BY BROCK SHERIDAN

John C. Oxley's Strategic Risk and jockey Javier Castellano stalked 51-1 longshot Scar Ship before taking over with a quarter mile to run then kicking clear in the stretch for a dominant victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones (Listed) at Oaklawn Park Saturday.

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Centennial Farms' promising 3-year-old Florida-bred colt Nearly may have punched his ticket to the $250,000 Holy Bull (Grade 3) on Jan. 31, putting away favored Confessional in mid-stretch and pulling clear to a five-length victory in Friday's featured eighth race at Gulfstream Park.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Stakes-placed Arindel homebred Evolution looks for her first black-type victory Sunday when she faces six other 3-year-old fillies racing six furlongs in the $150,000 Mockingbird Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

JANUARY 3, 2000-Trainer Stanley M. Ersoff's homebred Band is Passing won his third straight and second consecutive stakes with a two-and-three-quarter-length victory in the $100,000 Appleton Handicap (Grade 3) at Gulfstream Park.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

It took Spring Dancer seven tries to win her first race but the Florida-bred filly has now won two of her last three including a 24-1 upset of a $115,000 allowance race for 11 fillies and mares, 4-years-old and older, at Oaklawn Park Friday afternoon.