LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The flurry of weekend activity on the Kentucky Derby trail - which included the Louisiana Derby, San Felipe, Rebel, and Tampa Bay Derby - helped to leave a wide-open odds board when Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday after the usual four-day run.

Pool 2 was the first in the 11-year history of the parimutuel futures that Churchill Downs also offered exacta wagering, and fans responded in somewhat apathetic fashion, as only $104,017 was bet into the exacta pool.

ARCADIA, Calif. - After close finishes in three sprint stakes on turf since early October, Christiana's Heat won the first stakes of her career in Sunday's $125,000 Irish O'Brien Stakes at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Michael Baze, Christiana's Heat ran about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:13.32. Once again, she was involved in a close finish, closing from third to win by a nose over Waveline. Bel Air Sizzle, the 9-5 favorite, finished a neck behind Waveline in the field of six California-bred fillies and mares.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Just Jenda put herself in a position for a start in Oaklawn Park's biggest race for 3-year-old fillies, the Grade 2, $250,000 Fantasy on April 5, after her three-length win in the Grade 3, $100,000 Honeybee Stakes on Sunday. Afleet Deceit finished second in the 1 1/16-mile race, a half-length in front of favorite and third-place finisher Bon Jovi Girl.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Round 3 goes to Game Face.

After splitting decisions with Any Limit in their first two confrontations at this year's Gulfstream Park meet, Game Face took the rubber match with a convincing 2 1/2-length victory over Any Limit in Sunday's Grade 2, $150,000 Inside Information Stakes, formerly known as the Shirley Jones.

Any Limit finished second by 1 3/4 lengths over Keep the Peace. Stormin Mon, Pious Ashley, and Precious Kiss completed the order of finish.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Though trainer Tom Albertrani wanted to give Gozzip Girl a brief freshening rather than run in Sunday's Grade 3 Herecomesthebride Stakes, the 3-year-old filly was sending signals for him not pass the race.

Good thing Albertrani picked up on the vibe.

Gozzip Girl proved just how much she wanted to run with a strong stretch rally along the rail under Elvis Trujillo to win the $150,000 Herecomesthebride by a half-length over Obsequious. It was three-quarters of a length back to Bluegrass Princess in third.

Wind Water successfully defended his title in the $50,000 Bill Thomas Memorial Handicap on Saturday afternoon at Sunland Park, rallying from just off the pace under Ken Tohill. Quiet Again also turned in a late run and reported home a length back in second followed by early pacesetter Happy Humor.

"I knew he was a go when we worked him the other morning," Tohill said following the race. "He tracked really well down the backstretch today and he responded when I asked him."

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - The Nutz ran his record to a perfect 4 for 4 at Fonner Park with his one-length win in Saturday's $25,000 Budweiser-Tondi Stakes.

PHOENIX - A freshening and a return to Turf Paradise did the trick for Shesa Private I, who upset heavily favored Briecat in the $50,000 Mesa Handicap, part of a stakes tripleheader at Turf Paradise Saturday.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The first glance caught jockey Garrett Gomez's attention. The second made him smile. The third time he caught someone looking at him he laughed.

As the field for Saturday's $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap moved toward the final turn, Gomez could not help noticing that rival jockeys keep checking over their shoulders for the heavily favored Life Is Sweet.

"They were all looking back at me," Gomez said. "I was laughing at the three-eighths pole."

NEW ORLEANS - This Fair Grounds meet has been a long, hard slog for trainer Dallas Stewart. His barn was subject to a quarantine at the beginning of the meet, and winners have been hard to come by in subsequent months. He was just 3 for 60 going into Saturday's card. But the meet got a little brighter on a gloomy, rainy day on Saturday, when Macho Again stormed down the center of the track to capture the Grade 2, $500,000 New Orleans Handicap.