LOUISVILLE, Ky. - If the next four race-callers perform as smoothly and proficiently as Bobby Neuman did last week, Churchill Downs officials will have a difficult decision next month when naming a new caller.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - There were two shippers for Sunday's six-furlong Ontario Fashion at Woodbine, and Miss Macy Sue, the more accomplished of the pair with 11 wins and earnings of $867,230, caught the public's eye as the 8-5 choice.

But it was Porte Bonheur, a 3-year-old filly trained by David Duggan in New York, who stole the spotlight in the $163,500 Ontario Fashion with an emphatic 1 1/2-length score under rider Channing Hill.

STICKNEY, Ill. - It's almost hard to know where to begin. Let's just say that the trainer Christine Janks had a remarkable Saturday at Hawthorne.

The most obvious fact is that Janks-trained horses won three of the six Illinois-bred stakes races, a rare feat on its own. But in the last two of those triumphs, Janks actually sent out the exacta, with Nicks beating Pretty Jenny in the Powerless Handicap, and Stop a Train holding off Modjadji in the Illini Princess, the afternoon's final stakes.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Winning three races on a Stars of Tomorrow program at Churchill Downs not only means a trainer is having a good fall, but also that he's likely to have a good winter and spring. So when Dale Romans won three races Saturday, it wasn't difficult for him to add 2 and 2.

"It means I've got a lot to look forward to," he said with a grin.

Romans won maiden races with Glacken Queen and Jazzandthemagician, then topped off a memorable afternoon when Sara Louise won the Grade 3 Pocahontas Stakes with authority. All 11 races Saturday were restricted to 2-year-olds.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The Grade 3 Nashua Stakes for juvenile colts is usually a stepping-stone to the Grade 2 Remsen run at Aqueduct the last weekend of November. Trainer John Kimmel, who won Sunday's Nashua with Break Water Edison, is looking more long-term with his colt.

ALBANY, Calif. - There is a modest two-day pick-six carryover of $14,056 to open the week's racing Wednesday.

The first leg of Wednesday's pick six also serves as the day's feature, a one-mile $40,000 starter allowance for 2-year-old fillies on the Tapeta. It also could be a free space in the pick six, with trainer Bill Delia entering Be So Special, who has a win, 2 seconds, and a third in 4 career starts.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - After divisional standout Stardom Bound was sold Sunday for $5.7 million at the Fasig-Tipton sale in Kentucky and bound for an East Coast campaign, the role of leading 2-year-old filly in California suddenly became vacant.

Trainer Eoin Harty may be in an enviable position with Pamona Ball, especially with the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at Hollywood Park on Dec. 13 quickly approaching.

NEW BOSTON, Mich. – Pinnacle Race Course ended its inaugural meet Sunday with Valley Loot being named the horse of the meet. Valley Loot is owned by Pinnacle CEO Felicia Campbell, who also owns Wave Pool, the top 3-year-old filly at the meet. Announcer Matt Hook selected the winners.

The 4-year-old Valley Loot, a past Michigan champion, won 3 of 4 starts at the meet, including her division of the Michigan Sire Stakes and the Larkspur and Farer Belle Lee handicaps. She holds the track record for 1 1/16 miles at 1:46.99.

Ducky Drake closed from last to win the $55,000 Lea County Sprint Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths over Daddy Warbucks at Zia Park on Sunday.

Ducky Drake ($5.60) covered the six furlongs in 1:10. Mark Villa rode the winner for trainer Bart Hone. Ducky Drake races for Ralph and Todd Aury.

Captain Buddy pulled away to a 6 1/2-length win over Mr. Barracuda in the $50,000 Zydeco Stakes at Delta Downs on Saturday night. Mystery Classic, one of the region's top sprinters, was with the pace to the stretch and finished fifth in what was his first start since February.

Captain Buddy ($5.40) staked the pace early, overtook the leaders and went on to cover five furlongs in 58.71 seconds. Kerwin Clark rode the winner for trainer Victor Arceneaux.