John and Janene Maryanski’s consistent Rocky’s Best took his eighth Emerald Downs victory, and ninth win over all, when he went gate-to-wire to take a mile allowance/$25,000 optional claiming race by 3 3/4 lengths over the always tough Polish Dollar. Bred in Kentucky by Northwest Farms LLC, the gray/roan gelding by Rockport Harbor out of stakes-placed Silver Echo, by Eastern Echo, has earned $126,099.
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Kretz Racing LLC's three-year-old Saint Lemone, a California-bred daughter of Lemon Drop Kid-Saintly Slumber, by Saint Ballado, bred by Al and Sandee Kirkwood, won a $20,000 maiden claiming race at the Los Alamitos Thoroughbred meet by 1 1/2 lengths on July 11