In Brief

HORSE RACING

Jeranimo notches victory
in Hollywood Park feature

Jeranimo beat War Element by 2¾ lengths in the $250,000 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday in Inglewood, Calif., in a victory overshadowed by injuries and the deaths of two horses.

Ridden by Garrett Gomez, heavy favorite Jeranimo was sixth in the field of nine in the early going and was still fifth at the top of the stretch, but charged home under Gomez's whip, covering 1 1/16 miles on turf in 1 minute, 40.87 seconds.

Jeranimo, a 5-year-old coming off a seventh-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Mile three weeks ago, paid $5.40, $3 and $2.80. War Element earned $3.80 and $3.20, and Calimonco returned $5.40 to show.

Earlier in the $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood Stakes won by Pacific Ocean, runner-up Irrefutable collapsed and died just after he was unsaddled. Hollywood Park officials said the 5-year-old, one of three horses in the race for trainer Bob Baffert, most likely had a heart attack. He had a career record of four wins in 13 starts.

In the fourth race, the 5-year-old favorite Waltzing With Blue was euthanized after injuring his left front leg. Jockey Daniel Vergara was thrown to the turf when the horse was injured and was briefly hospitalized. He was released with bruises to his hip and leg.

Also: To Honor and Serve, the even-money favorite, beat Hymn Book by 1¾ lengths in the $250,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct in New York.

The lone 3-year-old in the field, To Honor and Serve improved to 3 for 3 at Aqueduct, having won the Remsen and Nashua Stakes last fall.

Jose Lezcano was aboard as To Honor and Serve clocked 1:33.89, paying $4.10, $3 and $2.10. Hymn Book returned $7.60 and $3.20 while Calibrachoa paid $2.10 to show.

On the same card, Awesome Feather -- who won the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2010 -- moved to 8-for-8 after an easy win in the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

GOLF

McIlroy-McDowell pairing
leads World Cup tournament

Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will head into the final round of the World Cup with a two-stroke lead after a convincing performance for Ireland in the fourballs at Hainan, China.

The Irish duo hit eight birdies to finish for an 8-under 64 in the third round and a 21-under 195 total.

Germany, South Africa and the United States were tied for second at 197. The U.S. team of Gary Woodland and Matt Kuchar had 10 birdies and one bogey in a 9-under 63.

Also: K.T. Kim played steadily over the back nine while other challengers fell around him, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Bubba Watson into the final round of the Australian PGA in Coolum, Australia.

Kim had a 13-under 203 total. Watson (69) eagled the par-5 first hole, but he double-bogeyed the par-5 15th with two bad chips out of the rough.

South Africa's Hennie Otto shot 7-under 65 and took a three-shot lead after three rounds of the South African Open, while countrymen Retief Goosen and Ernie Els stumbled in Johannesburg.

Otto had seven birdies and an eagle, leaving him at 14-under 202. Goosen, part of a four-way tie for second, birdied his first three holes, but bogeyed Nos. 9, 13, 17 and 18.

Els shot 76 and fell into a tie for 53rd.

MISCELLANEOUS

Wranglers come up short
to Thunder in ECHL contest

The Wranglers held Stockton scoreless for nearly 57 minutes, but couldn't hang on in the midst of a late scoring frenzy as the Thunder rallied for a 3-2 victory in Stockton, Calif.

Las Vegas (10-6-3) led 1-0 on Chris Francis' first-period goal, and Stockton tied the game with 3:05 left in the third. With just 62 seconds left, Stockton scored again, but the Wranglers' Eric Lampe knotted it at 2 with a goal 16 seconds later.

Bretton Cameron then won it for Stockton on a goal with 11 seconds left.

Also: Former heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who fought Muhammad Ali for the title in 1975 and later battled George Foreman, died in Denver at age 70.

Lyle died of complications from a sudden stomach ailment, said Ron McKinney, a Salvation Army official in Denver. Details weren't immediately available.

Hometown fighter Adrien Broner won the vacant WBO junior lightweight title in Cincinnati, stopping Argentina's Vicente Rodriguez in the third round.

The 22-year-old Broner (22-0) notched his 18th knockout, flooring Rodriguez (34-3-1) with a left hook following a right uppercut.

Sebastian Vettel, who long ago clinched the Formula One season title, set the record for most poles in a season, capturing his 15th at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo to break Nigel Mansell's 19-year record.

Vettel finished in 1 minute, 11.918 seconds at the 2.6-mile Interlagos track.