Horse Racing News on September 3, 2011

Quiet Giant spent the winter winning minor stakes over the inner-track at Aqueduct. On Saturday, she took a major leap forward with a decisive victory in the Grade 2, $252,500 Molly Pitcher Stakes for fillies and mares at Monmouth Park.

The 4-year-old gelding Mister Marti Gras has gotten caught up in all kinds of intrigue during late summer 2011.

Animal Kingdom, this year's Kentucky Derby winner, has been given the green light to resume training and will be pointed toward the Dubai World Cup next spring, his ownership group, Team Valor International, announced on Saturday in a press release.

Jerry Hollendorfer became only the fourth Thoroughbred trainer to win 6,000 races when Just Tappin It won the sixth race on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields, a $4,000 claiming race.

Atlantic Hurricane upset 2-5 favorite Embur's Song while winning her first stakes in the Grade 3, $162,500 Seaway at Woodbine Saturday.

Havre de Grace ($6.50) beat the boys in Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward Stakes, running down pacesetter Rule in midstretch and holding off a late run from Flat Out to win the 1 1/8-mile race by a length and one-quarter under Ramon Dominguez.

Validating his big-figure win in the James Marvin Stakes opening day, Jackson Bend ($8.90) split horses rallying from off the pace in midstretch and kicked clear to win Saturday's Grade 1 Forego Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths under Corey Nakatani.

Despite racing erratically through the stretch, Ask the Moon ($5.90) turned back all comers for a front-running victory in Saturday's Grade 1 Personal Ensign Stakes for fillies and mares.

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