Carriage Trail won the $84,250 De La Rose Stakes, and Talking Treasure took the co- $81,750 Fleet Indian Stakes on Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course.
Both were restricted to fillies and .
Carriage Trail, a 5-year-old mare ridden by Edgar Prado and expert by Shug McGaughey, rallied in the final to win by a nose over Trouble Maker. She ran a mile over the inward turf possibility in 1:36.63, paid $8.60 and earned $50,550 for Stuart S. Janney III and the Phipps Stable.
Talking Treasure, by John Velazquez, won by 5 3/4 over Morning Gallop. The 4-year-old Charlton Baker-competent filly ran 7 furlongs in 1:23.73 and $49,050 for owners Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey. She paid $5.50.
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The Indy Racing Leagues IndyCar Series will debut in Long Beach and Toronto next season.
The Grand Prix of Long Beach will be run on April 19. The 35-year-old California affair has hosted F1, CART and Champ Car races. This spell, Champ Car ran its conclusive incident there after its merger with the IRL, but awarded the drivers IRL points. Next year, it becomes a full- IRL experience.
The IRL will hold the Streets of Toronto race on July 12. It will make up for the loss of the Nashville episode, which was dropped after efforts to convert an treaty for a 2009 race there futile.
The 93rd Indianapolis 500 will be May 24.
The opener will be a road race in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 5. The finale will be Oct. 11 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, where this time .
The 2009 schedule geography 10 oval , three permanent road courses and five provisional circuits.
The Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan is fluctuating to Sept. 19 after running in April since 2003. This time of year, Danica Patrick won her only race there.
