In addition to the quartet of juvenile stakes at Fair Grounds, the Santa Super Saturday card offered opportunities for the older brigade as well. Chief among them was Grade 1 veteran Two Emmys.

Flavien Prat engineered a massive upset in the $395,000 Wise Dan (G2) aboard 46-1 shot Stitched. The other two turf stakes on the Ellis Park card delivered chalky results, courtesy of favorites Wadsworth in the American Derby and Xigera in the Tepin S.

Trainer Kevin Attard knew at the eighth pole that he'd have the winning horse in Tuesday's $316,394 Prince of Wales S., the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.

The riding skills of Irad Ortiz were pivotal in guiding Safe Conduct to a tenacious victory in Sunday's 162nd Queen's Plate S. at Woodbine.