MIAMI - According to the Beyer Speed Figures, Notonthesamepage was the third-fastest 2-year-old in North America this year. That distinction was earned for the 104 Beyer Speed Figure he was assigned for setting a 4 1/2-furlong track record of 50.12 winning his maiden at Churchill Downs on April 30.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The racing campaigns of the older horse Lucky J.H. tend to be brief - and memorable.

He made only three starts in 2006, three in 2007, and three so far this year, with each campaign highlighted by at least a stakes placing, and in two of those years at least one stakes win.

When he returns from a layoff of more than eight months in Monday's $70,000 Impressive Luck Handicap at Santa Anita, Lucky J.H. will be after his fourth stakes win. The Impressive Luck is run over about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course.

The Riley Allison Futurity will be run for the 46th time on Tuesday as Sunland Park cards its final racing program of 2008. A field of eight 2-year-olds will do battle for the $100,000 purse at 6 1/2 furlongs.

Heading up this year’s edition of the Riley Allison is Retap. A well-traveled son of Tapit who is trained by omnipresent Steve Asmussen, Retap will be making his sixth start on Tuesday, all at different tracks.

ARCADIA, Calif.-A series of mid-priced longshots at Santa Anita on Friday, opening day of the winter-spring meet, led to a carryover of $171,220 for Saturday's nine-race program.

The pick six on Saturday covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. There are three stakes in Saturday's pick six races.

The fourth race, an optional claimer over a mile on turf, has drawn eight runners. Sartorial has been scratched. The morning-line favorite is Monterrey Jazz, who won the Grade 3 Texas Mile and Grade 2 Strub Stakes earlier this year.

ARCADIA, Calif.-Bob Black Jack's best asset - his devastating speed - helped the colt record his first Grade 1 win in Friday's $250,000 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita. There can be no doubting the quality of the field. The second- through fourth-place finishers are also Grade 1 winners - Into Mischief, Georgie Boy and Colonel John.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Even in face of an economic climate that has had tracks scrambling for customers and betting revenue, Santa Anita provided a glorious counterpoint on its opening day Friday. Under sunny skies, a crowd estimated by track officials at 33,000 showed up for the start of the 72nd winter meeting. Perhaps it was a temporary respite from the doom and gloom of these times, or the lure of seeing racing in such a magnificent setting. Maybe it was the free calendar. But Santa Anita was showing off on Friday.

ALBANY, Calif. - Jockey Russell Baze notched his 400th victory of 2008 when he guided Portland Storm ($5.40) to a rail-hugging victory in the sixth race at Golden Gate Fields on Friday.

The victory helped Baze to reach the 400-win milestone for the 12th time in his career. No other rider has reached the figure more than three times.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Following a seven-hour flight from his native Peru that landed at John F. Kennedy Airport at 7:45 a.m. Friday, jockey Alan Garcia soon found himself in his second home: the winner's circle.

Hawthorne Race Course was forced to cancel its Friday program, the second straight cancellation at the Chicago-area track.

Races were called off lsdy Sunday because of bitter cold, but Friday, jockeys declined to ride over a wet track surface that still was icy underneath, with little cushion between the layer of ice and the top of the track.

MIAMI - Trainer Jonathan Sheppard is back in south Florida for another winter at Gulfstream Park, a winter he's hoping will include a trip to the podium on the evening of Jan. 26 to accept an Eclipse Award for his star pupil Forever Together.