Howdy Boy Rib, sent off at 25-1, upset a field of eight Ohio-accredited older horses in the $55,000 Ruff/Kirchberg Memorial at Beulah Park on Saturday.

Trained by Don Goeing, Howdy Boy Rib bobbled at the start from post 5 and was content with being held back off the quick pace, but no worse than third early. Jockey Yuri Yaranga asked the 7-year-old gelding for more on the far turn and he responded, closing with a rush to take over in upper stretch and cruising to a 5 3/4-length victory. He covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.63 and returned $52.

MIAMI - When you're hot you're hot and when you're not you're not. The old adage certainly applied to the after Too Many Toyz registered his fourth straight victory with a thrilling one-length decision over the 3-5 favorite It's a Bird. The outcome completed a forgettable afternoon for It's a Bird's trainer, Marty Wolfson, and jockey, Julian Leparoux, who failed to win a race despite teaming up with odds-on favorites in four of the eight races on Saturday's Florida Million program at Calder.

Trainer Todd Fincher has won six of the last 10 Thoroughbred stakes run at Zia Park, and has a little more business to conduct before the season ends Dec. 8.

His streak began on Oct. 18, when Glory Be Mine defeated open company in the $60,000 Permian Basin. The following weekend, Fincher sent out Lydia's Last Step to upset the $60,000 Governor's Cup for 2-year-olds at 59-1. But that was just a glimpse of what was to come Nov. 8, when he won four of the seven Thoroughbred stakes run on the $2 million New Mexico Cup card at Zia.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will begin receiving horses in its stable area on Monday, with the first day of training at the track scheduled for Nov. 23. The Oaklawn meet will begin Jan. 15.

Pat Pope, the track's racing secretary, said he received requests for close to 3,000 stall accommodations. Letters informing trainers of their stall allotments were sent out Friday.

"I see no reason why we won't fill the 1,500 stalls," Pope said of the capacity at Oaklawn.

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird has returned to his New Mexico base and is getting some time off following his ninth-place finish in last weekend's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. He is settled in at a Roswell training center facility owned by Mark Allen, who races Mine That Bird in partnership with Leonard Blach.

"He's home at Double Eagle, turned out," said Chip Woolley, who trains Mine That Bird. "We're going to rest him for a while, probably get him back up the first of the year."

Orientate Express is becoming a bit of a giant-killer in the Southwest. He has upset a pair of odds-on favorites in stakes in Oklahoma and New Mexico in his last two starts, and next month will get the biggest test of his career. Trainer Kelly Von Hemel said Orientate Express is being pointed for the $200,000 Distance Championship at Zia Park on Dec. 6.

Last weekend, the horse won the track's prep for the race, the $60,000 Veteran, taking down Song of Navarone, the 3-5 favorite off a series of competitive efforts in major stakes in Southern California.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Zenyatta has not abdicated her throne quite yet, and fans that missed her historic triumph in the Breeders' Cup Classic may have another chance to see her in person.

Hollywood Park and Santa Anita, along with owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs, are making plans for Zenyatta to parade in front of the crowd at both tracks. The date for the Hollywood showcase this fall has not been announced; Shirreffs said Santa Anita "wants to do something opening day (Dec. 26)."

NEW ORLEANS - Sok Sok, who is undefeated at the Fair Grounds, is training to defend his Thanksgiving Day Handicap title on Nov 26.

Sok Sok posted three dominating stakes victories at the last Fair Grounds meet last winter and spring, and seemed poised for a successful year when he won the Duncan F. Kenner here in March. However, after leaving Fair Grounds, Sok Sok went 0 for 5, with only one in-the-money finish. His last effort was a fourth-place finish in Premier Handicap at Zia Park on Sept. 13.

STICKNEY, Ill. - Seven jockeys at the ongoing Hawthorne Race Course meet had won between 19 and 23 races through Thursday. But remove Inez Karlsson, who sits at 21 victories, from the leading-rider discussion.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Roan Inish, in her first start off the plane from Ireland, was a game winner of the 1 1/16-mile Princess Elizabeth Stakes here Oct. 31.

On Sunday, Roan Inish will be looking to double up for her rookie trainer, Carolyn Costigan, when she faces nine rivals in the $150,000 Glorious Song at seven furlongs.