ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The $1 million Queen's Plate, which will be run for the 151st time here at Woodbine on Sunday, always has boasted strong links to both royal and Canadian racing traditions.

Queen Elizabeth II will take care of the royal element, as she is scheduled to be on hand on race day after arriving in Nova Scotia on Monday for the beginning of her Canadian tour.

Local racing tradition will be reflected by the powerhouses Sam-Son Farm, which has won with five of 35 Queen's Plate entrants, and Stronach Stable, which has two Queen's Plate scores from 27 entrants.

Chamberlain Bridge could have as many as three more starts before a planned start in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs this fall, trainer Bret Calhoun said.

A dominant 4 1/2-length winner of the Arlington Sprint here Saturday, Chamberlain Bridge will be pointed toward the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap on July 31 at Penn National, a race in which he finished third last year. Also on Chamberlain Bridge's agenda is the $250,000 Turf Monster on Sept. 6 at Philadelphia Park, and the Woodford Stakes in October at Keeneland, Calhoun said.

Fresh off his win in the Cornhusker Handicap on Saturday night at Prairie Meadows, Shadowbdancing has returned to his home base at Arlington Park. Shadowbdancing stables here and trains here, but the horse apparently cannot show his best on Arlington's synthetic racing surface, and so will be pointed for another out-of-town start by trainer Terrel Gore.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Discouraged by stakes purse cuts at Arlington Park, Jonathan Sheppard mulled other plans for horses he was considering bringing to Chicago this summer, but while Just as Well's status for a repeat bid in the Arlington Handicap remains up in the air, Sheppard found no better option for Informed Decision than a return trip to the Chicago Handicap here Sunday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - You have to go back a long way to find a poor race for Keertana. In fact, since she finished seventh in her career debut nearly two years ago in a Polytrack sprint at Arlington Park, you can't find one. Keertana has been respectable to brilliant in all 15 subsequent starts, earning more than $440,000 while emerging as a fringe player in the North American filly-mare turf division.

"She's developed into a decent little racehorse," said Tom Proctor, who trains the 4-year-old filly for owner-breeder Barbara Hunter.

Trainer Bob Young has a quality pair of 2-year-olds to fire at separate stakes at Louisiana Downs on Saturday. The undefeated Aces N Kings is being pointed to the $50,000 Minstrel, while impressive debut winner Smokey Ritz is set to run in the $50,000 Princess.

MIAMI - When Mambo Meister worked three furlongs in 34.01 seconds here Monday morning, the same day his name appeared on the nomination sheet for the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap, it was logical to assume that trainer Phil Gleaves was seriously considering turning his multiple graded stakes winner back in distance to try the Grade 2 Smile on the July 10 Summit of Speed program. Gleaves confirmed that later on Monday.

AUBURN, Wash. - The halfway point of Emerald Downs' 91-day meeting is fast approaching, yet many of the stakes divisions are as muddled as they were the day the meeting began in April. The only certainty is that Noosa Beach is the best horse on the grounds. After that, the plots thicken.

AUBURN, Wash. - Front-running Koala Beach outlasted 3-5 favorite Posse Power and Newfound Man in a three-horse blanket finish to win the $50,000 Pepsi Cola Handicap for 3-year-olds Sunday at Emerald Downs.

Ridden by Ricky Frazier for trainer Doris Harwood, Koala Beach ($11.40) prevailed by a nose over Posse Power, with Newfound Man a neck back in third. The winner ran one mile in 1:34.20, the fastest time by a 3-year-old in track history.

The five-day San Joaquin County Fair meet in Stockton, Calif., showed substantial gains in average all-sources and average ontrack betting on its live races at its meet compared with last year's 11-day meet. The San Joaquin County Fair meet, the first of California's fair meetings, ran from June 16-20.