AUBURN, Wash. - Assessment and Wasserman, the top two finishers Sunday in the one-mile Budweiser Emerald Handicap, will return on two weeks' rest to run in the 6 1/2-furlong, $50,000 Governor's Handicap on July 5, trainer Howard Belvoir said Wednesday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sarah Campion made the 90-minute drive from Lexington, Ky., last Friday night to Churchill Downs to drink beer, spend time with friends, "and watch racing," she said.

Undaunted by the inconveniences she experienced with parking, programs, concessions, and oppressive heat, Campion said she plans to do the same this Friday.

"What better way is there to spend a Friday night?" asked Campion, a University of Kentucky student majoring in agriculture economics.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Turf racing for 2-year-olds has taken a higher priority in recent seasons at Louisiana Downs, with the ultimate goal a pair of six-figure stakes events on the Super Derby undercard in September - the $100,000 Happy Ticket Stakes for fillies and the $150,000 Sunday Silence. In addition, the Donnie Wilhite and Sunny's Halo will offer $50,000 each for aspiring juvenile turf performers on Aug. 15 as will the Princess and Minstrel on July 18.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Owner Jess Jackson said Wednesday he would love to race his Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra against the boys again this year, but that she would not compete in this year's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. He also suggested that she could run again next year as a 4-year-old.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - All hands on deck.

Churchill Downs officials are promising that the exceedingly difficult conditions that greeted the massive crowd for its historic first night-racing program last Friday will not be repeated when the track doubles its number of beverage stations and triples its staffing at those stations for the two night-racing programs that remain at the spring meet.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It's not like Fort Prado busted the timer, or blew away the competition. But any 8-year-old who can win a stakes race is worthy of note - and on Saturday at Arlington, Fort Prado won the Black Tie Affair Handicap for the fourth time in a 54-start career.

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Love to Tell won two stakes during the Fair Grounds meet, and her record will make her a chief player in next month's Claiming Crown. Trainer Mike Burgess said earlier this week that the Louisiana Downs-based runner is being pointed for the $100,000 Tiara. For fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles on turf, the race will be run at Canterbury Park in Minnesota on July 25.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Wrenice has been the favorite in 14 of her 23 starts, so it was a surprise to see her pay $30 when she won an allowance for fillies and mares last Saturday at Lone Star Park. Granted, she did come into the race off four consecutive losses. But three of them were in stakes, and she had worked three furlongs in 34.40 seconds in preparation for the race Saturday.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Bullsbay, the winner of the Grade 3 Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs last month, is being pointed for the $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 11, trainer Graham Motion said on Tuesday.

Motion, who is based in Maryland and had a division in California from last summer until April, said he is planning to send a small team to California in coming weeks. The group is expected to include the older sprinter Rebellion, a candidate for the $300,000 Triple Bend Handicap on July 5, and the 3-year-old filly Saucey Evening, who will race at Del Mar.

Al Stall is a New Orleanian by birth and upbringing, and bases his stable in Louisiana and Kentucky, with a dab of Saratoga tossed in. But Stall could be in for a big Iowa weekend at Prairie Meadows, with major players in the Iowa Derby on Friday night and the Cornhusker Handicap on Saturday evening.