Quality Road wins easily in Woodward
Heavily favored Quality Road drew away in the stretch and cruised to a 4¾-length victory in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The Todd Pletcher-trained Quality Road, a 3-10 favorite ridden by John Velazquez, ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50 and earned $450,000 for owner Edward P. Evans.
Quality Road paid $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10. Runner-up Mythical Power returned $5.90 and $4.40 and Tranquil Manner earned $4.60 to show.
The Woodward was Quality Road's fourth win in five starts this season. (AP)
AC St. Louis faces Miami • AC St. Louis faces another key game in its late-season playoff effort when it faces Miami at 6 p.m. Sunday at the A-B Center in Fenton. Miami is the only team behind AC St. Louis in the Division 2 standings, and a win over the league's worst team would push AC within range of the last playoff spot. But despite AC's improved play, it has ties in four of its past five games, which has slowed its chase.
AC has reacquired defender Chris Schuler on loan from Real Salt Lake of MLS, which should strengthen the backline, but the team has lost Scottish midfielder Nicki Paterson, whom it acquired last week. Paterson had an issue with his visa and has had to return to England without appearing in a game. (Tom Timmermann)
Ex-Cincinnati women's coach dies • Former Cincinnati women's basketball coach J. Kelley Hall died at age 51 of a heart attack at his home in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Hall was fired at Cincinnati in 2009 after two losing seasons. Before that, he was head coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2002 to 2007 and was named 2005 Sun Belt coach of the year. (AP)
Maryland hires Army's AD • Kevin Anderson, who had been Army's athletics director since 2004, is the new AD at Maryland. He takes over for Debbie Yow, who left Maryland for North Carolina State in July. (AP)
Groundskeeper drowns • A golf course groundskeeper who drove a lawn mower into a water hazard and got stuck under it drowned Friday in Lakeville, Mass.
Authorities say Greg Misodoulakis, 18, was killed after becoming trapped by the lawn mower in five feet of water at the Back Nine Club. (AP)
