Jockey Austin Lovelace will be riding in a race for the first time in more than six years Sunday at Louisiana Downs, but he has not been too far removed from the track. At least geographically. Lovelace had been working at an automotive company in Shreveport, La., until this past spring, when the plant closed. He then returned to his racing roots, began galloping horses, and on Sunday has been named to ride Dark Tunnel in the third race for trainer Charlie Hukill. It will be Lovelace’s first mount since May 20, 2004.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Somme’s positive turf experience makes her the one to fear most in Sunday’s $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine.

The Wonder Where is the final leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, a lucrative series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies. Free Fee Lady and Moment of Majesty are the two contenders who are trying the turf for the first time in 1 1/4-mile fixture.

Fields at Ellis Park have been among the biggest in North America in recent weeks, with about 9.5 horses per field. Still, that hasn’t translated to a surge in all-sources handle, which seems symptomatic of the financial malaise enveloping the racing industry in general and Kentucky racing in particular.

Gold for Cash dared to match a few strides with Kantharos and paid the price. Now comes a considerably less demanding spot, a first-level allowance, a race that trainer Larry Demeritte is hoping will allow one of his prize 2-year-olds to resume his winning ways.

“That last one was a little tough for him,” Demeritte said, referring to the Grade 3 Bashford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs, where Kantharos showed himself to be a potential superstar in a 9 1/2-length triumph. “This race should be a lot better for him.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Moment of Majesty was a disappointing eighth in the Queen’s Plate after finishing a close second three weeks earlier in the Woodbine Oaks.

On Sunday here at Woodbine, Moment of Majesty will be looking to rebound when she tries turf for the first time in the $250,000 Wonder Where, a 1 1/4-mile race which is the finale of the triple tiara series for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.

“She has turf in her pedigree, but I can’t say I was overly impressed with her work the other day,” said Sue Leslie, trainer and part-owner of Moment of Majesty.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. − After his five-race winning streak was snapped at Woodbine five weeks ago, Get Stormy seeks to start a new run of success where the old one began when he starts as the probable favorite in Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.

Eugene Joyce has resigned as general manager and president of Turf Paradise, citing “personal reasons.”

Joyce, 51, was hired to replace the outgoing general manager Randy Fozzard at the Phoenix track in the summer of 2005. Joyce had previously been assistant general manager at Lone Star Park. Prior to that he had worked in the front offices of Wyoming Downs, Sunray Park, Arlington and Remington Park.

“I will be exploring new options in the near future and I look forward to the opportunities ahead,” said Joyce in a release.

– Michael Hammersly

FORT ERIE, Ontario – The $30,000 Don Valliere Memorial Cup highlights Sunday’s nine-race card at Fort Erie. Eight geldings will go to post in the six-furlong sprint and a very competitive group will give handicappers a serious challenge to sort out the winner.

Trainer Lyle Morden’s Teacher Boyne has won four in a row this year over this surface and won all three his races last year when competing at the Fort.

Holy Nova will try and keep her perfect record at Northlands Park intact when she takes on a very tough Shakenwithanolive in the $50,000 Madamoiselle Handicap on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile feature for older fillies and mares drew six horses and goes as race 7 on an eight-race card that starts at 1 p.m. Mountain.

Golden Stripe, who put an end to Preservata’s seven-race win streak in the July 1 Canada Day at Assiniboia Downs, will be looking to duplicate that dominance in Sunday’s $30,000 Winnipeg Sun.

Preservata was the defending champion in the Canada Day and also captured last year’s Winnipeg Sun, a 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares.

Sunday’s program, which begins at 1:15 p.m. Central, also features an interesting undercard which includes a $6,000 claiming race at three furlongs and a starter allowance for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles.