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Winchester exhausted Gio Ponti by a bisected breadth to accord trainer Christophe Clement a 1-2 accomplishment in the $400,000 Manhattan Handicap on the turf, the capital allure Saturday on the Belmont Stakes undercard.

Winchester, ridden by Cornelio Velasquez, outdueled his added heralded stablemate, the 2009 Eclipse Award champ as the arch grass horse. Gio Ponti, active in cartage for abundant of the race, angled to an aperture on the abuse to barrage his amplitude run. Westchester, in contrast, had a bright cruise on the outside, ambulatory relentlessly for the $44.80 upset.

Winchester ran the 1 1/4 afar on the close advance in 1:59.46. The 5-year-old got his fourth win in 16 starts.

Champagne d'Oro pulled off a 39-1 shocker in the $300,000 Acorn Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

Leading all the way, Champagne d'Oro won for alone the additional time in 10 races. Martin Garcia, benumbed for the aboriginal time at Belmont Park, was aboard for trainer Eric Guillot as Champagne d'Oro captivated off Amen Hallelujah by a bisected length.

She ran the one mile in 1:37.44, advantageous $81 to win.

Bribon won his aboriginal chase for trainer Todd Pletcher, across-the-board accomplished the backpack to win the $250,000 True North Handicap.

The 7-year-old gelding who captured the 2009 Metropolitan Handicap was awash abreast in the offseason and transferred to Pletcher. He got off to a apathetic alpha for the fresh barn, active additional in Barbados followed by a fifth-place accomplishment actuality in the Westchester.

Bribon looked like his old cocky in the True North, abaft far abaft afore blame into accessory about the turn. He exhausted Snapshot by 1 1/2 lengths while active the six furlongs in 1:09.63. Bribon, ridden by Garrett Gomez, paid $7.50 to win his 10th achievement in 33 career starts.

Proviso becoming a additional beeline Grade 1 win in the $400,000 Just a Game Stakes for fillies and mares on the turf.

The 5-year-old exhausted males in her antecedent race, the Kilroe Handicap at Santa Anita. Back with her own gender, Proviso faced alone bristles rivals. Never anytime worse than second, Proviso took allegation in the lane and captivated off a backward run from Phola by a bisected length.

Hall of Famer Bill Mott took over the training of Proviso afterward the afterlife of Bobby Frankel aftermost year. For Mott, it was his fourth achievement in the 17 runnings of the race.

The win was Proviso's seventh in 20 starts. Proviso paid $4.20 to win as she covered the one mile in 1:34.09.

The $245,000 Woody Stephens for 3-year-olds set up altogether for D'Funnybone. Eightyfiveinafifty and Discreetly Mine absorbed up in a clarification acceleration bound with D'Funnybone sitting third. Turning for home, jockey Edgar Prado and D'Funnybone rallied accomplished the backbreaking leaders, affairs abroad to a 3 1/4-length win.

D'Funnybone, accomplished by Rick Dutrow, got his third stakes win in four starts this year, advantageous $4.40 to win. The time was 1:22.64 for the seven furlongs. Discreetly Mine, in his aboriginal alpha back active 13th in the Kentucky Derby, captivated on for additional with Remand third.