Mr. Vegas (white shadow roll) led throughout in capturing the first stakes of his career (Hodges Photography/Alexander Barkoff)

Andrew T and S Racing's Mr. Vegas continued his domination of the Fair Grounds turf on Saturday with a wire-to-wire score in the Grade 3, $97,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap. Under Miguel Mena, the chestnut set reasonable fractions of :24 1/5, :49 2/5 and 1:13 4/5, drifted out slightly into 8-1 chance Dubious Miss a sixteenth out, and held on to win by 1 1/2 lengths. A stewards' inquiry and jockey's objection against the winner was disallowed. Mr. Vegas returned $12.40, $6.40 and $4.40 as the 5-1 third choice after completing about 1 1/16 miles on good ground in 1:43 2/5.

"I saw it again and he did come out a touch, so I wasn't sure if it was enough to change the outcome," winning trainer Richie Scherer said after surviving a stewards' inquiry that lasted nearly 10 minutes. "He did come out a little bit. I'm glad the stewards saw it my way."

Dubious Miss made the most impact of those attempting to wear down the front runner, but was not gaining on Mr. Vegas strongly enough to warrant being elevated despite the minor infraction. He was a clear second by 2 1/4 lengths over Strike Impact, a 5-1 chance who had a half-length on even-money favorite Suntracer. Lonesome Street and Baltimore Bob completed the order of finish.

Glenwood Canyon and Heavenville were scratched from the Bradley. Glenwood Canyon instead ran in the Louisiana Handicap on dirt later in the card.