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Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Odds-on favorite Calculator ran away down the stretch to capture Saturdays $100,000 Sham Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. The mile stakes is the first this year leading up to the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 4. Trained by Peter Miller and ridden by Elvis Trujillo, Calculator went off as the 3-5 favorite in the eight-horse field. The gray colt settled off the pace but made progress going into the far turn. Owned by Richard Pell, Calculator joined the leaders on the final turn going five wide but easily moved to the front entering the stretch. Winless coming into the Sham, Calculator drove down the stretch to break his maiden by 4 1/4 lengths over 21-1 longshot and stablemate Rock Shandy. It was a perfect trip. I went wide because Id rather go wide than be in between horses, or caught inside, Trujillo said. I wanted a clean trip. He did it very easy today. Stretching out will be no problem for him; hes very good. Finishing third was Pioneerof the West with St. Joe Bay, also trained by Miller, fourth and Papacoolpapacool fifth followed by Hero Ten All, Unblunted and Rockinatten. The time for the mile was 1:34.88 on a fast track. Winning the Sham, part of the Kentucky Derby points system, was worth 10 points for Calculator to gain entry into the Run for the Roses. Second was worth four points, third, two, and fourth, one point. Well see how the horse comes out, Miller said, but I wouldnt rule out coming back in a month in the Lewis ($150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on Feb. 7). The timing of it is good and when my horses are good, I like to run them. Hes good right now so Im going to run him. The 3-year-old added $60,000 to his bankroll. Finally getting to the winners circle in his fifth start brought Calculators earnings to $193,500. Calculator finished third in his career debut at Del Mar on July 19 and fourth three weeks later over the tracks synthetic main track. His two most recent starts were versus Eclipse Award finalist American Pharoah. The gray colt posted a pair of seconds to American Pharoah in the Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 3 and the FrontRunner Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 27. Calculator paid $3.20, $2.40 and $2.20. Rock Shandy returned $10.60 and $5.40, and Pioneerof The West paid $6.00 to show. Nike Zoom Clearance . -- The Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets will forever be tied together for making the same spectacular misjudgment on budding NBA sensation Jeremy Lin. Cheap Nike Zoom . Justine finished first with a score of 22.44 while Chloe was second with 21.66 points. Defending champion Hannah Kearney of the U.S., was third at 21.49. A third Dufour-Lapointe sister, Maxime, failed to make the final group and finished 12th while Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City was 10th. http://www.nikezoomoutlet.com/ . Bjoerndalen, who had failed to win any major race for two years before Sochi, writes in a Facebook entry that he is "full of energy and inspiration" after winning the 10-kilometre sprint and mixed relay at last months Olympics. Nike Zoom Outlet .com) - The Chicago Cubs reportedly signed recently-acquired outfielder Dexter Fowler to a one-year contract on Friday, avoiding arbitration. Nike Zoom China Wholesale . Toronto announced the deal with the restricted free agent on Saturday. The terms were not disclosed.Uniondale, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - The New York Islanders on Wednesday placed forward Michael Grabner on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. The move is retroactive to Dec. 13. Grabner made his season debut on Dec.dddddddddddd 4 after missing two months because of hernia surgery. He had two goals in five games before his latest setback. ' ' '