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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Mike Smith knew he was going fast early aboard Songbird in Saturdays Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama at Saratoga. Though he had the undefeated champion a few paths outside of pacesetter Go Maggie Go, they were in virtual lockstep through the first six furlongs of the 10-furlong race run in 1:11.13.I cant honestly tell you I wasnt concerned, Smith said.But every so often, Smith would look down at Songbird and could see - and feel - she had no concerns whatsoever despite the rapid early pace.Around the far turn, Songbird left Go Maggie Go behind and the rest was rather easy as Songbird cruised home a seven-length winner of the 136th Alabama before an announced crowd of 40,329 on a perfect summer afternoon.Songbird is perfection embodied as she ran her record to 10 for 10, this being her sixth Grade 1 victory.I never like to say its easy, but shes just got a lot of talent and makes it look easy, but its not easy, said Jerry Hollendorfer, the trainer of Songbird.What wasnt easy Saturday was the fact owner Rick Porter wasnt at Saratoga for the race. Instead, he is hospitalized in Delaware, making the victory even more meaningful to Hollendorfer and Smith.Mr. Porter is having a little bit of a hard time of it right now, but hes a real tough guy and we expect him to come through with flying colors, Hollendorfer said. It was our hope and wish that we could win for him today and we did.Smith said he had the chance to speak briefly to Porter on Friday.It was extremely important we win this and lift Mr. Porters spirits, Smith said. Hes fighting. Were hoping. Were praying.Songbird had a fight on her hands as Go Maggie Go, breaking from post 4 under Luis Saez, went to the front. Songbird, breaking from post 6, took Smith right with her through a quarter-mile in 23.76 seconds, a half in 47.77, and six furlongs in 1:11.13.Im a rider Im thinking a hundred different things, Smith said. Who is going to make the late charge? Have we done too much soon? But I look down at her about every five steps and shes just doing what she does. Every now and then shed throw an ear [up] so I knew she was comfortable. Me, in my head, Im trying to figure out whats going on behind me.Smiths biggest fear was that Weep No More would pull a reprise of what she did in the Grade 1 Ashland at Keeneland in April when she came from out of the clouds to nail Rachels Valentina and Cathryn Sophia on the wire. But no one was coming.I was coaxing her with the whip just a little, I wasnt really hitting her, just stay the same, you dont have to go no faster, Smith said. Then I stood up and saw she was 10 in front.Going for Broke, making her stakes debut, rallied from sixth to get second by 1-3/4 lengths over Family Tree. Weep No More, Flora Dora, Go Maggie Go, and Dark Nile, who was eased, completed the order of finish.Songbird covered the 1-1/4 miles in 2:03.00, running the last quarter-mile in 26.99 seconds. She returned $2.40 as the favorite.She was tired, but theyre supposed to be going a mile and quarter with those early fractions, Smith said. Im not going to lie to you and say she came back skipping. I mean she was blowing but the sign of a champion is how shell recover in a couple of days.Songbird return to a loud ovation from the Saratoga faithful, some holding Songbird posters that the New York Racing Association gave away.Songbird is expected to ship back to Southern California on Tuesday. But, she is expected to return east for the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion at Parx on Sept. 24. Chicago White Sox Gear . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Chicago White Sox Store . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. https://www.cheapwhitesox.com/ . LOUIS -- St. White Sox Jerseys China . 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He was released after 10 percent of a $1 million bond was paid, more than two months after two gymnasts -- including a member of the 2000 U.S. womens Olympic team -- accused him of sexual abuse during medical treatments.Also on Tuesday, a Detroit attorney said he filed a civil lawsuit against Nassar on behalf of a Los Angeles woman who says she was sexually abused about 20 years ago during treatments when she was a 14-year-old gymnast.Its at least the third civil suit filed against Nassar.The woman filing Tuesdays lawsuit is not the girl in Michigans criminal case.Those alleged assaults against the girl occurred between 1998 and 2005, from the age of 6 until the girl was 12. She was not a gymnast, patient or family member, said Attorney General Bill Schuette.He said Nassar, a former associate professor of osteopathic medicine at Michigan State University who lives in Holt in suburban Lansing, committed predatory, menacing acts and stole this young ladys childhood.This is the tip of the iceberg, Schuette said during a news conference Tuesday.University police chief James Dunlap said his department has received roughly 50 complaints.Were dealing with decades of effort to go back and identify witnesses and to compile those for submission to the attorney generals office, he said.Ingham County 55th District Court Magistrate Mark Blumer ordered Nassar to wear an electronic tether and to surrender his passport. He also was prohibited from being present with anyone under 18, including his children, unless another adult is there.A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec. 15.Nassar, who could face life imprisonment if he is convicted, has denied wrongdoing.Shannon Smith, one of his lawyers, said his wife -- who was in the courtroom -- and hundreds of people support him 100 percent. We have received countless emails and communications from other doctors, physicians, physical therapists, ex-patients, ex-coworkers supporting him.Assistant state attorney general Angela Povilaitis hadd asked that bond be denied or, in the alternate, that a very high amount be imposed.dddddddddddd.She has come forward bravely to report this and to cooperate and prosecute this case, she said.Nassar was fired in September by Michigan State. In October, a former gymnast who was on the national team from 2006 to 2011 filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles, alleging Nassar repeatedly sexually abused her and renowned husband-and-wife coaches Bela and Martha Karolyi turned a blind eye to molestations.Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which has been named in two civil lawsuits, said previously that that it cut ties with Nassar after learning of athlete concerns about him in the summer of 2015.USA Gymnastics today learned about the charges against Dr. Larry Nassar through a media report, it said. As we previously have made clear, when USA Gymnastics first learned of athlete concerns regarding Dr. Nassar, those concerns were reported to the FBI and Nassar was dismissed from further involvement with USA Gymnastics.Detroit attorney Brian McKeen said he filed Tuesdays civil lawsuit in Ingham County.His client lived in East Lansing when she sought treatment for lower back pain in late 1996 and early 1997 from Nassar, McKeen said.This doctor used this young girls innocence and naivet? against her, McKeen said. She trusted her doctors authority when he insisted his treatments were standard procedure, but they were no more than sexual assault and abuse of a child.Smith, Nassars lawyer, had not seen the civil lawsuit Tuesday afternoon and declined to comment on it.The attorney general, who is investigating criminally at the request of the campus police, said his department is in the best position to prosecute instead of the local prosecutor because it is believed that potential crimes crossed into multiple jurisdictions in Michigan and possibly across state lines. He said his office is working with the FBI and federal prosecutors in Michigan.We are unable to comment further due to the ongoing FBI investigation and pending litigation, USA Gymnastics said.---Associated Press writer Corey Williams in Detroit contributed to this report.---Follow David Eggert on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DavidEggert00 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/author/david-eggert ' ' '