In a Hurry was ridden masterfully by Forest Boyce when taking the field gate to wire in Saturday’s $100,000 All Along for fillies and mares traveling 1 1/8 miles on turf at Pimlico. The All Along was one of four stakes on the Saturday Pimlico card. The others were the Grade 3, $200,000 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup, the $100,000 Lite the Fuse, and the $75,000 Shine Again. Trained by Shug McGaughey for owner-breeder Stuart Janney III, In a Hurry broke cleanly and coasted to the lead passing the stands for the first time. Boyce took a hold of the 5-year-old mare and In a Hurry responded kindly by setting dawdling fractions of 26.79 and 52.65 seconds while facing little to no pressure. In a Hurry completed the first six furlongs in a glacial 1:17.59 seconds, came off the rail turning into the stretch, and sprinted for home. :: DRF Bets members get FREE DRF Past Performances - Formulator or Classic. Join now! Favored Plum Ali, who sat pocketed just behind the leader throughout, shot through along the inside, but couldn’t overcome In a Hurry’s tactical advantage. In a Hurry streaked under the wire a half-length in front of Plum Ali and polished off the distance in 1:52.71 over the firm turf course. Lake Lucerne was another 1 1/2 lengths back in third. Rounding out the order of finish were Gladys, Youens and a troubled Capital Structure, who suffered from a saddle malfunction going into the first turn. In a Hurry returned $10.20 as the third choice in the betting. “I don’t think anyone could have ridden her any better,” McGaughey said of Boyce’s effort in a telephone interview after the All Along. In a Hurry earned her first stakes victory in the All Along, but she is no stranger to that sort of competition. Grade 3-placed last year, In a Hurry was winless from five 2022 starts leading up to the All Along, but placed in four stakes over the spring and summer, including the Grade 3 Gallorette at Pimlico on May 21. McGaughey mentioned that he usually doesn’t get excited watching races, but that he “gave a little fist-bump” after In a Hurry’s win. “I told Stuart that I wanted to win a stakes with her this year. The All Along will look good on her resume [as a future broodmare prospect].” In a Hurry has won four times from 18 starts for lifetime earnings of $299,916. Foaled in Kentucky, In a Hurry is by Blame and is a half-sister to stakes-placed dirt router Romp. Her dam, the Afleet Alex mare Scampering, was Grade 3-placed routing on the turf when racing for Janney and McGaughey. *Lite The Fuse Sibelius gave a breakthrough performance in the Lite the Fuse for 3-year-olds and upward at six furlongs. Entering the race fresh off a 100-Beyer victory in a second-level allowance at Saratoga on Aug. 10, Sibelius broke sharp under jockey Junior Alvarado and set splits of 22.76 and 45.43 seconds while pressured by Quick Tempo. Sibelius put Quick Tempo away turning into the stretch and turned on the jets. He bounded clear to win by 7 1/2 lengths over favored Jaxon Traveler and finished the distance in a spritely 1:09.30 over the fast track. Wudda U Think Now finished another 5 1/4 lengths back in third. Then came Nimitz Class, Wendell Fong and Quick Tempo. Chief Ron and War Tocsin scratched. Sibelius returned $5.80 to win as the second choice. “He’s a bigger, stronger, faster 4-year-old,” winning trainer Jeremiah O’Dwyer said in a telephone interview after the Lite the Fuse. “I couldn’t have asked for the race to go any smoother. Junior said he was doing it so easy, in hand.” O’Dwyer was impressed with the way Sibelius finished. “That’s what you want to see,” O’Dwyer said. “It gives you hope that he can go on to the next level and be a graded stakes horse. He didn’t use to travel with that vigor. He was half off the bridle. As this year has gone on, he’s gotten faster. He’s not an aggressive horse. He’s a push-button horse.” Jaxon Traveler returned to the scene of his victory in the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint on Preakness Saturday. He broke well but was simply outsprinted to race third behind the two pacesetters. Jockey Sheldon Russell angled him three wide into the straight, but they were simply second-best on this day. Bred in Kentucky by Taylor Brothers Properties, Pollock Farms, Patrick Payne, et al., Sibelius is owned by Jun Park and Delia Nash. The son of Not This Time has won four times from 14 starts for lifetime earnings of $296,195 O’Dwyer mentioned Keeneland’s Grade 2 Phoenix Stakes at six furlongs on Oct. 7, a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, as the likely next race for Sibelius. *Shine Again Swayin to and Fro earned her first stakes victory with an extremely game performance in the Shine Again for fillies and mares at six furlongs. The Shine Again, a restricted race for horses who had not won an open stakes, did not feature a fast pace. Jockey Grant Whitacre secured early inside position with Swayin to and Fro, and they pressed favored Oxana through fractions of 23.87 and 46.81 seconds. Oxana poked a head in front midway on the turn, but Whitacre sat chilly aboard Swayin to and Fro. The two leaders pulled away from the rest in upper stretch with Swayin to and Fro, racing on her left lead, refusing to yield. The winner, trained by Mario Serey Jr. for Baxter Racing Stable, completed the distance in 1:10.93 seconds and returned $7.60 to win as the second choice in the betting. Oxana finished a neck back in second. It was another 5 1/2 lengths to Canoodle in third. Then came Mattitude, No More Mask, Deco Strong, Whiteknuckleflyer and Peyton Elizabeth. Sparkle Sprinkle, Alberta Sun and Oh Mrs. Maisel scratched. “I was gauging that horse on the outside [Oxana] because I knew how much I had. I had a ton the whole way,” Whitacre said in a post-race interview broadcast by Pimlico. Swayin to and Fro was foaled in South Carolina and made her first three starts for breeder Franklin Smith. Serey claimed the filly for $16,000 out of a maiden victory at Pimlico on May 26, and she continued to blossom under his care. Swayin to and Fro won her first four starts for Serey before finishing fifth, beaten five lengths, in her stakes debut, Colonial Downs’ Seeking The Pearl on Aug. 16. Serey mentioned in his post-race comments that she might have come back too soon on only eight days' rest in that race. Swayin to and Fro ran in the Shine Again after 25 days off. A daughter of Straight Talking out of the Warrior’s Reward mare Jungle Lady, Swayin to and Fro has won six of nine lifetime starts for career earnings of $173,237. In March, she captured one of the Elloree Trials, a non-betting affair in South Carolina. *Horse bred by Queen wins second race West Newton, bred by the late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, captured the second race on the program under jockey Forest Boyce. A 6-year-old gelding by Kitten's Joy out of the Dansili mare Queen's Prize, West Newton captured one of seven starts while racing under Queen Elizabeth II's colors in England. West Newton was purchased for $52,597 at Tattersalls in 2019 and was claimed last year by owner Upland Flats Racing and trainer Richard Hendriks. West Newton's 11 prior races in North America came over hurdles.