OMAHA, Neb. Nebraska racing shifts into high gear Thursday as Horsemen s Park begins its 12th annual festival, a four-day meet that brings live racing back to Omaha, the state s largest city and the former home of Ak-Sar-Ben race course. The festival typically draws crowds of well over 10,000 fans a day.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Drunken Love, claimed for $62,500 here June 21, paid a quick dividend by capturing last Sunday's $50,000 Daryl Wells Sr. Memorial at Fort Erie.

Running for Tallyho Racing Ltd., a group headed by Frank Merrill Jr., Drunken Love was making his first start on grass for trainer Norm McKnight's barn in the five-furlong Wells Memorial.

Brad McKnight, the trainer's son and assistant, saddled Drunken Love at Fort Erie and is credited with being the man behind the 4-year-old gelding's acquisition.

Terry Thompson on Monday won six races on the Prairie Meadows card, matching a feat he also achieved in 2002.

Thompson, the leading rider at Prairie, swept the early double in tidy fashion when Doughnut Man ($5.60) and Quite a Dude ($6.40) won with plenty to spare. His hot streak continued when he won the third aboard the Ray Tracy-trained Save Our Soul ($8) by a half-length. Save Our Soul's gritty effort took Tracy's career win tally to 999.

MIAMI - The 2009 Summit of Speed is in the books and singling out the stars is as simple as 1-2-3.

The No. 3 star on the Summit card goes to Dashing Debby for her sensational victory in the J J'sdream Stakes. Dashing Debby dominated the 2-year-old filly dash by 10 1/4 lengths, and she was the only first-time starter or maiden in the field. Her performance immediately caught the eye of owner Jess Jackson, who bought the filly and had her on the way to Saratoga less than 48 hours after she had crossed the finish line.

Eskimo's Best was declared the winner of the $70,000 Indiana First Lady at Indiana Downs Monday evening when Trust N Seven was disqualified for interference.

Soon after the start of the one mile turf race, Jockey Leandro Goncalves took Trust N Seven to the rail, causing a chain reaction that eventually caused Sastasticsbest to clip heels and lose rider Rodney Prescott. Trust N Seven then led every step, winning by 7 1/2 lengths. After reviewing the film of the race, the stewards disqualified Trust N Seven and placed her last in the field of 12.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - So much for Julien Leparoux's Beverly D. bafflement.

The top four finishers from the Colonial Cup will be joined by a host of talented new shooters when the showcase race at Colonial Downs, the $750,000 Virginia Derby, is run Saturday in New Kent, Va.

Battle of Hastings, winner of the June 20 Colonial Cup, was assigned post 9 in a field of 10 3-year-olds entered Monday in the 12th running of the Virginia Derby, a Grade 2 race set for 1 1/4 miles over the spacious Colonial turf course. Tyler Baze has a return call for trainer Jeff Mullins.

Debbie Winick is a racing lifer, but she embarks on a new career in Wednesday's fourth race at Pleasanton when she sends out her homebred It'sthewinetalking as her first official starter as a trainer.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Points of Grace finished fourth in the Grade 2 Nassau here Mayo30 after jockey Patrick Husbands took her back to avoid running head-to-head on the lead with stablemate Remarkable Remy.

"She probably should have been second," said Malcolm Pierce, who trains both Points of Grace and Remarkable Remy for Live Oak Plantation.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Less than 24 hours after Rail Trip's victory in the Hollywood Gold Cup, trainer Patrick Biancone congratulated winning trainer Ron Ellis in the Hollywood Park paddock before Sunday's first race.

Rail Trip won his first graded stakes in the Gold Cup, ending a two-race losing streak. During those losses, Rail Trip finished second to the Biancone-trained Ball Four in the Mervyn LeRoy Handicap in May and outfinished Ball Four when second to Informed in the Grade 2 Californian Stakes on June 13.