Trainer Janet Van Bebber will attack Saturday’s closing-day stakes at Fair Grounds with seven starters among the four races, chief among them Little Bit Trashy in the $276,833 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders’ Association Sale Futurity.

The futurity is a restricted Grade 1, and the richest of the stakes that together are worth $385,685.

Mother Nature could very well dictate whether Saturday’s Grade 3 Kent Stakes for 3-year-olds remains on Delaware Park’s grass course or gets moved to the main track.

Showers throughout the week and a forecast calling for the possibility of heavy rain on race day almost assuredly mean the $250,000, 1 1/8-mile Kent will either be contested on soft turf or mud.

Fleet Attack, fifth in the Grade 3, $300,000 Canadian Derby in his last start, is going to appreciate the much easier company he will be facing in a first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds that headlines a 10-race card at Northlands Park Saturday. The one-mile race drew six horses and it will be interesting to see how Fleet Attack bounces back from the grueling 1 3/8-mile Canadian Derby Aug. 20.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trip handicappers will be taking a close look at Late Affair in a $35,000 optional claiming race that will serve as Saturday’s feature at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint for fillies and mares drew eight horses and goes as race 7 on the eight-race card, which begins at 1:50 p.m.

With the Breeders’ Cup having been expanded this year to 15 races, six of the races will run Friday and nine – including the Classic – on Saturday, when the event is run for the 28th time Nov. 4-5 at Churchill Downs, the Breeders’ Cup announced Thursday.

In addition, the Breeders’ Cup announced an expanded menu of wagers, most notably a new pick five with a 50-cent minimum both days, 10-cent superfectas, and a pick six for both days that can carry over to Saturday is no one hits it Friday.

Jockey Jesse Jimenez Garcia won the 2,000th Thoroughbred race of his career Wednesday at the Downs at Albuquerque, when he guided Joyssweetjoy to a half-length win in the fifth race. The horse rallied from last in the $4,000 claiming sprint, and paid $4.

Garcia’s first win as a jockey came on Aug. 2, 1982, at Del Mar. He has had 16,637 Thoroughbred mounts, and they have earned more than $18 million. In all, Garcia, who is riding on a New Mexico circuit that includes races for Quarter Horses, has won has won 2,048 races from 16,955 starts, for mount earnings of $19 million.

POMONA, Calif. – Christian Santiago-Reyes rode four winners Wednesday at Fairplex Park, including odds-on Carbonite in the $50,000 Governor’s Cup Handicap, as the jockey race gets interesting at the Los Angeles County Fair.

Martin Pedroza rode a winner to remain atop the standings; the four-bagger by Santiago-Reyes narrowed Pedroza’s advantage to 22-17. The 13-day meet concludes Sunday.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Artic Fern ($15.90) took it to Hollywood Hit early, before upsetting that imposing rival in the $112,000 King Corrie Stakes on Wednesday night at Woodbine.

Hollywood Hit, the 3-10 favorite, darted out to the lead in the six-furlong dash, before being joined along the inside by Artic Fern after a quarter in 22.39 seconds. They dueled around the turn through a half in 44.55, and Artic Fern began to edge away in the final sixteenth en route to a one-length score in 1:09.79.

The Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission has approved a revised live racing calendar for the remainder of 2011 for Penn National Race Course.

The central Pennsylvania track reopens for live racing on Friday night, followed by programs this Saturday and Wednesday, Sept. 28 through Saturday, Sept. 30, with first post time at 6 p.m. Eastern.

Penn National will then switch to a Tuesday through Saturday evening racing schedule for October and November. The exception is Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, when there will be no live racing.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Tar Heel Mom could be running for a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint when she heads a field of seven entered in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park.

Tar Heel Mom will most likely be retired at the conclusion of the year, so her connections – trainer Stanley Hough and owner Alex Rankin – may seek a grand finale, provided Tar Heel Mom runs well in the Gallant Bloom at 6 1/2 furlongs.