Horse Racing News by Vance Hanson

In a virtual replay of his performance in the Grade 3 Razorback Handicap on March 10, Pin Oak Stable's homebred Alternation led throughout to take Saturday's $400,000 Oaklawn Handicap under Luis Quinonez on Arkansas Derby Day.

Jockey Javier Castellano timed it just right as Perfect Officer rallied from mid-pack and nabbed long-time leader Great Mills at the wire in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Shakertown at Keeneland over 5 1/2 furlongs on the firm turf.

Awesome Maria has proven so dominant at Gulfstream Park, the Miami-area course might have to name a race after her.

Shivananda Parbhoo's Trinniberg is a colt to be reckoned with in the major three-year-old sprints later this year after an impressive 2012 debut in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Swale at Gulfstream Park.

Any suggestion that Hansen was a mere a one-dimensional speedball proved unfounded in Saturday's Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham at Aqueduct.

A pair of leading three-year-olds from last season, Caleb's Posse and It's Tricky, will make their respective 2012 debuts Saturday at Aqueduct in the Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap and the Grade 2, $200,000 Top Flight Handicap.

Juvenile colt champion Hansen, who suffered his first career defeat in the Grade 3 Holy Bull on January 29, will attempt to get back on the winning track in Saturday's Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham at Aqueduct.

After rating in behind stablemate This Ones for Phil for nearly six furlongs, Steel Your Face Stables' Yawanna Twist drove up inside that rival with a sixteenth remaining to grab the Grade 2, $200,000 General George Handicap.

Stuart Janney III's homebred Hymn Book stamped himself as a horse to watch in the handicap ranks this season with a minor upset of Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Donn Handicap.

Repole Stable's Calibrachoa overcame a stumbling start to post a second consecutive victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan at Aqueduct, a six-furlong inner dirt dash for older horses.