ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Ralph Biamonte swept both $200,000 yearling sales stakes for 2-year-olds last year with Menlo Castle and Rose and Shine, who are both competing against older horses on the same card Monday. Biamonte also will be represented in both 6 1/2-furlong 2-year-old races again this year, when he sends out Cryptic Message in the Muskoka and Open Ice Hit in the Simcoe.

Formaggio looks as good as any Monday in the $50,000 Cliff Guilliams Memorial – that is, if he runs at Ellis Park instead of shipping to Arlington Park for an allowance race.

“We’re leaning toward the Ellis race,” trainer David Carroll said, cautioning that the forecast for steady rain throughout the Labor Day weekend in Kentucky might lead him to change plans. “If they take everything off the turf Monday, we might go ahead and ship to Chicago.”

OCEANPORT, N.J. – The Monmouth Park-based Sean Avery, sidelined for more than a year with a tendon injury, makes his comeback Monday in the $350,000 Turf Monster Handicap at Parx Racing.

The enormously talented 6-year-old gelding has been plagued by injuries throughout his career. The Turf Monster will be only the 11th start for Sean Avery, named for the now-retired pugnacious hockey player. It also will be his first race on grass.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Shackleford, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, was scratched from Saturday’s Grade 1, $500,000 Forego Stakes at Saratoga due to an illness, trainer Dale Romans said Saturday morning.

Romans said Shackleford had coughed last week and he treated him with medication, which helped stop the coughing. But when he took the horse off the medication, Shackleford coughed again and Friday night left some feed.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - The Monmouth meet heads into the homestretch after Monday with only 10 days left. The track will run Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 7.

In the jockey standings, Elvis Trujillo held a substantial lead over Paco Lopez going into the Saturday card. They finished one-two last year and appear destined to repeat that finish.

If he maintains the lead, Trujillo will have his third Monmouth title in the last four years.

It is much tighter in the training race where defending champion Jane Cibelli once again was setting the pace.

Patty’s Pride rallied from about 10 lengths off the pace to win the $50,000 Ricks Memorial by 1 3/4 lengths Friday night at Remington Park. Gorgeous Melody finished second in the one-mile turf race for fillies and mares, andit was another nose back in third to Someplace Else.

DEL MAR, Calif. -- After a two-day carryover produced massive interest, the pick six was hit at Del Mar on Friday, returning $308,928 to five ticketholders.

Friday’s pick six began with a carryover of $432,260. Bettors added $2,081,401 on Friday after missing out on the tough sequence on Wednesday and Thursday.

The winners of Friday’s pick six races, the second through seventh races, were Janie Girl ($59.40), Love That Action ($27.60), Swiss Bliss ($6.60), Bella Viaggia ($4), Fed Biz ($4.60) and American Tanker ($24.40).

Bella Viaggia and Fed Biz were favored.

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Hall of Famer Bob Baffert became the first trainer to win 100 career stakes at Del Mar when Fed Biz prevailed by a neck in a thrilling running of Friday’s $100,000 El Cajon Stakes.

Baffert, 59, began the meeting with 93 stakes wins. Fellow Hall of Famer Ron McAnally is second on the list with 75 stakes wins.

“Del Mar has been a special place,” Baffert said in the winner’s circle. “I claimed my first horse here. It started at Del Mar for me.”

OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Teen Pauline is the key to Sunday's $100,000 Sorority for 2-year-old fillies at Monmouth Park. A dazzling debut winner, Teen Pauline also is entered in Sunday’s Grade 1 Spinaway at Saratoga. She would be heavily favored in the Sorority, if trainer Steve Asmussen and Stonestreet Stables opt to run here. If Teen Pauline tackles the Spinaway instead, I’mclassyandsassy figures to inherit the role of Sorority favorite following a 6 1/4-length debut win here in late July for trainer Steve Hobby.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Chad Brown completed a turf trifecta stakes sweep at Saratoga as Dayatthespa, unraced since April, moved past pacesetting Assateague in upper stretch and drew clear to win Friday's $100,000 Riskaverse Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths over a traffic-troubled Peace Preserver.

It was the third consecutive day that Brown won the featured turf event at the Spa. On Wednesday, he won the P.G. Johnson Stakes with Watsdachances and on Thursday he captured the Grade 2, $200,000 With Anticipation with Balance the Books.