After an absence of four months for rest and freshening, Capote Belle returned to the races yesterday and scored a one-length victory in the well-cast allowance feature of fillies and mares at Aqueduct.

Sellers and his mare ran in stride with Beautiful Pleasure for 30 yards until Heritage of Gold catapulted ahead in the middle of the track for a one-length victory that paid $7.90 for a $2 bet to win.

In today's Grade II Amsterdam Stakes, he survived a rough trip to post a one-length victory to make it four for four at Saratoga.

He got past Game On Dude for a one-length victory under Robby Albarado.

Primal, a local hero who fires his best shot every time he goes to the post, collared Ole Atocha in the stretch and drew away to a strong one-length victory today in the $100,000 Broward Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

Boxed in behind horses at the top of the stretch, Burroughs let Malabar Man virtually bulldoze his way to the lead along the rail with 220 yards to go and trot off to a one-length victory over his stablemate Take Chances.

The Belmont weekend also produced a leading lady when Sharp Cat raced to a one-length victory in the Matron Stakes, giving D. Wayne Lukas one more 2-year-old star headed for the Breeders' Cup.

Skip Away earned a one-length victory to return $3.20 for $2 to win.

But 29,120 fans turned out there on Aug. 2 to see Amigo Hall score a one-length victory in the Hambletonian, harness racing's premier event.

The one-length victory was the 18th in 45 career starts for Best Pal and was worth $36,350, raising his career earnings of to $5,618,245.