ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Roxy Gap didn’t attract much notice before her debut, in which she romped by 6 1/2 lengths under rider Corey Fraser here July 3.

On Sunday, Roxy Gap will be all the rage when she takes on 11 rivals in the $150,000 Shady Well, a 5 1/2-furlong race for Ontario-foaled 2-year-old fillies.

Roxy Gap, a homebred who races for the high-profile connections of owner Eugene Melnyk and trainer Mark Casse, was sent off at almost 13-1 in an open maiden race at five furlongs here July 3.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Burj Dubai, sensational in both of his starts, will be put to the acid test when he faces a strong field of older horses in the $50,000 S.W. Randall Plate at Hastings on Sunday.

Burj Dubai will be stretching out to 1 1/16 miles for the first time, and according to his trainer, Dino Condilenios, he could be vulnerable in the six-horse field.

“He hasn’t really relaxed in either of his sprints, so I’m not sure how he’s going to do,” Condilenios said. “He certainly has the pedigree and the talent.”

Indiana Downs closed out its 2010 meet with a bang Wednesday evening, handling More than $2.6 million for the 13-race card. The Shelbyville, Ind., track had never handled more than $2.1 million on any given card. Daily handle for on the meet’s live races averaged more than $1 million for the first time in the track’s existence. The average daily handle from all sources was $1,017,355, up more than 3 percent from $983,848 in 2009.

The track, with its adjacent casino, charges no admission fee, so attendance figures are unknown.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – After 57 years as a trainer, Sid Martin disbanded his stable last year, ending a long and illustrious career. In a career that began in 1943 as a hot walker at Hastings, Martin made it to the biggest stage in racing, finishing third as the trainer of Diablo in the 1975 Kentucky Derby.

Martin, 81, decided to call it quits due to physical problems.

“My knees won’t take it any more,” said Martin. “Just bending down to put bandages on became too painful.”

FORT ERIE, Ontario – Last Tuesday’s card at Fort Erie had its share of controversy before the first race, when the meet’s leading rider, Krista Carignan, was suspended indefinitely by stewards and lost her mounts aboard seven runners, from races three through nine.

All seven horses were scratched when trainers were unable to find replacements for Carignan.

Manor Downs, a small track near Austin, Texas, that conducts a spring meet for Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds, will close down operations on July 25, said Howard Phillips, the track's chief executive officer. Manor, which is now open for simulcast wagering, has been racing since October 1990.

"We are definitely planning to close, and nothing would change that unless something new comes from horsemen," Phillips said Friday.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Roxy Gap didn't attract much notice before her debut, in which she romped by 6 1/2 lengths under rider Corey Fraser here July 3.

On Sunday, Roxy Gap will be all the rage when she takes on 11 rivals in the $150,000 Shady Well, a 5 1/2-furlong race for Ontario-foaled 2-year-old fillies.

Roxy Gap, a homebred who races for the high-profile connections of owner Eugene Melnyk and trainer Mark Casse, was sent off at almost 13-1 in an open maiden race at five furlongs here July 3.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Last Tuesday's card at Fort Erie had its share of controversy before the first race, when the meet's leading rider, Krista Carignan, was suspended indefinitely by stewards and lost her mounts aboard seven runners, from races 3 through 9.

All seven horses were scratched when trainers were unable to find replacements for Carignan.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The record-setting season Tom Durant has had at the Lone Star Park meet that closes Sunday has literally been years in the making. Most of his winners have been by stallions he stands and were raised at his farm in Granbury, Texas.

Durant, who a month ago broke Lone Star's record for owner wins in a meet, had won 36 races at the track through Thursday night, 25 more than second-leading owner End Zone Athletics.

MIAMI - Trainer Marty Wolfson said that even though Jessica Is Back earned herself an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint by virtue of her victory last weekend in the Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap, he's still not sure if he'll head in that direction.