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CYPRESS, Calif. -- Feisty in the gate and wide throughout the race, Accelerate won his third consecutive start in Saturdays $201,035 Los Alamitos Derby, but only after surviving a six-minute inquiry into an incident in the final furlong.Accelerate finished a head in front of 3-1 Semper Fortis, who was 1-1/2 lengths clear of Blackjackcat, the 5-2 second choice. The stewards focused the inquiry on whether Blackjackcat was compromised when jockey Gary Stevens took up late when in tight quarters.Stevens also claimed foul against Semper Fortis. The incident did not affect the order of finish, the stewards ruled.We didnt feel it cost him, steward Tom Ward said. We thought they were going away from him.Ward made the decision with stewards Kim Sawyer and David Nuesch.Accelerate ($3.80) ran 1-1/8 miles in 1:48.48. The Grade 2 Los Alamitos Derby was the colts graded stakes debut.Ridden by Tyler Baze, Accelerate was three wide on the first turn, raced outside on the backstretch and was four wide on the turn. He did not take the lead until the final strides.It was a game effort, trainer John Sadler said. He was much the best in my opinion.Semper Fortis led by 1-1/2 lengths with a furlong to go, but could not hold off Accelerate, who was racing at 1-1/8 miles for the first time.Blackjackcat was followed in the order of finish by Mishegas, Curlin Road, Sugar Buzz, Chris and Dave, and Arizona Moon. The Los Alamitos Derby was the richest race of the tracks September meeting, which concludes on Sunday.Accelerate, by Lookin at Lucky, is owned by Pete and Kosta Hronis. Purchased for $300,000 as a yearling at Keeneland, Accelerate lost his first three starts from mid-April to mid-June, but is unbeaten in three starts around two turns. He won two one-mile races at Del Mar -- against maidens on July 28 and the Shared Belief Stakes for 3-year-olds on Aug. 26.He got behind the calendar, Sadler said. He wasnt ready early. Were excited about him. We hope we have a Saturday horse for next year.Accelerate has won 3 of 6 starts and earned $236,880. Sal Maglie Jersey . -- The Sacramento Kings are set to become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin virtual currency for ticket and merchandise purchases. Abiatal Avelino Jersey . John Lucas, signed as a mentor for rookie Trey Burke, showed he can score if required, scoring 12 points of his 16 points in the second quarter as Utah built an 18-point lead. https://www.cheapjerseysgiants.us/2736u-tyler-rogers-jersey-giants.html . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. Mel Ott Jersey . 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Munster replacement Conor Oliver marked his 21st birthday in midweek with a first PRO12 try, and fellow flanker Dave OCallaghan made sure of the bonus point in the 56th minute.With blindside Magnus Bradbury in man-of-the-match form, Edinburgh had the better of the final quarter and lively replacement John Hardie claimed a deserved consolation try.Such was Munsters early scrum dominance that converted prop Kevin Bryce was replaced in the fifth minute, after Tyler Bleyendaal had knocked a penalty narrowly wide.Lock Fraser McKenzies shoulder charge on Jack ODonoghue at a midfield ruck left Edinburgh temporarily down to 14 men, but the Scots proved much sharper at the breakdown in the first half.Duncan Weir missed a long range penalty before adding a superb touchline conversion to Deans opportunist try. The ball squirted free from a Munster ruck and the 22-year-old winger gleefully sprinted cleaar from his own 10-metre line.ddddddddddddMunster were level within four minutes, though, as CJ Stander controlled at the back of an advancing scrum and the waiting Murray had a simple finish, with Bleyendaal converting.Munsters execution in open play was poor but their forwards pressed again at scrum time, driving the visitors back on their own ball and a knock-on from Sam Hidalgo-Clyne allowed his opposite number Murray to score off a Niall Scannell pass.Oliver, who was ODonoghues injury replacement, added to Munsters lead inside 90 seconds of the restart. Bleyendaals inviting pass out of a tackle put the young academy back rower jinking past a flat-footed Weir for a very well-taken seven-pointer.A series of scrum penalties resulted in Edinburgh tighthead Allan Dell being sin-binned. Weir and Cornell du Preez combined to hold up Stander off a maul, and the Munster number eight then knocked on in a second try-scoring situation.However, a flat pass from influential fly-half Bleyendaal sent the powerful OCallaghan through to score from the Edinburgh 22-metre line. Hardie responded in the 66th minute, muscling over from a Hamish Watson pass, but Munster were out of reach. ' ' '