Primonetta Stakes: : Cammy's Choice and Access Fee completed the six-furlong, $50,000 race at Laurel Park in a dead heat. Under the finish line in 1:09.70, with Cammy's Choice fully extended along the fence and Access Fee surging down the middle of the racetrack, the decision had to be determined by the photo-finish camera. "I thought I won it," said Julian Pimentel, riding Cammy's Choice for trainer Ed Lehman. "I saw the opening and went for it. I saw the horse to beat outside of me so I wanted to get the jump." Said Luis Garcia, riding Access Fee for Larry Murray: "I have never been involved in a dead heat for the win ever. I thought I won, but you have to leave it up to the placing judges." Cammy's Choice paid $3. Access Fee, the 6-5 favorite, returned $2.40.
Grand National: : Mon Mome, a 100-1 shot, won at Aintree in Liverpool, England, by 12 lengths, with the world's most famous steeplechase again marred by a horse death. Mon Mome was ridden by Liam Treadwell over the grueling 4 1/2 miles. The 9-year-old matched Foinavon in 1967 as the biggest long shot to win this race. Hear The Echo collapsed and died a few hundred yards from the finish. He was the fifth horse to die this year in the three-day meet. Butler's Cabin, a pre-race favorite, collapsed and had to be given oxygen.
