FAIR HILL, Md.--Graham Motion, based at Fair Hill Training Track, won eight races including one stakes and five allowance races during the past month.

Graham Motion (Photo by Coady Photography)AMO Racing USA''s Affirmative Lady won the G2, $250,000, 1 1/16 mile Gulfstream Park Oaks by 2 lengths at Gulfstream on April 1, but then ran back May 5 in the G1 Kentucky Oaks and was unplaced.

Wertheimer et Frere's homebred Ambitieuse won a $28,000, 11/16 mile Allowance race for mares  4 and up at Tampa Bay on April 2 by a neck, and she now has two wins, one second and one third from eight starts.

Team Valor, et al's Hurricane Dream (Fr) won a $140,000, 1 1/16 mile turf Allowance for 4 year olds and up BY 4 1/2 lengths at Keeneland on April 7 in his second start in this country after racing in stakes in France.

Highclere Throughbred Racing's Royal Patronage (Fr) won a $43,000, 1 1/16 mile turf Allowance for 4 year olds and up by a neck at Keeneland on April 20 in his fourth start in this country after racing in stakes in France.

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Albert Frassetto's The Grey Wizard won a $120,000, 1 1/2 miles turf Allowance for 4 year olds and up by 1 1/4 lengths at Keeneland on April 27 and is now multiple stakes placed with three wins and three seconds from 10 starts.

 

ANDREW STONE'S Clitheroe (GB) won a $95,000, 7 furlong turf Allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up by a neck at Belmont Park on May 7.

There was a 16 minute delay in the race due to the wrong tack being placed on Clitheroe, and then Candle was fractious and broke loose, requiring a late scratch.

This was Clitheroe's first race in this country after racing in stakes in France and Great Britain.

Shamrock Farm's Thegirlfromireland, a Maryland-bred, won a $58,180, 1 mile turf Maiden Special Weight at Laurel by 2 lengths in her sixth start.

Sycamore Hall Farm and Hillwood Stable's Contempt won a $50,180, 6 furlong Maiden Claiming Race by 3/4 length at Laurel on April 14 in his first start.

BERNIE HOUGHTON'S Finishing Touch, bred and owned by his WMT Stables, won a $13,600, 6 furlong Maiden Claiming race by 1 1/2 lengths at Penn National on April 27,

Houghton also claimed Edward Madden for Edward J. Madden after the 3-year-old gelding won a $10,800, 6 furlong Claiming race at Penn on April 19,

MICHAEL MATZ saddled Baoma Corp.'s Sapphire Star to win a $44,000, 6 1/2 furlong Maiden Optional Claiming race  for 3-year-old fillies by 5 lengths at Gulfstream on April 8.