DEL MAR, Calif. -- By the slimmest of margins, Ashleyluvssugar is bound for the Breeders Cup Turf at Santa Anita on Nov. 5.Ashleyluvssugar won Saturdays $252,415 Del Mar Handicap by a nose over a fast-closing Metaboss. The win gave Ashleyluvssugar a fees-paid berth to the BC Turf through the Breeders Cups Win and Youre In program.Sent off favored, Ashleyluvssugar ($7) was fully extended to win the Del Mar Handicap at 1 3/8 miles on turf after leading by as many as six lengths midway through the race.Ashleyluvssugar raced behind the longshot El Huerfano for the opening quarter-mile before taking the lead. Jockey Gary Stevens quickly had Ashleyluvssugar in the clear through a half-mile in 49.62, and six furlongs in 1:14.58. The tactics were not what Stevens intended.There was no speed, he said. I didnt want to be on the lead.With three furlongs to go, Ashleyluvssugar led by five lengths, a margin reduced to two lengths with a furlong to go. Metaboss, who was last of 12 with three furlongs to go, closed furiously to give the winner a scare.It took three minutes to determine the result, so close were the first two finishers. Ashleyluvssugar raced on the inside through the stretch, while Metaboss raced in about the No. 5 path. The margin between the two horses across the track made it difficult for Stevens to assess the result at the wire, and for Ashleyluvssugar to fight back against his rival in the final strides, he said.He never saw him, Stevens said. I was trying to stay busy on him.Ashleyluvssugar was timed in 2:16.11.Ashleyluvssugar, a California-bred by Game Plan, races for Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable, and Joe Ciaglia and is trained by Peter Eurton.The victory was the first win for Ashleyluvssugar since the Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita in May 2015. Ashleyluvssugar was turned out last summer because of body soreness. The Del Mar Handicap was his third start of 2016.Ashleyluvssugar has won 7 of 16 starts and earned $727,504. Patriots Jerseys China .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play. Fake Patriots Jerseys . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/ . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Patriots Jerseys 2019 . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. New England Patriots Shirts . PETERSBURG, Fla.On Tuesday, Sportswomen assesses the new era promised at FIFA and asks how new president Gianni Infantino hopes to grow and develop the womens game. We hear from Moya Dodd and Sarai Bareman - the only female member on the reform committee.Football coach Annie Zaidi is our live studio guest. The Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Year winner of the Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration is heading out to Zurich to take part in FIFAs Womens Football & Leadership Conference, alongside Billie Jean King. She takes us through the changes the conference hopes to see in order to grow the game.Elsewhere, we are back from a winter training camp in Mallorca with cycling team Wiggle-High5. Dani King and Sky Sports Academy Scholar Lucy Garner are two of the women racing for the team. King is making the challenging transition from track to road and previews her Rio chances for us. Zaidi won the 2015 Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration With the announcement of the new Womens Cricket Super League team names and fixtures earlier this week, we look at the women who will be coaching some of the franchises and assess what the ECB are doing to increase the number of female coaches in the sport.ddddddddddddThere are six women up for the Sky Sports Sportswomen of the Month award for February - we will reveal who they are and how you can vote.Plus, we have the latest action from the Six Nations, LET & LPGA tours and preview the UCI Track Cycling World Championships that get under way on Wednesday.Watch Sportswomen on Sky Sports News HQ from 11:30am on Tuesday. ' ' '
