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CAMDEN, S.C. -- Top Striker broke away for a 10 1/2-length victory Saturday in the 47th running of the $150,000 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup Steeplechase.The 7-year-old Van Nistelrooy gelding, stabled at a barn across the street from Springdale Race Course, was taken to the lead by jockey Ross Geraghty entering the 17th and final fence of the 2 3/4-mile race. Days of Heaven came in a length and a quarter behind Rawnaq for third in the starting field of 10 jumpers, of which nine finished. The final running time was 5:12.40.It was Top Strikers second win in a feature at his home course. Owned by Camdens Sue Sensor and trained in Camden by Arch Kingsley Jr., Top Striker won the $50,000 Carolina Cup Steeplechase in the spring of 2014.Top Striker also snapped Rawnaqs bid to complete an unbeaten 2016 campaign over fences. The winner of last months $300,000 Grand National in Far Hills, New Jersey, had earned $360,000 from three starts coming into Saturdays feature. The 9-year-old Azamour gelding had already locked up the National Steeplechase Associations Lonesome Glory Champions Award before Saturdays race.The win was also the second consecutive Colonial Cup victory for Geraghty, an Ireland native who won aboard Dawalan last year.When entries were announced for the Colonial Cup last week, Kingsley did not have a rider listed. Geraghty, the associations 2012 champion jockey, did not have a horse to ride.I was sort of shopping around, Geraghty said. Honestly, I said to Arch that I didnt want to just take part in the race, I wanted to win it. ... I was impressed by (Top Striker). I knew he was a horse that was going to suit no matter what.Sean McDermott took Rawnaq to the early lead and was pressed by Days of Heaven, who had Kieran Norris aboard. That allowed Top Striker to settle into a nice galloping pace behind the two leaders.Hes a bigger, stronger horse now, Sensor said of Top Striker. Hes got so much more confidence and you can place him wherever you want to in a race now and he doesnt try to right you. He will just do his thing.Saturdays Colonial Cup meet ended the associations 2016 season.Rawnaqs owner Irv Naylor had already wrapped up the title of leading owner, and Jack Fisher takes his 10th title as leading trainer in terms of season wins. Rawnaq is the circuits leading earner.Bulls Jerseys 2019 . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. Chicago Bulls Pro Shop .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. 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Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Bostons next big thing has arrived.Yoan Moncada, a 21-year-old infielder who was ranked No. 5 in ESPN Insider Keith Laws midseason top 50 prospects list, joined the Red Sox on Friday night for the start of a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics.?He was not in the lineup but entered as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the seventh inning.[I] fully expect him to be in the lineup [Saturday],?manager John Farrell said before Fridays game.Moncada drew a five-pitch walk in the eighth and scored, and struck out swinging in the ninth in the Red Soxs 16-2 win.Travis Shaw got the start at third base Friday against Oakland right-hander Andrew Triggs?but figures to lose playing time to Moncada for the seasons final month. Shaw homered and had five RBIs on Friday, but he entered the game hitting .189 since the All-Star break.Farrell said Moncada, a switch-hitter who has had more success from the left side, will get the bulk of the starts against right-handed pitching. Aaron Hill will start against left-handers, and Farrell suggested Hill could replace Moncada for defense in the late innings of close games.Moncada has been a second baseman for all but 10 games of his minor league career, which has lasted only 187 games. He did play third in his nattive Cuba, so he and the Red Sox believe hell handle the position smoothly.ddddddddddddThis season for Class A Salem and Double-A Portland, Moncada hit a combined .294 with 31 doubles, six triples, 15 homers and 45 stolen bases.He said he still wasnt expecting a big league promotion.It was definitely a surprise for me, Moncada said through translator Daveson Perez. I didnt think they were going to call. Im here and ready to work. Its been a blessing.Boston president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said he has heard Moncada being compared to the Texas Rangers Carlos Beltran.Im not using that comparison myself, Dombrowski said. Im just telling you what other people have told me.Beltran is a switch-hitter, very good athlete, could run, could play defense, could drive the ball. ... Youre talking about a guy who has a chance to go into the Hall of Fame. I dont want to put that on anybodys shoulders.Dombrowski and Farrell believe Moncada has the skills and temperament to make an impact on the postseason race.Said Farrell: He wouldnt be here if we didnt feel like he could step in and contribute.The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '