GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Since winning last year's Grade 3, $200,000 Ouija Board Distaff at Lone Star Park, Wasted Tears has battled her way back from a serious illness and defeated a champion. On Monday, she will be back to defend her title in the Ouija Board and should go favored after upsetting Forever Together in last month's Grade 2 Jenny Wiley at Keeneland.

ALBANY, Calif. -- "This may be the last time, maybe the last time, I don't know."

No, that's not Bill Morey Jr. doing a little Mick Jagger karaoke. It's Morey talking about millionaire Bold Chieftain's future in Northern California.

The popular 7-year-old will run in Monday's Grade 3, $100,000 Berkeley Handicap in what may be his farewell appearance on a Northern California racetrack.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Trainer Marty Jones could not stop moving.

Last Sunday seemed like a hectic morning at his Hollywood Park stable, with seemingly every aspect of the 40-horse stable needing attention. Horses such as Compari, who starts in Monday's Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile, were coming and going from the racetrack. There was constant communication with stable staff, occasional calls from owners, and a visit from the official veterinarian for an inspection of a horse racing that afternoon.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jesters Jazz edged by pacemaker Oistins in deep stretch to post a 13-1 upset in the $126,200 Lady Angela Stakes on a holiday Monday at Woodbine.

Oistins, the even-money favorite in the seven-furlong sprint, set honest fractions on an uncontested lead in her first start since taking the Oct. 3 Victorian Queen Stakes. Jesters Jazz began to mount a wide rally on the turn and took dead aim at Oistins in the final furlong before going on to a 1 1/4-length win in a time of 1:25.73.

Ellis and Eddie Truman have each been fined $1,500 for two recent medication violations apiece at Santa Anita earlier this year.

Ellis was cited after Vision in Gold, the winner of the first race on March 11, and Golden Itiz, the winner of the seventh race on March 20, tested in excess of the permitted levels of flunixin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory.

Truman was cited after Poker Dave, the winner of the seventh race on March 21, and Tis, the winner of the third race on April 4, tested in excess of the permitted levels of Butazolidin, an analgesic.

Del Mar has received approval from the California Horse Racing Board to reduce the minimum bet for its pick four from a dollar to 50 cents at its upcoming summer meeting from July 21 to Sept. 8.

There will be one pick four per day, on the final four races, and the reduced minimum cost could drive handle by allowing bettors to select more combinations for more affordable sums.

Track president Craig Fravel said a similar move at Keeneland resulted in higher handle.

"We are optimistic that we will see a handle increase on the pick four," Fravel said in an e-mail. "

INGLEWOOD, Calif. Trainer Howard Zucker is hoping that Well Monied can run to his expectations Saturday in the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Hollywood Park and everyone on hand can appreciate it.

That certainly was not the case when Well Monied stormed home from sixth to win a one-mile allowance race on turf at Santa Anita on April 4. About the same time the field of seven reached the backstretch, the region was hit by an earthquake based in northern Mexico that registered 7.2 on the Richter Scale.

"My crew didn't feel it," Zucker said.

ELMONT, N.Y. - As it went on, Bill Mott's weekend got progressively better.

It began Saturday afternoon when Treat Gently captured the Grade 2, $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes. On Sunday morning, Mott watched in awe as his Grade 1-winning mare Proviso sizzled in a workout over Belmont Park's turf course in preparation for the Grade 1 Just a Game on Belmont Stakes Day.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sunday's $167,800 La Lorgnette was designated as Biofuel's launching pad toward a campaign that would see her take on the best of her division in the United States.

After watching Biofuel score by a measured length under regular rider Eurico Rosa Da Silva in the 1 1/16-mile La Lorgnette for 3-year-old fillies, her trainer, Reade Baker, was ready to begin making travel plans.

"We want to run her in the Mother Goose," said Baker, looking toward the Grade 1, $250,000 stakes over

Zenyatta worked six furlongs in 1:13.00 at Hollywood Park on Monday, moving closer to a scheduled start in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap there on June 13.

Zenyatta worked in company with El Vino, a maiden, with whom she has worked frequently in recent months. Zenyatta ran the first three furlongs in 36 and a half-mile in 48, according to Hollywood Park clocker Russell Hudak.

Zenyatta also worked six furlongs at Hollywood last Monday, going in 1:13.20.