The trainer who spoiled Funny Cide's bid for the Triple Crown had the fastest horse again Saturday, when odds-on favorite Medaglia d'Oro won the $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park.
Medaglia d'Oro took the lead from pacesetter Predawn Raid on the far turn and won by 43/4 lengths. Funny Cide settled for third, 33/4 lengths behind Seattle Fitz, in the field of eight older horses.
The Kentucky-bred Medaglia d'Oro has finished first or second in 14 of 16 starts, including 10 in a row.
Funny Cide hasn't won a stakes race since back-to-back wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. The gelding failed to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years when he lost to Frankel's Empire Maker in the Belmont.
BASEBALL: Brewer a shooting suspect
An arrest warrant was issued for Milwaukee's Luis Martinez, suspected of shooting a man three times in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, police said. Police believe Martinez, 23, shot Rafael Encarnacion Quezada on Saturday morning in a hotel parking lot and were searching for the pitcher. The 37-year-old was shot twice in the chest and once in his left leg. He was hospitalized in critical condition. He works in the Caribbean nation's internal revenue service. National Police spokesman Col. Ramon Francisco Rodriguez Sanchez said he didn't have details on a possible motive or why Martinez is suspected. The left-hander broke into the major leagues last season with the Brewers, going 0-3 with a 9.92 ERA.
FIGURE SKATING: Russians lose for a change
Julia Sebestyen became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title, delighting the home crowd at Budapest and breaking Russia's hold on the event at the championships. Sebestyen, first after the short program, prevailed in the free skate over Elena Liashenko of Ukraine. Elena Sokolova of Russia moved from sixth to third. Russian women had taken every title since '96 and had won 16 of the past 18 women's medals in the Europeans. Sebestyen's path was partially cleared when five-time champion Irina Slutskaya missed the event because of illness.
SKIING: Women's Cup wrapped up
Sweden's Anja Paerson wrapped up the season title in the giant slalom with two races left by winning the World Cup event by nearly two seconds in Zwiesel, Germany.
MEN'S WORLD CUP: Finland's Kalle Palander won a giant slalom, his second win in the event this season, at Adelboden, Switzerland.
OLYMPICS: U.S. qualifies 3 marathoners
Alan Culpepper, Meb Keflezighi and Dan Browne qualified for the Athens Games at the U.S. marathon trials at Birmingham, Ala., but they're also considered the nation's best at 10,000 meters and can't run both. Culpepper and Keflezighi have competed in the Games in the 10,000 and might be likely to try the marathon this year. Culpepper won the trials in 2:11:42. He also won the 10,000 at the USA Track and Field Championships and has run only two marathons.
SOCCER: Alecko Eskandarian scored three goals to lead the United States to a 4-3 win over Honduras in Guadalajara, setting up a showdown with host Mexico Tuesday for a spot in the Games.
ET CETERA
SOFTBALL: Australia beat the United States 5-4 in the playoffs at the men's world championships, eliminating the Americans from the event in Christchurch, New Zealand.
TRACK: A judge reported dead by Millrose Games officials Friday was twice resuscitated and hospitalized in critical condition. Ken Williamson, who was supposed to be the chief official for the shot put, collapsed as he arrived at Madison Square Garden in New York. Meet officials later said Williamson, 74, had died. But Ken Carrick, the fiance of Williamson's daughter, said defibrillators were used to revive him.
WEIGHTLIFTING: China's Shang Shichun has been stripped of three gold medals she won at the World Championships in Vancouver after she failed a drug test.
