OCEANPORT, N.J. – Turbo Compressor, fresh from a front-running victory in the Colonial Turf Cup, heads the field for the $500,000 United Nations Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park.

The U.N. at 1 3/8 miles on turf is the featured event on the card that also includes the Grade 2, $200,000 Monmouth Cup at one mile on the main track.

The U.N. and Haskell Invitational for 3-year-olds are the two Grade 1 events at Monmouth.

Air Support, Al Khali, Brilliant Speed, Eldaafer, Freud’s Honour, and Slim Shadey complete the seven-horse field.

ELMONT, N.Y. – With Ramon Dominguez opting to ride Trickmeister, Mucho Macho Man will have Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith on his back when he returns to the races off a two-month layoff in Saturday’s Grade 2, $350,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park.

Dominguez had ridden Mucho Macho Man in his last five starts – beginning with the 2011 Belmont Stakes – but has elected to ride Trickmeister for trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. for whom he rides frequently.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Kettle Corn will carry seven pounds fewer than topweight Game On Dude in Saturday’s $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Betfair Hollywood Park, and to Kettle Corn’s trainer, John Sadler, that may not be enough to make a difference.

Game On Dude carries 124 pounds, while Kettle Corn carries 117. When they met in the Grade 2 Californian Stakes over 1 1/8 miles on June 2, they finished first and second, with Game On Dude prevailing by 7 1/4 lengths.

“I need 10 pounds,” Sadler said. “I’d like to have had more spread.”

ELMONT, N.Y. – After a two-month freshening following a bleeding episode in his last start, Be Bullish returns to action Friday in the $85,000 Chasin’ Wimmin’ Stakes for New York-breds at Belmont Park.

First post at Belmont Friday is 3 p.m. for the second of three “Party at the Park” programs featuring live music after the races.

The New York Racing Association will limit the number of starters in 2-year-old maiden sprint races to eight at the upcoming Saratoga meet. The limit for starters in two-turn dirt races will remain at 10.

Previously, NYRA allowed as many as 14 horses to run in a juvenile maiden sprint.

P.J. Campo, NYRA vice president/director of racing, said there were two primary reasons for the change.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Trainer Gennadi Dorochenko moved some 60 horses out of Arlington Park late last week, and the horses will now be stabled at Dorochenko’s farm near Versailles, Ky., the trainer said Wednesday.

Pennsylvania-bred milers take center stage at Presque Isle Downs on Friday evening with a pair of $75,000 Tapeta stakes, the Northern Fling for fillies and mares and the Leematt for 3-year-olds and up.

OPELOUSAS, La. - Qualifying trials for the two divisions of this year's D.S. "Shine" Young Futurity are set for Friday and Saturday nights at Evangeline Downs. The finals, estimated at more than $120,000 each, will be run on July 28.

The Shine futurities for Louisiana-bred 2-year-olds have been part of Louisiana Legends Night in recent seasons but were moved to a date four weeks later this year. The move was to accommodate recent trends by Louisiana horsemen in preparing their 2-year-old crop, according to Evangeline's racing secretary, Coleman Lloyd.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Fasig-Tipton Texas has scheduled its Aug. 27 yearling sale at Lone Star Park for the evening hours for the first time. The sale will begin at 4 p.m. Central, as opposed to the usual 10 a.m., and is expected to run to about 9 p.m.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Just how good Taylor Said is remains to be seen, but more could be known about that if all goes according to plan and he makes his next start in the Grade 3, $200,000 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs on Aug. 19. There isn’t much doubt that he is the best older horse on the grounds at Hastings, and his owner, Glen Todd, is hoping he is good enough to win the most prestigious race for older horses in the Pacific Northwest.

“If he is good enough, he would earn as much from winning the Mile as he would winning five stakes here,” Todd said.