. Previously unbeaten Citidancer paid $2.10 and $2.10 and D’Parrot returned $2.10.

Refrigerator set a stakes record of 19.39 seconds for 400 yards in winning the $2-million All American Futurity, the world’s richest quarter horse race, at Ruidoso Downs, N.M.

The victory was the seventh in nine races for Refrigerator and increased his earnings to $1,089,903. Refrigerator, the second choice in the betting, returned $8.60, $3.60 and $2.80. Quick Fun paid $4.40 and $3.40 and See Me Gone returned $3.20.

Appealing Breeze stayed in fourth for the early running, advanced to second turning for home and gradually pulled away to win the $100,000 Prelude Stakes at Louisiana Downs.

Appealing Breeze, winner of last October’s Sport of Kings Futurity at Louisiana Downs, paid $4.20, $3.40 and $2.80. Heaven Again returned $8.60 and $5.40; Aamoo paid $4.20.