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.

Arlington Park has moved its racing program on Thursday from a regularly scheduled 1 p.m. first post to 5 p.m. because of radically hot weather, the track announced Wednesday. The forecast high temperature at Arlington on Thursday is 103 degrees with a heat index of 108, which would be the hottest day in what has become an extended heat wave in the area.

Fort Erie will provide the stage but Woodbine will provide the players for Act II of the Canadian Triple Crown, the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on July 15.

The Prince of Wales will be run over 1 3/16 miles on Fort Erie’s dirt surface and 13 Canadian-bred 3-year-olds have been nominated.

Heading the list, and scheduled to participate, are Irish Mission and Dixie Strike, who were the only fillies in the Queen’s Plate and finished second and third in the field of 14 here June 24.

Smart Roar should be happy running over her favorite track when she returns to Northlands Park in an allowance race restricted to fillies and mares who have not won a race other than maiden or claiming in 2012. There is also a $40,000 claiming option in the conditions of the race and Surfin’ Sydney is the only one of the seven horses entered in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint eligible to be claimed.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Paul Fung has become accustomed to keeping a low profile here at Woodbine, with his stable of eight situated in the sales barn area on the outer reaches of the backstretch. But the 52-year-old Fung could find himself in the spotlight with the up-and-coming Estella, who will be seeking to give herself and her trainer their first stakes win in Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel.

Friday night’s $60,000 Iowa Stallion Futurity, a restricted 5 1/2-furlong sprint for nominated and eligible 2-year-olds, drew a full field of 12. To be eligible, a horse must be the progeny of a qualifying stallion and, subsequently, scheduled fees must be paid during the nomination process.

The field is headed by the filly Wild Ritzy and the gelding Senor Captain, who both impressed when cruising to victory in their only start.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - The biggest weekend of racing at Thistledown gets an early start Friday when the $75,000 Daniel Stearns Cleveland Gold Cup will be run for the 45th time. The 1 1/8-mile Gold Cup, for 3-year-old registered Ohio-breds, drew a field of 13, topped by two-time stakes winner Diavoletto.

Saturday’s card will feature Ohio’s only graded stakes, the Grade 3, $100,000 Ohio Derby, and the $50,000 Cleveland Kindergarden.