Blackdoun Gets Sweep for Canani

Blackdoun completed the same three-race sweep that Ladies Din had for trainer Julio Canani in 1998 when he won the $400,000 Del Mar Derby on Monday.

Following his victories in the second division of the Oceanside Stakes and La Jolla Handicap, the 3-year-old Verglas colt lagged early, then accelerated nicely when asked by jockey Corey Nakatani and went on to beat Toasted, a 6-1 shot, by a neck.

In winning for the sixth time in 14 races, Blackdoun, who is owned by Naify and Woodside Farm LLC, ran the 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:46.75. The win was the fourth for Canani in the Derby and his fifth graded stakes win of the meet.

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Earlier in the card at Del Mar, Our New Recruit was successful in his first start since he won the $2-million Golden Shaheen in Dubai on March 27, beating Bluesthestandard and six others in the $75,000 Pirate’s Bounty Handicap.

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Love Of Money, who was making his first appearance in a graded stakes and who had not raced beyond seven furlongs, easily won the $750,000 Pennsylvania Derby at Philadelphia Park.

Owned by Mace and Samantha Siegel’s Jay Em Ess Stable and trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., the 3-year-old Not For Love colt made the lead under jockey Robby Albarado and rolled to an 8 1/2 -length win over 7-2 third choice Pollard’s Vision and 10 others. In winning for the third time in four starts, Not For Love ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.42. Tapit, the 3-1 favorite, finished ninth in his first start since he was ninth in the Kentucky Derby on May 1.

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Dm Shicago, a 5-1 shot, beat 15-1 outsider Take Off Jess by three-quarters of a length to win the $1.9-million All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs, N.M.

The 2-year-old gelded son of Separtist, who is owned by Don Moler and Fredda Draper and trained by Carl Draper, ran the 440 yards in 21 seconds. Separate Secrets, the 17-10 favorite, broke an ankle during the race and had to be euthanized.

Juan Vazquez rode the winner, and it completed a record weekend for the jockey. Vazquez became the first rider to win all three of Ruidoso’s Labor Day weekend stakes. He had won the All American Derby on Sunday with Brimmerton and, earlier Monday, he took the All American Juvenile Invitational with Desirio.

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Jockey Javier Castellano won five races on the final day at Saratoga, and one of his victories came aboard 2-1 favorite Prince Arch in the $108,200 Saranac Handicap. Owned by Ray Cottrell Sr. and trained by Ken McPeek, Prince Arch, a 3-year-old Arch colt, beat 2-1 second choice Mustanfar by a head in 1:53.89 for the 1 3/16 miles on turf.

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Stage Player, the 7-5 favorite, beat two-time defending champion Ninebanks by 1 1/4 lengths to win the $100,000 California Turf Championship Handicap at Bay Meadows.