American Act bolts, but gets up in Harry Henson

"He was fine in the beginning," Bejarano said. "I was right behind all the

speed and just following everybody. He wasn't doing anything wrong.

"At the three-eighths he changed leads, but before he came to the stretch he

changed his leads back and tried to go straight. There wasn't anything I could

do. Soon as he got to the stretch he took off again and I could feel my horse

coming back and getting into the race. He felt OK and I decided to go on with

him. It was the first time he was in the outside position and I think he was

just scared a little bit."

"He never showed signs of doing anything like that before," Carava said.

"He's never so much as got out a foot in the mornings, so it was a complete

surprise. I don't know what he was thinking or what made him do it. Luckily he's

the kind of horse who could overcome it.

"I kind of gave up hope. In the middle of the stretch, I thought he could be

second. He's a great-minded horse, but he doesn't train here and he never has

trained here, except for warming up for a stakes race.''

Senor Rain crossed the wire 1 1/4 lengths clear of Consulado.

"My horse, he ran his race," jockey Mario Gutierrez said of Senor Rain. "I

kind of saw that other horse (American Act) coming, but it was hard to tell

because he was way on the outside. It takes a nice horse to do what he did and

still win."

American Act, who returned $4, $2.60 and $2.10, was reverting to a sprint

after fading to seventh in the Grade 2, 1 1/16-mile San Felipe on March 10. The

bay sophomore had proven his class in his previous two starts. A two-length

winner over Bodemeister in a 5 1/2-furlong maiden on January 16, American Act

missed by a nostril to Drill in the Grade 2 San Vicente on February 19, beating

Creative Cause.

American Act's resume now reads 6-2-2-0, $116,360.