Jockey Scott Spieth uses his whip to encourage favorite Go Johnny Go (2) to fend off a charge by Count On My Word (4, at left), under jockey Ernesto Oro. Count On My Word blew past Go Johnny Go (photo, below) to win the mile and a quarter stakes race, the ninth race at Beulah Park near Columbus, Ohio.

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