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CAMDEN, S.C. -- Top Striker broke away for a 10 1/2-length victory Saturday in the 47th running of the $150,000 Marion duPont Scott Colonial Cup Steeplechase.The 7-year-old Van Nistelrooy gelding, stabled at a barn across the street from Springdale Race Course, was taken to the lead by jockey Ross Geraghty entering the 17th and final fence of the 2 3/4-mile race. Days of Heaven came in a length and a quarter behind Rawnaq for third in the starting field of 10 jumpers, of which nine finished. The final running time was 5:12.40.It was Top Strikers second win in a feature at his home course. Owned by Camdens Sue Sensor and trained in Camden by Arch Kingsley Jr., Top Striker won the $50,000 Carolina Cup Steeplechase in the spring of 2014.Top Striker also snapped Rawnaqs bid to complete an unbeaten 2016 campaign over fences. The winner of last months $300,000 Grand National in Far Hills, New Jersey, had earned $360,000 from three starts coming into Saturdays feature. The 9-year-old Azamour gelding had already locked up the National Steeplechase Associations Lonesome Glory Champions Award before Saturdays race.The win was also the second consecutive Colonial Cup victory for Geraghty, an Ireland native who won aboard Dawalan last year.When entries were announced for the Colonial Cup last week, Kingsley did not have a rider listed. Geraghty, the associations 2012 champion jockey, did not have a horse to ride.I was sort of shopping around, Geraghty said. Honestly, I said to Arch that I didnt want to just take part in the race, I wanted to win it. ... I was impressed by (Top Striker). I knew he was a horse that was going to suit no matter what.Sean McDermott took Rawnaq to the early lead and was pressed by Days of Heaven, who had Kieran Norris aboard. That allowed Top Striker to settle into a nice galloping pace behind the two leaders.Hes a bigger, stronger horse now, Sensor said of Top Striker. Hes got so much more confidence and you can place him wherever you want to in a race now and he doesnt try to right you. He will just do his thing.Saturdays Colonial Cup meet ended the associations 2016 season.Rawnaqs owner Irv Naylor had already wrapped up the title of leading owner, and Jack Fisher takes his 10th title as leading trainer in terms of season wins. Rawnaq is the circuits leading earner. Cheap Vans Shoes . PETERSBURG, Fla. Vans Sk8 Hi Reissue . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. http://www.vansshoesclearancesale.com/ . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Vans Old Skool White Sale . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Vans Shoes Wholesale . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. ATLANTA -- Atlanta Braves closer Jim Johnson is guaranteed $10 million under his new two-year contract.The 33-year-old right-hander went 2-6 with a 3.06 ERA this year and 20 saves in 23 chances. He had been eligible for free agency.Johnson gets a $1 million signing bonus and salaries of $4.5 million in each of the next two seasons. He can earn an additional $1.75 million aannually in performance bonuses based on games finished: $250,000 for 30 and each additional five through 60.ddddddddddddHis contract was announced on the final day of the regular season and was subject to a physical, which took place this week. ' ' '