2014-05-01

ARCADIA, Calif. -- Groupie Doll charged down the middle of the track to win the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint, restoring some order to a Breeders Cup dominated by long-shot winners. The 3-5 favourite won by 4 1/2 lengths on Saturday at Santa Anita and paid $3.40, $2.60 and $2.10, making her the shortest price of the eight winners so far in the two-day world championships. Ridden by Rajiv Maragh, Groupie Doll ran seven furlongs in 1:20.72 after circling three-wide on the turn to take the lead. Maragh won the Juvenile Sprint on opening day Friday. Dust and Diamonds returned $4.20 and $3.20, while Switch paid $3.60 to show. Groupie Doll earned her fifth straight victory, all since trainer-owner William "Buff" Bradley added blinkers to the 4-year-old filly. She became the first winning favourite in the races five-year history. Switch was making her final career start. She is set to be sold, as is Dust and Diamonds. wholesale nfl jerseys . 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But one piece that should be sticking around - and the good news for Als fans is hes the most important piece - is general manager, Jim Popp. “Ive (talked to) three different teams this off-season but things have not materialized where Ive gotten a job and I dont really expect to,� Popp told Cybulski and Company on TSN Radio 1050. wholesale jerseys from china . Betemit hoped the ball would roll foul as it spun in the chalk. It stayed fair. And thanks to a good bit of hustle, Eric Hosmer ended up on second base with a 55-foot double that played a key role in Kansas Citys 4-3 comeback victory over the Orioles on Saturday.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Joe Pavelski and Andrew Desjardins scored two goals apiece and the San Jose Sharks used their highest scoring season opener ever to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 6-3 on Saturday night. Newcomer Michal Handzus and Ryane Clowe also scored and Patrick Marleau had two assists for the Sharks, who jumped on the Coyotes from the start and finished with 52 shots on goal. San Joses first four goals came from four different lines to spoil Mike Smiths debut as Phoenix goalie. Acquired in the off-season to help replace Ilya Bryzgalov, Smith allowed six goals in the first two periods. Shane Doan scored two power-play goals and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored on the man advantage for the Coyotes, who had won their last five season openers. San Joses Thomas Greiss made 26 saves in his first NHL start since March 28, 2010. Greiss, who was a backup to Evgeni Nabokov that season, was sent by San Jose on loan to Sweden last season after the team signed Antti Niemi and Antero Niittymaki as free agents. Greiss signed again with the Sharks as a free agent this summer and got the chance to start with Niemi recovering from having a cyst removed and Niittymaki rehabbing from hip surgery. He didnt need to do much to earn this win. The Sharks scored twice in the opening period and then broke the game open with a four-goal second as they scored three times overall on the power play. Pavelski got both of his goals on the power play, adapting nicely to his new role down low with the man advantage after playing mostly at the point last year. He tapped in a pass from Marleau in the first and deflected Dan Boyles point shot past Smith in the second to make it 5-1. Pavelsski changed roles on the power play and moved to the top line with Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau after an off-season of moves that included the acquisition of All-Star defenceman Brent Burns.dddddddddddd Desjardins, who played just 17 games last season, took advantage of his increased role this year scoring twice in the second period. His first came when he stole the puck in the neutral zone from Lauri Korpikoski and beat Smith for his second career goal. He added another off a bad angle with 1:18 left in the second to make it 6-1. The Sharks started quickly, taking 13 of the games first 14 shots and breaking out to a 2-0 lead in the first period. They struck first on the power play 14 seconds after Handzus drew a holding penalty from Taylor Pyatt. Burns did a good job pinching in from the point to keep possession of the puck and Patrick Marleau fed Pavelski from behind the net for an easy tap-in goal. It was a new spot for Pavelski, who played the point on the power play for most of last season. Handzus drew another penalty a few minutes later but the Sharks were unable to score on the power play. He got on the scoresheet midway through the period when he beat Smith with a wraparound goal that made it 2-0. Notes: There was a moment of silence before the game for Raiders owner Al Davis, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the victims of a recent shooting in nearby Cupertino. ... Phoenix D Michal Rozsival left in the first period after being hit in the face by a shot from Marleau. Rozsival bled on the ice before being helped to the locker-room and did not return. ... One of San Joses other big off-season acquisitions, Martin Havlat, missed the opener with a shoulder injury ' ' '

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