ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Arlington-Washington Futurity, one of two Grade 3 stakes for 2-year-olds here Saturday, was an engaging race. And if you liked it the first time around, tune in for a replay Oct. 8 at Keeneland. That’s the date of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity, and that’s the spot where the top three from the Arlington-Washington Futurity – Shared Property, Take Charge Indy, and Motor City – are likely to next race.

BOSSIER CITY, La. – Populist Politics keeps stepping up his game, and following his big third-place finish in last weekend’s Super Derby, he could get another shot at graded competition next month. Trainer Tom Amoss said earlier this week that Populist Politics is now under consideration for the Grade 2, $500,000 Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park on Oct. 1.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Going into last month’s Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. thought Rail Trip was ready to join the ranks of the elite in the handicap division. After watching Rail Trip finish a well-beaten seventh to Tizway, Dutrow didn’t know what to think.

So, instead of pressing on in graded stakes company, Dutrow has decided to take a step back with Rail Trip, entering him in Thursday’s $60,000 Pot O’ Luck Stakes, which serves as the featured event on Belmont Park’s nine-race card.

Kentucky Downs placing judges posted the wrong fourth-place finisher in the seventh and last race on their opening-day program Saturday, an error that has been corrected for the purposes of official placings and purse payouts but will not affect the mutuel payoff involving the superfecta.

The original order of finish in the race, a $27,000 allowance, was recorded as 2-4-1-6. But after a review of the photo-finish for fourth revealed that No. 9, Night Party, actually finished fourth, barely ahead of No. 6, Heiden, the result has been revised to 2-4-1-9.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Charles Lopresti has never been to Canada, nor has he ever been represented by a starter here at Woodbine.

But Lopresti will be looking to correct those oversights this week as he was scheduled to check in Wednesday to put the finishing touches on Turallure’s preparations for the Woodbine Mile.

Turallure, a Kentucky-bred 4-year-old colt, is coming off the best race of his career as he captured Saratoga’s Grade 2 Bernard Baruch over 1 1/8 miles of turf by 2 1/4 lengths.

POMONA, Calif. – The racing program Thursday at Fairplex Park epitomizes the fair circuit – nine claiming races on a nine-race card with relevance limited to winning connections and clever horseplayers.

All 82 entrants Thursday are in for a tag, and represent a cross-section of the lower levels. Races include older $20,000 maiden claimers at a half-mile, $32,000 maiden claiming 2-year-olds, and older winners entered for claiming prices ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.

MIAMI – Trinniberg, who nearly pulled off a 68-1 stunner in the Grade 1 Hopeful on Labor Day at Saratoga, is back home in south Florida but likely has another trip to New York in his future, owner Shivananda Parbhoo said earlier this week.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – It was quiet on the Woodbine Mile front Tuesday with a field of either 11 or 12 expected to be announced at the ceremonial draw here Thursday.

Courageous Cat, winner of Hollywood’s Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile in his last start, and Court Vision, the defending Woodbine Mile champion, are scheduled to come north for the one-mile turf race, which offers Grade 1 status and a purse of $1 million.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Miser cleared the first Ontario-sired allowance condition at a short price in her last outing and should be favored again in Thursday’s Woodbine headliner, a nonwinners-of-three allowance for Ontario-sired fillies and mares.

Miser had a productive two-race spring campaign for owner/trainer Steve Asmussen, who sent her out to win a five-furlong maiden special in her second start off the bench May 25. Following a seven-week break July 17, she disappointed in an allowance over 6 1/2 furlongs, which is the distance of Thursday’s feature.

Marquis Downs showed an 11.6 percent increase in handle for its 2011 meeting which ended last Saturday, with $951,201 wagered over the 28 racing days compared to $852,128 last year.

The daily average handle on the live racing, from all sources, was $33,971, an increase of 11.6 percent from 2010. Last year’s daily average, also based on a 28-day meeting, was $30,434. Both meetings had been scheduled for 30 days but lost two days to weather-related issues.