ARCADIA, Calif. - Zenyatta breezed six furlongs in 1:14 at Hollywood Park on Thursday, leaving trainer John Shirreffs with glowing compliments about the condition of his unbeaten champion.

"She just galloped around there," he said. "She looked absolutely beautiful."

Zenyatta worked in company with El Vino, an unraced 4-year-old. El Vino worked six furlongs in 1:14.20. Shirreffs said Zenyatta worked in company "just to keep her comfortable with horses around her. I usually work her with another horse."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Tom Bush wasn't sure what to expect when he saddled Good Law for a New York-bred optional claiming race over Aqueduct's inner track on Jan. 24. The betting public was equally perplexed, sending Good Law off at 10-1.

Bush and those who wagered on Good Law were pleasantly surprised when Good Law came storming from off the pace to win the race by 1 1/2 lengths.

The Safety and Integrity Alliance of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association has accredited Golden Gate Fields in Northern California, the organization announced on Thursday.

Dale Romans has been witness to at least one young turf horse making a seamless transition to dirt.

Four years ago, Barbaro was rising to prominence in south Florida when he brought a supposed turf-slanted pedigree and outstanding turf form to the Triple Crown trail; he was by Dynaformer and had started his career with three straight turf victories.

AT LAST, THE MEET BEGINS

It took two months, but the winter meet that began Dec. 26 at Santa Anita finally came to life in a series of stakes Feb. 13 won by Caracortado, who leaped to the top of the 3-year-old division; Blind Luck, who won her comeback; and St Trinians, whose exciting win against females stamped her as a player in none other than the Santa Anita Handicap.

WHO'S HOT

Rajiv Maragh

A regular here for the first time this winter, Maragh has made the most of the opportunity, winning eight more races last week and doing so in bunches, posting a riding double Thursday and hat tricks on Sunday and Monday's Presidents Day cards. His most important victory of the week came Sunday aboard Qualia, trainer Bobby Ribaudo's exciting filly prospect, in a second-level allowance race.

Angel Penna Jr.

SOUTHWEST SHUFFLE

Redrawing a race is like reshuffling a deck of cards. You never know what you're going to get the second time around. So even though the field for Saturday's rescheduled Grade 3, $250,000 Southwest was expected to remain intact when entries were taken for it again Thursday, several factors could change the complexion of the race. It starts with the draw, which might affect some of the runners in the one-mile stakes that will begin and end at the sixteenth pole at Oaklawn.

WHO'S HOT

Jeff Odintz

Sure, every time someone says "Karakorum," the entire shed row turns around, but those Odintz-trained Karakorum Farm horses have been well worth following this winter, to the tune of a $3.11 ROI from a record of 5-5-7 with 36 starters.

NEW ORLEANS - Mardi Gras came Tuesday, and yesterday was Ash Wednesday, meaning this is Lent, a period for quiet reflection and sobriety. Nobody, apparently, bothered to explain all this to Rachel Alexandra.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Earlier this week, Gulfstream Park's racing secretary, Dan Bork, feared he might have to hustle just to get six starters for Saturday's $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes. But by the time entries closed early Wednesday afternoon there were eight names in the box, perhaps none more surprising than Wildcat Frankie.