Anheuser-Busch ended its sponsorship of the NHRA on Monday.

The St. Louis-based division of Anheuser-Busch InBev also announced that it will end its 30-year relationship with Kenny Bernstein Racings NHRA team. The brewery said the three-decade relationship was the longest in motorsports history, eclipsing STPs 28-year sponsorship of NASCARs Richard Petty.

Dan McHugh, the brewers vice president of media sponsorship, said Anheuser-Busch is looking at different ways to reach a new generation of consumers who havent yet tried Budweiser.

Bernstein won six NHRA championships with Budweiser as his sponsor. He retired in 2003 and his son, Brandon, took over as the driver.

KBR is seeking a new sponsor.

Fourteen European-trained 3-year-olds will chase a place in the Kentucky Derby as well as a $112,800 purse at Kempton Park on Wednesday.

In a linkup by Churchill Downs and British horse racing, the Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes offers a place in the May 2 race along with the top U.S.-trained 3-year-olds.

The field announced Monday includes Akhenaten, son of English Derby winner High Chaparral.

John Gosden, who trained in the U.S. for many years and had two winners at last years Breeders Cup, has two entries.

Close Alliance is owned by the Aga Khan and won its only race as a 2-year-old. Mafaaz won one of its two starts and finished fifth at Newmarket behind Donativum, which went on to win the Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf.

Game Face, the 3-to-5 favorite, blew past Any Limit at the 16th pole to win Sundays $150,000 Grade 2 Inside Information Stakes for fillies and mares at Gulfstream Park by 2 1/2 lengths.

Keep the Peace was third.

Game Face was beaten as a 2-to-5 favorite by Any Limit three weeks ago.

In the co-featured $150,000 Grade 3 Herecomesthebride Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on the grass, Gozzip Gal came from last and beat Obsequious by half a length with Bluegrass Princess third.

Dream Wmpress, the 9-5 favorite, finished next to last in the field of eight, never a factor.

Game Face, ridden by John Velazquez, ran seven furlongs in 1:22.09 and paid $3.40, $2.20 and $2.20. Game Face paid $3.00 and $2.20. Keep the Peace paid $2.20 to show.

When Game Face and Any Limit met in the Hurricane Bertie Stakes at Gulfstream on Feb. 15, Any Limit took the lead at the start and Velazquez was forced to move early on Game Face. Game Face drew even at the eighth pole but was beaten by 2 1/2 lengths.

In the Inside Information, Any Limit again made the early lead but this time was pressured by Keep the Peace.
Game Face was rated in third, 2 1/2 lengths from the lead. As they turned for home, Any Limit was a head in front of Keep the Peace with Game Face on the outside.

Game Face made the lead at the eighth pole and drew out. Any Limit finished 1 3/4 lengths in front of Keep the Peace.

It was the fourth stakes victory for the 4-year-old daughter of Menifee owned by Zabeel Racing International. All four were stakes were graded. She has finished in the money in all 11 of her starts, winning six with three seconds and two thirds. Her earnings total to $468,838.

Gozzip Girl, with Elvis Trujillo up, ran 1 1-8 miles in 1:47.25 as she won her second straight turf stakes. She paid $7.50, $3.80 and $2.60. Obsequious paid $7.20 and $4.40. Bluegrass Princess paid $5.00 to show.

Gozzip Girl, by Dynaformer, has won three of five starts and $192,194, all but $424 of it on grass. She is owned by Farnsworth Stables LLC.

Mor Chances extended his winning streak to four Sunday, beating Little Wise Guy by 1 1/2 lengths in the $64,950 Kims Chance Stakes.

The four wins all came in New York-bred stakes at Aqueduct.

The 1-5 favorite, Mor Chances took charge early in the race with Richard Migliore aboard for trainer Rick Dutrow. Overall, the 5-year-old improved to 8-for-26, running the six furlongs in 1:10.10 on the fast track.

Mor Chances paid $2.40, $2.20 and $2.10. Little Wise Guy returned $5.10 and $3.60. Executive Search paid $3.10 to show.

Christianas Heat emerged from a three-horse photo finish to win Sundays $125,000 Irish OBrien Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares by a nose at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Michael Baze, Christianas Heat covered 6 1/2 furlongs on the turf in 1:13.32 and paid $7.80, $4 and $2.40.

Waveline returned $5 and $2.80, while Bel Air Sizzle was another neck back in third and paid $2.40 to show as the 9-5 wagering favorite.

Christianas Heat had been second five times in six previous races over the downhill turf course.

Six to 6 1/2 furlongs on grass really is her game, Baze said after riding Christianas Heat for the 10th consecutive time. When she goes long, she doesnt have the same punch.

The way it worked out today, I was able to just sit on her. When I looked back, I could see nobody was coming, and that was good. I wanted to make sure we had a target, and we were able to sit chilly until the last sixteenth. When I asked her to run, she had plenty left.

Christianas Heat was sired by Unusual Heat, Californias top stallion, who also sired Bel Air Sizzle, fourth-place finisher Burna Dette and sixth-place finisher Unusual Spirit in the field of six.

The victory, worth $75,000, increased Christianas Heats career earnings to $332,332, with five wins in 24 starts.

In the co-feature, Gallant Son closed strongly under Alex Solis to take the $80,250 Pasadena Stakes for 3-year-olds by three-quarters of a length.

He covered one mile on the turf in 1:34.97, beating Smokey Lonesome. Wall Street Wonder was another head back in third.

Gallant Son paid $18.20 to win.

Musket Man overtook Join in the Dance in the final length to win the $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby on Saturday.

As the field of 10 horses went down the final stretch it looked as if Join in the Dance, a 35-1 long shot, was going to be able to hold off all the hard-charging challengers.

But jockey Daniel Centeno positioned Musket Man for a strong closing surge from the outside and nosed him ahead as they crossed the tape at 1:43.67 to the roar of an overflow crowd at Tampa Bay Downs.

Justdontcallmejeri placed third, a length ahead of Nowhere to Hide.

Musket Man had momentum coming into Saturdays race after winning the Pasco Stakes in January and finishing third in the Sam F. Davis Stakes in February both held at the same track. The Tampa Bay Derby has become one of the more prominent prep races for the Kentucky Derby.

This is my first Grade I winner and I am really happy for myself and (trainer Derek Ryan), Centeno said. They told me this horse tends to be a little lazy and to stay after when I set him down.

I went after him when he wanted his run; he changed leads in mid-stretch and just sort of took off, Centeno added.

Musket Man had 6-1 odds. The $2 exacta paid $417.40 and the $2 trifecta paid $10,232.20.

Hello Broadway, the betting favorite at 2-1, got off to a good start but quickly fell off the pace and never recovered, finishing seventh. General Quarters, considered by many to be the horse to beat on this track after winning the Sam F. Davis, drifted back early and could not make enough of a charge to catch the lead pack, finishing fifth.

In the Florida Oaks, Dont Forget Gil used a strong charge in the final quarter mile to defeat Ameribelle by four lengths. The time of 1:43.65 was a stakes record.

Trainer Bob Baffert likes the way Pioneerof the Nile is growing up.

Hes becoming very professional. He was a May foal, so hes not even three yet. I like what I saw today, Baffert said after the smooth-striding colt romped to victory in Saturdays $200,000 San Felipe Stakes.

A prime contender for the Santa Anita Derby and possibly a Run for the Roses after that, Pioneerof the Nile had an easy trip under Garrett Gomez in the San Felipe. Winning his third stakes in a row, the son of 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Builder finished 1 lengths ahead of Feisty Suances.

Jeranimo was another length behind in the 1 1-16th mile event contested by a field of only six 3-year-olds.

Clearly the class of the field, Pioneerof the Nile went off at 1-9 and carried 122 pounds, at least six more than any of the others. The time was 1:43.35 over the artificial track.

I was a little bit nervous because it looked too easy on paper and thats usually when things go wrong, said Baffert, who has saddled three Kentucky Derby winners.

Nothing went wrong.

Pioneerof the Nile, just off the pace most of the way took command in the final turn and was never threatened down the way to his fourth win in seven career starts.

Gomez didnt like the races slow pace.

When we turned down the backstretch, I moved him out, hoping that maybe the others would pick it up. But they didnt, so I just went on with it, Gomez said.

(But) You can see that when I do get into him, he lengthens his stride. He can handle any scenario, but if we had a legitimate pace to sit behind, hes more effective.

Gomez won the Eclipse Award as the countrys leading rider the past two years but has yet to win a Triple Crown race.

The San Felipe figures to be Pioneerof the Niles last test for a while.

It wont be like this in the Santa Anita Derby because hell have (The) Pamplemousse, Baffert, referring to another top 3-year-old. He (Pioneerof the Nile) likes to run at horses, and hell get plenty to run at from here on out.

The winner paid $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10. Feisty Suances returned $5.80 and $3.80, and Jeranimo paid $4.

Pioneerof the Nile was off a very different trip in his last race, having to go wide and rally from back in the pack to beat Pappa Clem by a half-length. The time in that Feb. 7 race, Pioneerof the Niles 3-year-old debut, was 1:41.90 over the same 1 1-16th mile distance at Santa Anita.

In the San Felipe, rider Joseph Talamo took New Bay to the front early and he stayed there until the final turn. Feisty Suances, with David Flores aboard moved ahead briefly, then Gomez begin urging Pioneerof the Nile into the lead. Jeranimo, ridden by Brice Blanc, was in good striking position all the way, but couldnt make a move on the first two down the stretch.

Hes Really Big finished fourth, Shafted was fifth and New Bay faded to last. Kelly Leak was scratched.

Gomez won his second stakes of the afternoon, and 17th of the meeting, aboard favored Life is Sweet in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Handicap, a Grade I event for older fillies and mares.

Winning her third straight, Life is Sweet was timed in 1:48.71 for the 1 1-8th mile and finished 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Santa Teresita, with Model third by another 1 3/4 lengths.

Life is Sweet, a 4-year-old daughter of Storm Cat, paid $4, $2.60 and $2.10. Santa Teresita paid $3.20 and $2.40 and the show playoff on Model was $2.20.

Gomez needs two more stakes wins to match the meet record shared by Laffit Pincay Jr. and Corey Nakatani.

Old Fashioned appeared on his way to another impressive win. Hed already put away one big rival and was alone near the rail in the final stretch of the Rebel Stakes.

Then, out of nowhere, a 57-1 shot came up from the outside and shook up the whole Kentucky Derby picture.

Win Willy passed Old Fashioned in the stretch Saturday to win the Rebel, upsetting the 2-5 favorite by 2 lengths. It was Old Fashioneds first loss in five career startsand it came in Win Willys first start in a stakes race.

The Rebel is the second of Oaklawn Parks three big Kentucky Derby prep races. The series concludes with next months Arkansas Derby.

This was a home run for us and the horse, said McLean Robertson, Win Willys trainer. If he comes out of this race well, we will keep him here and run in the Arkansas Derby.

Old Fashioned entered the race as a prohibitive favoriteand perhaps the overall favorite for the Run for the Roses in May. He won the Southwest at Oaklawn last month, settling in behind Silver City before taking the lead on the second turn.

The $300,000 Rebel began in similar fashion, with Silver City moving to the front and Old Fashioned chasing close behind. But the first quarter-mile was over in 22.54 seconds, a quick pace which might have cost the initial leaders down the stretch.

Old Fashioned was also racing on an off track for the first time. The track was listed as good after the area received a bit of rain in recent days.

It is hard to say what happened, said Larry Jones, Old Fashioneds trainer. The track was heavy, and with those kinds of fractions it was bound to catch up with him. He ran well, and we are proud of what he did.

Old Fashioned started from the rail, and that seemed like a potential advantage when three of the days first five winners came from post No. 1. Win Willy started from the outside at No. 9, making the chestnut colts late charge even more impressive.

I was surprised that he ran as big as he did, said Cliff Berry, the winners jockey. You just dont expect an outsider, breaking from an outside post, to put in a big run, circle his field and draw off like he did.

At the half-mile mark, Silver City led by 1 1/2 lengths over Old Fashioned. Win Willy, meanwhile, was in last place, 13 lengths behind the leader.

Old Fashioned made quick work of Silver Citys lead but didnt have the energy to hold off Win Willy, the second-longest shot on the board.

Win Willy won for the third time in four career starts, but this was his first stakes race. He covered the 1 1-16 miles in 1:44.41.

He relaxed very easily when I asked him, Berry said. On the last turn, when my horse picked it up, I thought to myself that I was at least going to get third, or fourth. Then I said, Heck, I am going to win it.

Win Willys longest previous race was a sixth-place finish at 7 1/2 furlongs in Octoberbut that loss was on turf. He won at 6 furlongs on dirt last month at Oaklawn.

After he won his last race I thought the distance would be okay. This race came at the right time frame, Robertson said. I was fairly impressed with his last race, and he did act that the distance would be no problem.

Win Willy paid $115.60 on a $2 win bet.

Old Fashioned isnt the only top 3-year-old trained by Jones. Friesan Fire, another of his horses, won convincingly in the Louisiana Derby on Saturday.

At least Old Fashioned held on for a strong second. Silver City dropped all the way to fifth. Poltergeist took third.

The drying out track and those fractions really hurt my colts chances, said Ramon Dominguez, Old Fashioneds jockey. He really felt good under me during the early running, and then I felt him start to tire, when I asked him early in the stretch. Afterwards, he galloped out well.

Dont count him out. He still has something to learn.

Dawn After Dawn surged ahead of heavily favored Modern Look in the stretch to spoil the highly regarded European imports US debut at Santa Anita on Friday.

Dawn After Dawn outran Modern Look, bet down to 7-10, in the final sixteenth and finished three-quarters of a length in front of the British-bred filly Dawn After Dawn was clocked in 1:34.33 in the one-mile, $70,150 event for fillies and mares.

After Dawn After Dawn broke first, rider Joel Rosario took her to the rail, just off the pace. When the 5-year-old mare seemed in danger of being boxed in, he guided her outside and she responded with a strong finish.

Garret Gomez rode Modern Look, who finished 1 lengths ahead of Ransom Captive.

Modern Look, a 4-year-old who won group stakes over the last two years in France, had not raced since running in England last June.

Dawn After Dawn paid $12.40, $4.60 and $3.80. Modern Look returned $2.80 and $2.60, and Ransom Captive paid $5.60.

Trainer Bob Baffert hopes to have a shot at his fourth Kentucky Derby victory. Jockey Garrett Gomez would like a chance at his first.

Pioneerof the Nile can take another stride toward improving their chances when he runs in Saturdays $200,000 Grade II San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.

Ive been working Pioneerof the Nile and hes been excellent, said Gomez, the Eclipse Award winner as the nations top rider the past two years. Hes been doing exactly what Bob wants him to do.

Hes been finishing and galloping out well in all of his works. Hes putting on a little weight and hes maturing as hes growing up.

The son of 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker has shown he can win in different ways, rallying late to take the Lewis Stakes on Feb. 7 in his last start.

Hes a versatile horse, as he showed in the CashCall Futurity, Gomez said. He was close to the pace and chased two horses.

Pioneerof the Nile was third in a field of 11 and won by a nose over I Want Revenge in that Hollywood Park race on Dec. 20.

In the Lewis, it wasnt a very good trip, and he still got up, Gomez said. He showed me something I didnt know he had, and that was a turn of foot, so that just adds one more weapon in his arsenal.

All the colts races have been at 1-16th mile.

He will go off as the favored high weight in the San Felipe, often a steppingstone for 3-year-olds aiming for the Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby. At 122 pounds, he will carry seven more than the rest of the what is anticipated to be a small field.

Three horsesKelly Leak, New Bay and Feisty Suancesare likely late scratches, which would reduce the field to only four.

Entered in the 72nd San Felipe are: Hes Really Big, to be ridden by Aaron Gryder; Pioneerof the Nile; Feisty Suances, David Flores; Shafted, Joel Rosario; Jeranimo, Brice Blanc; Kelly Leak, Victor Espinoza; and New Bay, Joe Talamo.

Gomez, who already has 15 stakes victory at the meeting, could add two more during the 10-race card with Pioneerof the Nile and another likely favorite, Life is Sweet, in the Santa Margarita Handicap. If Gomez does score in both, he will have some two weeks left to overtake the tracks stakes record victory of 19, shared by Laffit Pincay Jr. (1982-83) and Corey Nakatani (1996-97).

Gomez has won both his races on Life Is Sweet since the 4-year-old daughter of Storm Cat came east for owners-breeders Marty and Pam Wygod. Trained by Bill Mott before winning the El Encino Stakes and the La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita, Life Is Sweet now is saddled by John Shirreffs.

I guess shes enjoying California, Gomez said. She came back off a little layoff and Johns done a tremendous job with her in these last couple races. Shes done nothing wrong and shes a beautiful filly.

Seven are slated to go in the $300,000 Santa Margarita, a 1 1-8 mile, Grade I test for older fillies and mares.