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DEL MAR, Calif. -- The stakes will only get bigger for Vale Dori in the coming year, but she showed shes headed in the right direction on Saturday at Del Mar by making her final start of 2016 a significant one as she earned her first graded stakes victory since arriving on these shores in the Grade 2, $201,035 Bayakoa Handicap.Vale Dori was heavily favored at 1-2 odds and delivered as hoped by her backers, rolling to a three-length victory under jockey Mike Smith. In the coming year she will potentially be taking on the likes of champions Songbird and Stellar Wind in the older female dirt division, but shes lightly raced -- having made just 10 starts -- and still has plenty of upside, according to her trainer, Bob Baffert.Shes improving mentally and physically, Baffert said. I think theres a lot more there.Vale Dori pressed the early pace of Glozyzapper during the early going of the 1-1/16-mile race, put away that rival a quarter-mile out, pulled clear in upper stretch and was never threatened through the final furlong. Wild At Heart got up for second, three-quarters of a length in front of Moyo Honey.Show Stealer was fourth and was followed, in order, by Barbara Beatrice, Autumn Flower, Gloryzapper, and Desert Madam.Vale Dori needed 1:44.79 to cover the 1-1/16 miles on a track rated fast. It was quite windy at Del Mar on Saturday, and times were slower than expected in many instances.That was nice, said Baffert, who watched the race at home and let assistant Jim Barnes handle the on-site chores. She shipped down there this morning, handled herself, and ran her race. She should have a good year next year. Our goal is the Breeders Cup.Next years Breeders Cup is at Del Mar, where Vale Dori now has won twice in three starts.Vale Dori, 4, was bred on Southern Hemisphere time in her native Argentina. After racing three times there, she went to Dubai, and raced twice, including a fourth-place finish against males in the United Arab Emirates Derby. Since coming to the United States and moving to Bafferts barn, she has won three times in five starts, and was a distant third behind Stellar Wind and Beholder in the Grade 1 Zenyatta.Vale Dori, a daughter of Asiatic Boy, has now won 5 of her 10 starts. The $120,000 she earned on Saturday brought her career earnings to $454,943. She is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum. Fake Cowboys Jerseys . JOHNS, N. Dallas Cowboys Store . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. 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BENSALEM, Pa. -- Noholdingback Bear ran into traffic entering the far turn of the Grade 3 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing on Saturday, but jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva kept cool, regrouped, and then rallied in the stretch to score by 1-1/4 lengths in the six-furlong stakes for 3-year-olds.The $300,000 Gallant Bob was the third stakes win of the year for Noholdingback Bear, who will now be pointed to the $1.5 million Breeders Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, according to his Woodbine-based trainer, Michael DePaulo.Noholdingback Bear is owned by the Bear Stables of Danny Dion, who was thrilled in the winners circle after the race, congratulating Da Silva, appropriately, with a bear hug.When the gates opened for the $300,000 Gallant Bob, Threefiveindia stumbled badly but quickly recovered as Awesome Speed and Navy Hymn went for the early lead. Noholdingback Bear settled just off the top pair.Things tightened for Noholdingback Bear entering the far turn, and Da Silva eased him back. He moved up between horses on the turn, then took the lead in mid-stretch and drew off to win by 1-1/4 lengths while only feeling Da Silvas whip late.We got squeezed back a little, but it wasnt that bad, Da Silva said. My horse was very relaxed and I just waited for the stretch. I always had a lot of horse.Noholdingback Bear paid $8.20 to win as a slight favorite over Threefiveindia, who, after his stumble, took up a stalking position along the inner rail and then finished third, beaten a half-length for second by late-running Mind Your Biscuits. Awesome Speed was fourth.Noholdingback Bear was timed in 1:09.61. The fractions were 22.14 and 45.29.Noholdingback Bear raced at Gullfstream Park early this year, finishing second in the Grade 3 Hutcheson, fourth in the Grade 2 Swale, and second in the Texas Glitter.dddddddddddd.I think the difference is now hes a better, stronger horse, DePaulo said.Noholdingback Bear came into the Gallant Bob off a third-place finish in the seven-furlong Kings Bishop at Saratoga.Seven-eighths may be a little far for him, DePaulo said.The Breeders Cup Sprint, like the Gallant Bob, will be run at six furlongs.Alphabet Soup: Grannys Kitten by a neckJockey Florent Geroux, aboard Grannys Kitten, cut the corner into the stretch of the Alphabet Soup Handicap at Parx Racing on Saturday, then outfought determined pacesetter Ill Call to win the $100,000 turf stakes for Pennsylvania-breds by a neck.Sent off favored in the 10-horse field, Grannys Kitten paid $4.80 and was timed in 1:43.21 for 1-1/16 miles. The Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey-owned 4-year-old is now 4 for 14 in his career. He is trained by Mike Maker.Ill Call set a steady pace of 24.27, 48.94, and 1:12.75 while being stalked by 7-2 Uncle Dave. Ill Call fought back when the winner came up inside of him entering the stretch and was still trying hard at the finish. Uncle Dave finished third, 2-1/4 lengths behind Ill Call. It was another two lengths back to 9-2 Edge of Reality in fourth.The Alphabet Soup was the first stakes win for Grannys Kitten, who in his prior three starts had finished third in the Robellino Stakes at Penn National, second in the Leemat at Presque Isle, and second in the Mystic Lake Mile at Canterbury Park. ' ' '