ELMONT, N.Y. -- Theory made a successful return to the races Saturday, winning the Grade 3, $200,000 Futurity at Belmont Park by 3-1/2 lengths in a performance that could propel him to the Breeders Cup Juvenile in three weeks at Santa Anita.Making his first start since winning his debut at Saratoga on July 30, Theory, the 1-5 favorite, chased the pacesetting Moves Like Ali through a quarter-mile in 22.62 seconds, a half in 45.35, and five-eighths in 57.40 before switching leads and taking over inside the eighth pole.Theory ($2.70) widened his advantage in the final sixteenth while covering six furlongs in 1:09.91. He wasnt done yet, as he galloped out another quarter of a mile under Javier Castellano.He galloped out steady and strong; thats what made me more excited. When you ask him, he responded, Castellano said.Trainer Todd Pletcher said the performance gives him and owners WinStar Farm and the China Horse Club plenty of options for the fall, including the Breeders Cup Juvenile on Nov. 5 at Santa Anita. That would mean stretching out from six furlongs to 1-1/16 miles around two turns.With the way he ran, the way he galloped out, and the way he came back, we have to have that discussion, Pletcher said.Theory was an impressive 5-1/2-length winner at Saratoga on July 30 and was pointing to the Grade 1 Hopeful on Sept 3. In late August, Pletcher wasnt happy with the way Theory was training, and the colt was eventually sent back to WinStar Farm. The horse was evaluated, and the only issue was a foot bruise.He was sent back to Pletcher in about two weeks, and the horse breezed four times leading up to this.In his debut, Theory won on the lead. On Saturday, he showed the ability to stalk, pounce, and finish.Hes a very good-minded horse, hes got a great disposition, hes not headstrong in any way; I anticipated he would rate fine and wasnt surprised that he did, Pletcher said.Star Empire rallied for second in the Futurity, a length ahead of Moves Like Ali. The Walk, who stumbled at the break, and Reckling completed the order of finish.Pletcher said he did not ask Castellano for such a lengthy gallop-out.He actually galloped out further than I probably would have told Javier to gallop out, but he hasnt run in a while, Pletcher said. The way he ran today, the way he finished puts us in a position where weve got a lot of options.If his connections decide to skip the Breeders Cup, Theory could be pointed to the Nashua, a one-turn mile at Aqueduct on Nov. 4, or the Kentucky Jockey Club, a two-turn, 1-1/16-mile race at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26. Cody Stashak Twins Jersey . 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- It was a day of surprises on the first day of the judo competition at the Rio Games.In the womens division, the first gold medal went not to defending Olympic champion Sarah Menezes in her home country, but to an Argentinian bronze medalist from the Beijing games, now a qualified doctor.Paula Pareto, ranked third, jumped repeatedly in victory when she defeated South Koreas Bokyeong Jeong in the womens 48-kilogram division, much to the delight of a crowd packed with Argentinians waving their national flag. Pareto climbed into the spectator section afterward to be enveloped not only by giddy fans, friends and family, but numerous flags.After hugging one particularly patriotic fan whose face was painted in blue and white, Pareto was left with faint traces of blue paint on the right side of her face. Her gold medal made her the first Argentinian woman in history to win an Olympic gold, in any sport.It is really incredible for me, I never would have thought it, Pareto said after her historic win. I was especially happy to see the Argentinian flag raised.Paretos coach Laura Martinel described her as phenomenal and credited Paretos exceptional technique and mental strength for her victory.Having split her recent fights with Jeong, Martinel said their strategy was for Pareto to go on the offensive. We knew that we could not let (Jeong) perform because she*s fast and powerful. So the idea was to let Paula attack first, we had a rough moment in the match but eventually we overcome it and she did what was necessary.Argentinian President Mauricio Macri quickly tweeted his congratulations, saying You make us all very proud.The top fighter in the division, MMongolias Urantsetseg Munkhbat, lost her bronze medal match to second-seeded Ami Kondo of Japan.dddddddddddd The other bronze medal was won by Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh of Kazakhstan.London Games champion Menezes had been hoping to repeat her victory in front of a home crowd, but lost twice: first to Cubas Dayaris Mestre Alvarez in the quarter finals and then in the repechage competition to Munkhbat, who applied such a strong armbar that Menezes tapped out in submission.In the mens division, the 18th-ranked Russian judoka, Beslan Mudranov, pulled off one of the days biggest upsets when he defeated top seed Won Jin Kim of South Korea. Mudranov, 30, defeated Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the final, becoming Russias first gold medalist at the Rio Games.Amid the widespread Russian doping scandal, the entire Russian judo team was allowed to compete. Russian President Vladimir Putin is the honorary president of the International Judo Federation, the sports governing body; Putin holds a black belt in the Japanese martial art.Mudranov said the doping allegations havent had any effect at all on the judo team. We were sure that they wont exclude us, because excluding a whole country is firstly not fair and, it seems to me, impossible, he said.Mudranov said he was happy to be the first to win a gold medal for Russia but attributed that to the luck of the draw.The mens bronze medals were won by Japans Naohisa Takato and Diyorbek Urozboev of Uzbekistan.---Associated Press Writers Carlos A. Rodriguez and James Ellingworth contributed to this report. ' ' '