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Essential Quality stays unbeaten; Bourbonic pulls huge upset Rock Your World rocks win in Santa Anita Derby; Baffert 2nd ARCADIA, California, April 4, (AP): Rock Your World won the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby by 4-1/4 lengths show. over 4-5 favorite Medina Spirit, preventing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert from earning his 10th win in the West Baffert’s other entry, Defunded, fi nished fourth. Sadler’s other entry, Back Ring Luck, was eighth in the nine- Coast’s prep for the Kentucky Derby. horse fi eld. Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Rock Your World ran 1-1/8 miles in 1:49.17 and paid $12.40, $4.60 and $3.40 at 5-1 Baffert had been planning to run Life Is Good, who was the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby but has been odds. It was the 3-year-old colt’s dirt debut; he won his fi rst two starts on turf for trainer John Sadler. sidelined by injury. “There’s a lot of different ways to hunt and I chose to lay in the weeds,” Sadler said. “We started this horse off on Rock Your World earned 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby and moved into sixth on the leaderboard. turf. It’s a nice way to kind of develop a horse a little bit. Everybody’s got a different plan. This is my plan this year The top 20 earn spots in the May 1 race. and it worked, so I look smart for about an hour. See me tomorrow.” “If you want to go to the Derby you’ve got to get the points, so this is the time to take a shot in your own back- Medina Spirit returned $2.80 and $2.20. Dream Shake was another 2-1/4 lengths back in third and paid $2.80 to yard,” Sadler said. “You know if you ran 1-2, you’d have enough points to get in.” Rock Your World ran on the lead most of the way in front of limited Burroughs out fans, who created the kind of noise that had been missing at Santa Anita for a year because of the coronavi- Dake off to rus pandemic. Medina Spirit moved into second approaching the fi nal turn, but couldn’t threaten the lead- ‘Tokyo Oly’ er in the stretch. A spirited Rispoli yelled as he FORT WORTH, Texas, April 4, crossed the fi nish line, and the Ital- (AP): Kyle Dake ended Jordan ian jockey later did a fl ying dis- Burroughs’ decade of dominance mount in the winner’s circle. He in American wrestling, making the earned his fi rst Grade 1 dirt victory Olympics for the fi rst time with a sweep in the men’s freestyle 74-kil- in the US. ogram fi nals at the U.S. trials. Dake posted 3-0 and 3-2 de- HORSE RACING cisions over the 2012 Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion The victory, worth $450,000, in- who became creased Rock Your World’s career the face of the earnings to $546,600. sport in this In other Kentucky Derby preps: country. As time ran Undefeated Essential Qual- out in their ity won the $800,000 Blue Grass second bout, Stakes by a neck at Keeneland. The Dake pat- gray colt, last year’s Breeders’ Cup ted a stunned Juvenile champion, held off Highly Burroughs on Motivated to earn 100 qualifying the shoulders points for the Derby. Ridden by Dake and chest and Luis Saez, Essential Quality ran put his arm 1-1/8 miles in 1:48.50 and paid $3 around his neck. Kyle Snyder will defend his to win. Rombauer was third. gold medal at 97 kilograms in At New York’s Aqueduct, 72-1 men’s freestyle after 10-0 and 5-1 longshot Bourbonic staged a furi- decisions over Kollin Moore. As ous rally on the outside to edge a 20-year-old in 2016, Snyder be- 15-1 stablemate Dynamic One came the youngest American wres- by a head in the $750,000 Wood tler to win Olympic gold. Memorial. Both colts are trained Helen Maroulis, the fi rst Ameri- by Todd Pletcher, whose 55 Ken- can woman to win gold in wres- tucky Derby starters are a record. tling, made a second straight Olympics with a hard-earned win Bourbonic ran 1 1/8 miles in over Jenna Burkert at 57 kilo- In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Going Global and jockey Flavien Prat, (outside) hold off Closing Remarks, with Umberto Rispoli, to win the Grade III, 1:54.49 to earn 100 Derby quali- grams. They split the fi rst two $100,000 Providencia Stakes horse race, on April 3, at Santa Anita in Arcadia, California. (AP) fying points. bouts and Maroulis got a quick pin in the third. Five-time world champion Ade- NHL Results/Standings WRESTLING WASHINGTON, April 4, (AP): Results Gambrell scores, Sharks beat line Gray beat 17-year-old Kylie and standings from the NHL games Welker at 76 kilograms and will be on Saturday. Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 1 in her second straight Olympics. Boston 7 Pittsburgh 5 Welker made a surprising run to Nashville 3 Chicago 0 the fi nals as the 14th-seeded wres- Dallas 3 Carolina 2 tler in the challenge tournament. Florida 5 Columbus 2 NY Islanders 3 Philadelphia SO 2 Kings for 4th straight victory Burroughs, 32, had represented Buffalo 3 NY Rangers SO 2 the U.S. at the world champion- Ottawa 6 Montreal 3 ships or Olympics every year since Minnesota 2 Vegas 1 Colorado 2 St Louis 1 2011. San Jose 3 Los Angeles 2 Marchand shines as Bruins top Penguins 7-5 Burroughs gave no indication he East Division planned to retire. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dake was in control throughout Washington 37 24 9 4 52 127 113 LOS ANGELES, April NY Islanders 38 24 10 4 52 117 90 both matches. When Burroughs Pittsburgh 38 24 12 2 50 126 102 4, (AP): Dylan Gambrell took a shot in the fi rst bout, Dake Boston 34 19 10 5 43 96 86 denied him and scored a takedown Philadelphia 36 17 14 5 39 109 132 scored in the third period, of his own. Dake led 3-0 in the NY Rangers 37 17 15 5 39 117 99 and the San Jose Sharks New Jersey 35 13 16 6 32 84 108 second period of the second bout Buffalo 37 8 23 6 22 82 128 beat the Los Angeles Kings before being penalized a point for Central Division passivity and Burroughs scored on GP W L OT Pts GF GA 3-2 for their fourth straight a late force-out. Tampa Bay 37 26 9 2 54 129 88 victory. Burroughs had been 7-1 against Florida 38 25 9 4 54 127 103 Carolina 36 24 9 3 51 119 92 Kevin Labanc and Evander Dake, beating him in best-of-three Nashville 39 20 18 1 41 99 113 Kane each had a goal and an assist fi nals in the U.S. world trials in Chicago 39 17 17 5 39 109 122 for the Sharks, who have won six 2013, ‘15 and ’17. Dake had won Dallas 35 13 12 10 36 98 94 of eight overall to climb back into the fi rst bout in the 2017 world tri- Columbus 39 14 17 8 36 98 126 Detroit 39 12 22 5 29 83 124 playoff contention. als before Burroughs came back to West Division earn the spot on the American team. San Jose Martin Jones GP W L OT Pts GF GA stopped 35 shots after he made 30 saves Dake moved up to 79 kilograms Colorado 37 25 8 4 54 132 83 Vegas 36 24 10 2 50 113 84 in Friday night’s 3-0 win at Los Ange- to win world championships in 2018 les. and ‘19, but Saturday marked the Minnesota 36 23 11 2 48 104 89 Arizona 37 17 15 5 39 99 114 Dustin Brown and Trevor Moore biggest breakthrough of his career. St Louis 37 16 15 6 38 103 118 scored for the Kings, who have lost fi ve Gable Steveson, co-winner of San Jose 37 17 16 4 38 105 122 Los Angeles 36 14 16 6 34 98 102 of six. Jonathan Quick made 20 saves. the 2021 Dan Hodge Trophy as Bruins 7, Penguins 5 the outstanding college wrestler, Anaheim 38 11 21 6 28 85 127 North Division In Boston, Brad Marchand scored will go to the Olympics for the GP W L OT Pts GF GA two of his three goals during Boston’s fi rst time after outscoring two- Toronto 37 24 10 3 51 121 93 fi ve-goal second period, and the Bruins time world bronze medalist Nick Edmonton 38 23 14 1 47 125 109 rebounded from a lackluster effort. Gwiazdowski a combined 20-4 at Winnipeg 38 22 13 3 47 121 104 Montreal 34 16 9 9 41 111 94 David Pastrnak had two goals and 125 kilograms in men’s freestyle. Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 an assist for Boston, which lost 4-1 to With the crowd chanting “Back- Calgary 38 16 19 3 35 98 115 Pittsburgh on Thursday night. David fl ip! Backfl ip!,” Steveson exited Ottawa 38 13 21 4 30 101 142 Krejci added a goal and an assist, and the mat with a handspring and Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams Patrice Bergeron also scored. backfl ip just as he did two weeks in each division will qualify for play- Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel ago when he won the NCAA heav- offs under this season’s temporary San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl (right), tries to get a shot past Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick, yweight title for Minnesota. realignment. (left), as center Gabriel Vilardi defends during the fi rst period of an NHL hockey game, on April 3, in Los Angeles. (AP) for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 for the fi rst time since the opening week The Blackhawks lost for the fourth saves. of the season. time in fi ve games. San Diego’s 39-game run snap each had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche 2, Blues 1 Andrew Cogliano and Jamie Benn made 18 saves. Penguins. Mark Jankowski had a goal In Denver, Cale Makar scored with also scored for Dallas, which won 4-1 Sabres 3, Rangers 2, SO and an assist, and Jared McCann and 40 seconds left to lift the Avalanche to at Nashville on Thursday night. Mark In Buffalo, N.Y., Victor Olofsson Cody Ceci also scored. Pysyk recorded his fi rst two assists of tied the game with 3:41 left in the third Austin Peay knocks off unbeaten Casey DeSmith had 21 saves for their fourth consecutive victory. Nathan MacKinnon also scored and the season, and Jake Oettinger made 41 period, and Buffalo’s Tage Thompson Pittsburgh, which had won fi ve in a saves. scored the only goal in a shootout. row. Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots for Murray State with late fi eld goal Colorado. The Avalanche improved to The Stars last had a winning streak Thompson beat Rangers goalie Igor Wild 2, Golden Knights 1 when they won their fi rst four games of Shesterkin with a low snap shot in the CLARKSVILLE, Tenn, April 4, (AP): Jalen Staples stretched the Wildcats’ In Las Vegas, Joel Eriksson Ek 12-0-2 over their last 14 games. Ryan O’Reilly scored for St. Louis the year. second round of the tiebreaker. Buffalo Grant Paulette kicked a 33-yard fi eld lead to 28-10 late in the third quarter. snapped a tie in the third period and Islanders 3, Flyers 2, SO goalie Linus Ullmark denied Artemi goal with two seconds remaining as Aus- The Toreros pulled to 28-25 with 8:30 Cam Talbot made 27 saves, sending and Ville Husso had 32 saves. The Blues have dropped fi ve straight (0-4-1). In Uniondale, N.Y., Mathew Barzal Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Kaapo tin Peay clipped previously undefeated remaining, but Caden Bonoffski kicked Minnesota to the win. scored in the shootout, and the Islanders Kakko. and 14th-ranked Murray State 34-31. a 27-yard fi eld goal with 2:25 left that The Wild became the fi rst team to The game appeared headed to over- continued their dominant play at home. Lightning 2, Red Wings 1 Paulette kicked two fi eld goals – his capped a 13-play drive. sweep a two-game series in Las Vegas time when Makar’s shot from the Barzal scored in the fourth round In Tampa, Florida, Andrei Vasilevs- fi rst attempts of the spring season. He Morehead St 35, Butler 14 this season. The Golden Knights (0-2- right point went through traffi c and by of the tiebreaker after Islanders goal- kiy made 25 stops, and Tampa Bay was 3-for-4 last fall. In Indianapolis, Mark Pappas threw 1) are mired in their fi rst three-game Husso. tender Ilya Sorokin denied Flyers cap- earned its sec- In those fi nal ticks, Murray State two touchdown passes and ran for an- skid of the season. Stars 3, Hurricanes 2 tain Claude Giroux’s chance to win ond straight win. wideout LaMartez Brooks, as he was other score to lead Morehead State to a Kirill Kaprizov also scored for Min- In Raleigh, N.C., Tanner Kero the game. After Barzal scored, Sorokin Vasilevskiy being tackled, 35-14 victory over Butler. nesota in the third. snapped a tie 2:52 into the third period, then stopped Jakub Voracek to seal the improved to attempted a Pappas completed 29 of 44 passes Tomas Nosek scored the lone goal and Dallas posted consecutive victories win. 12-0 in his ca- lateral to Ma- for 382 yards, and he threw a 26-yard Sorokin made 30 saves in 65 minutes reer against De- lik Honeycutt. touchdown pass to Thomas Campbell- of play and improved to 9-3-1 on the troit. Ross Col- Honeycutt raced Clay and a 24-yard score to BJ Byrd. season. ton and Brayden down the left Pappas’s 10-yard touchdown run mid- Panthers 5, Blue Jackets 2 Point scored for sideline to the In Sunrise, Florida, Alex Wennberg the Lightning. end zone while scored three times for his fi rst career hat Tampa Bay Austin Peay FOOTBALL trick, leading Florida to its season-high has won 17 con- players and fi fth straight win. Marchand secutive home coaches charged way through the third quarter stretched MacKenzie Weegar and Frank games against onto the fi eld in the Eagles’ lead to 28-7. Vatrano each had a goal and an assist the Red Wings and improved to 20-1- celebration as Paulette Issiah Aguero had a 1-yard TD run for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky 1 in the last 22 meetings overall. The the referees had in early in the second quarter for More- stopped 44 shots. teams meet again Sunday. signaled Brooks was down by contact head State (2-3, 2-2 Pioneer Football Oliver Bjorkstrand and Zach We- Senators 6, Canadiens 3 before getting rid of the ball. League). Cameron Barrett returned an renski scored for Columbus. Elvis In Montreal, Evgenii Dadonov Davidson 31, San Diego 25 interception 75 yards into the end zone Merzlikins made 22 saves through two scored twice and Artem Anisimov had In San Diego, Tyler Phelps threw in the fourth. periods but was replaced by Joonas three assists, leading the Senators to the three touchdown passes to lead David- Weber St 19, S. Utah 16 Korpisalo, who stopped 12 shots in the victory. son to a 31-25 victory over San Diego, In Cedar City, Utah, Dontae McMil- third. Anton Forsberg fi nished with 35 ending the Toreros’ 39-game league lan ran 13 times for 138 yards and a Predators 3, Blackhawks 0 saves for Ottawa. winning streak. touchdown, and Weber State rallied for In Nashville,, Tenn., Montreal entered the game riding San Diego (3-1, 2-1 Pioneer Football a 19-16 win over Southern Utah. made 41 saves, leading Nashville to the a three-game win streak sandwiched League) would have broken the Foot- McMillan’s fi rst carry came late in victory. around a nine-day hiatus due to COV- ball Championship Subdivision record the third quarter after starter Josh Davis defenseman Jared Spurgeon (46) skates around Vegas Eeli Tolvanen, Colton Sissons and ID-19 protocols. Ottawa had lost two with a win against Davidson (4-1, 3-0). left the game due to an apparent left leg Golden Knights left wing Max Pacioretty (67) during the second period of Luke Kunin scored for the Predators, straight, including a 4-1 decision Phelps’ 27-yard touchdown pass to injury. an NHL hockey game, on April 3, in Las Vegas. (AP) winners of seven of eight. against the Canadiens on Thursday.