LEXINGTON, Ky. – Sometimes it’s difficult to figure out how a race will set up, let alone how it will end up. Picking a winner in the $125,000 Dowager Stakes on Sunday at Keeneland might be a bit tricky, too, but there seems to be little question as to how the 1 1/2-mile turf race will unfold.

Damion E.T. will try to take advantage of slightly easier company when he faces a full field of 2-year-old Indiana-bred and Indiana-sired colts and geldings in the $84,000 Crown Ambassador at Hoosier Park on Sunday.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Medabuck will put her unblemished record on the line Sunday at Woodbine in the $150,000 Fanfreluche Stakes, and should be favored in the six-furlong sprint for Ontario-bred 2-year-old fillies.

Medabuck debuted against Ontario-sired company Aug. 27 for trainer Terry Jordan, who has solid numbers in nearly every category, except for first-time starters. She darted out to a clear lead in that five-furlong maiden special, and kept on going to score by three lengths in 58.83 seconds, a time which earned her a 56 Beyer Figure.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – It took two stablemates to work with Zenyatta at Hollywood Park on Friday and achieve the objectives that trainer John Shirreffs intended for the undefeated mare’s second-to-last workout before the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6.

Zenyatta worked with Sarbonne and El Vino, two horses owned, like Zenyatta, by Jerry and Ann Moss. They served as a tag-team of sorts during the seven-furlong workout. Ridden by Mike Smith, Zenyatta was timed in 1:27.20, and she was the only horse to work that distance on Friday.

FORT ERIE, Ontario – It’s last call at Fort Erie this week, and an intriguing 12-race Sunday program will include a Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse stakes plus two Cup races for 2-year-olds. The Fort Erie meet ends Tuesday.

Four runners from each breed will go head to head over 870 yards for a purse of $50,000 in the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred Distance Challenge.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Stormy Lord, back on his home turf following a game effort in the Grade 3 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park, should rule the roost when he meets just four rivals here in Sunday’s $100,000 Mobil.

The Mobil, a late addition to the overnight stakes program, is a 1 1/8-mile turf race for Ontario-foaled 3-year-olds and just met the minimum requirement for making the cut with five starters.

Stormy Lord is a speed-oriented type who set the pace and hung on stubbornly before winding up a length back as the Kent’s third-place finisher over 1 1/8 miles on firm turf

The 141-1 shot Van Nistelrooy Gal set a Remington Park win-payoff record in Thursday night’s fifth race, when she returned $284.60 after getting up by a head in a $7,500 conditioned claiming sprint for fillies and mares. The Oklahoma City track’s previous record of $254.20 was set on Oct. 28, 2001, by Cherokee County.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The connections of Paddy O’Prado announced early Friday that the colt most likely will run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs, although he also will be pre-entered in the BC Turf.

Jerry Crawford, who manages the Donegal Racing partnership that owns Paddy O’Prado, said the syndicate decided at a meeting Thursday night to try for the $5 million Classic, which also is expected to get Zenyatta, Blame, Quality Road, Lookin At Lucky, and other top horses.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The old guy's still got it.

Brass Hat, the popular 9-year-old homebred, rallied from last to overtake longshot Southern Anthem and favored Musketier to post the 10th and perhaps most heart-warming victory of his remarkable career Thursday in the 16th running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Sycamore Stakes at Keeneland, where he was met afterward with a rousing ovation from his many fans.

"My dad really wanted to win a race like this," said Buff Bradley, who trains Brass Hat for his father, Fred Bradley, who bred and owns the gelding.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Election Day is Monday in Toronto, and polls have shown a virtual dead heat in the hotly contested mayor’s race between the Woodbine-friendly Rob Ford and George Smitherman. Saturday’s $125,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes is also shaping up as a tight race, between Rahy’s Attorney and Sand Cove, and Rahy’s Attorney may have a slight edge in the one-mile turf route for Ontario-sired runners.