As Xtra Heat galloped out past the finish line following her easy five-length win in Saturday's $150,000 Endine Stakes, fans along the clubhouse turn in Delaware Park's picnic area showed their appreciation by giving the star filly a standing ovation.

As expected, Xtra Heat ($2.40) had no problems disposing of four overmatched rivals in the six-furlong Endine as she surpassed the $2 million mark in career earnings by winning for the 23rd time in 30 starts. She was ridden out by jockey Harry Vega, reaching the wire in 1:10.91.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Two longshots helped create a carryover of $113,990 for Saturday's pick six at Del Mar.

Wins by Rare Stone ($17.40) and Cottage ($30.60) in the fifth and sixth races were difficult to find for many bettors.

Saturday's pick six covers the fifth through 10th races and includes the nine-runner Del Mar Derby, the eighth race. The field is led by turf stakes winners Inesperado, Mr. Mellon, Mountain Rage, Rock Opera, True Phenomenon and Dell Place.

There is a chance the fifth race could be run on the main track.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sharp American shippers Del Mar Show and Good Journey will hook one of Europe's top milers, Noverre, and 10 others in the sixth running of the $1 million Atto Mile on Sunday.

The Grade 1 grass race heads a sensational 11-race card, which also includes a pair of Grade 2 turf stakes, the Summer and Canadian.

Del Mar Show has won two straight, the Bernard Baruch at Saratoga and the New Hampshire Sweepstakes at Rockingham, both 1 1/8-mile graded stakes on turf. He earned a whopping 110 Beyer Figure in the Baruch under regular rider Jerry Bailey.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Some exceptionally talented fillies have won the Garden City Breeders' Cup Handicap, including the last three: Perfect Sting, Gaviola, and Voodoo Dancer.

Ten fillies will try to add their names to that distinguished list when the Garden City, the only Grade 1 race for 3-year-old turf fillies in New York, is run on Sunday at Belmont Park.

Four of the 10 fillies entered, including Wonder Again, the 2 1/4-length winner of the Grade 2 Lake Placid, carry 119 pounds as the co-highweights of the 1 1/8-mile race.

NEW YORK - Nearly all racetracks and simulcast locations in the United States plan to stop taking bets for 10 minutes on the afternoon of Sept. 11 to commemorate last year's terrorist attacks.

Officials have been asked by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to close betting, stop racing, and tune all televisions to a broadcast from Del Mar outside San Diego from 4:10 p.m. Eastern to 4:20 p.m. Del Mar has planned two ceremonies related to the attacks and will also hold an after-races charity event.

DEL MAR, Calif. - A drop in class, and a target to run at, are two factors that should lead Janet to a victory in the Grade 2 Palomar Handicap on Sunday at Del Mar.

As the leaders of the female turf division have scattered - Astra and Golden Apples to the Yellow Ribbon on Oct. 5 at Santa Anita, Affluent to the WinStar Galaxy Stakes on Oct. 4 at Keeneland - the Palomar has taken shape as a $150,000 consolation prize.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Say Florida Sandy failed in his bid to win the General Douglas MacArthur Handicap for a third time when he finished sixth as the even-money favorite in Friday's opening-day feature at the Belmont Park fall meet.

Well Fancied was the 4 1/4-length winner of the restricted MacArthur.

Peninsula Gaming Partners, which operates a riverboat casino in Iowa, made two major purchases last week that will affect the future of Evangeline Downs near Lafayette, La.

The company became the sole owner of the track by purchasing the 50 percent of the facility that it didn't already own from businessman William Trotter, and, in a separate transaction, it purchased approximately 500 acres in a neighboring parish that will serve as the new home for a rebuilt Evangeline Downs.

AUBURN, Wash. - The late defection of Always a Dixie, the 121-pound highweight and probable favorite for Sunday's 1 1/8-mile Belle Roberts Handicap at Emerald Downs, will leave just five older fillies and mares to vie for the $60,000 pot.

Always a Dixie, a winner of three of her four starts at Emerald Downs, all in stakes, was declared out of the race on Friday night by her trainer, Barbara Heads, who reported the filly had bruised a hoof.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Two-year-olds headline the 12-race card at Hastings Park Sunday afternoon as both divisions of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Sales Stakes are on tap. Bullseye Bill should go favored over seven other colts and geldings, but it's hard to say who will be favored in the fillies' division. Both races are worth $60,000 and are at 6 1/2 furlongs.