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Jockey Jame Ormans confidence was repaid when two-year-old filly Cellargirl joined the Magic Millions 2YO Classic trail at Eagle Farm.Cellargirl ($15) overcame difficulties in the straight to beat Bring It Home Pop ($20) by a long neck with Pins For Arrows ($16) 1-1/4 lengths in third on Saturday.Orman rode Cellargirl in an unofficial jump-out and told trainer Kelly Schweida she would be hard to beat at her first race start.She is the best two-year-old I have ridden this season. I have ridden a few but I really like her, Orman said.Cellargirl, who is a half sister to stakes winner Cellarman, cost $90,000 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sales.She is raced by a syndicate of women and is eligible for $500,000 in bonus payments for Classic horses.Schweida said Cellargirl would press on to the Magic Millions and had improvement in her. Gus Mortson Jersey . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. Bert Olmstead Jersey . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. https://www.cheapblackhawks.com/ . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Martin Lapointe Jersey . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. Earl Seibert Jersey .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Martin Truex Jr. vowed to win the remaining Sprint Cup races this season once he was knocked out of the playoffs.A pole-winning run Friday at Martinsville Speedway was a strong step toward fulfilling that goal.Truex turned a lap at 98.206 mph to win the top starting spot for Sundays race. He also won the pole last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, but a blown motor led to his elimination in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He said afterward that he was determined to win the final four races of the year.He said after he was determined to win the final four races of the year, and took some solace in Fridays run. Truex has never won at Martinsville Speedway.It hurt a lot this week, Truex said. I thought about it every day and every night. I just kept telling myself, Go win Martinsville.Joey Logano qualified second and was followed by eight-time Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson.Johnson is seeking his seventh championship, and has not been in this round of the playoffs since the elimination format was introduced in 2014.That is a great starting sppot, great pit road pick, Johnson said.dddddddddddd Definitely doing things and headed in the right direction.AJ Allmendinger qualified fourth, Chase Elliott was fifth and Tony Stewart sixth as three drivers not in the Chase had strong runs.Five of the eight remaining Chase drivers qualified inside the top-12. Joe Gibbs Racing swept spots seven, eight and nine, as Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch put their Toyotas in the top 10. Only Matt Kenseth didnt advance to the third round of qualifying for JGR, and hell start 17th.Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, teammates at Stewart-Haas Racing, are the only two Chase drivers starting behind Kenseth.Harvick will start 20th and Busch will start 23rd. Jeff Gordon qualified 10th for what is assumed to be his final race. Hes in the eighth and final scheduled race as replacement for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is out with a concussion Gordon is a nine-time winner at Martinsville, and the defending race winner. ' ' '