Gallant Son teamed with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith for a powerful 1 ¾-length victory Sunday in the $100,000 Inglewood Handicap (GIII) at Hollywood Park.

It was the first graded win for Emerald Downs’ Top Juvenile of 2008. 

Trained by Frank Lucarelli for owner Chris Randall of Bellevue, Gallant Son ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:39.67 on a firm turf course and paid $8.20. Compari, the 7-5 morning line favorite, was scratched earlier in the day. 

The $60,000 first prize check increased Gallant Son’s earnings to $262,898. The $9,000 yearling has compiled a 6-2-0 mark in 16 starts, including three stakes wins at Emerald Downs. Since leaving Auburn, Gallant Son has won two stakes races on turf—one at Hollywood Park, one at Santa Anita—and has made a fine comeback from the knee injury he sustained in the 2009 Santa Anita Derby. 

Lucarelli has indicated that the Aug. 22 Longacres Mile could be a long-range goal for Gallant Son. 

Atta Boy Roy scorches Churchill surface

Washington-bred Atta Boy Roy apparently is thriving at Churchill Downs. Sunday, the 5-year-old Washington-bred turned in yet another eye-catching workout—four furlongs in 46 2/5—and remains on course for Saturday’s, $250,000 Churchill Downs Handicap (GII). The workout, with Calvin Borel up, was fastest at the distance by two full seconds. Trained by Valorie Lund for Roy and Ellie Schaefer of Port Orchard, Atta Boy Roy is one of 35 horses nominated to the seven-furlong Churchill Downs. Entries will be taken Wednesday.