Trainer Joe Petalino has always thought well of Kick On, who will seek his fifth straight win next Friday night when he starts in the Grade 3, $750,000 Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs. The colt is one of four stakes-winning 2-year-olds from Remington Park targeting weekend stakes at Delta. The fillies My Spanx, Phoenician Moon, and Seacrettina have all been pre-entered in the Grade 3, $500,000 Delta Princess.

NEW ORLEANS - After losing nearly a year to a freak accident, jockey E.J. Perrodin is back riding horses at Fair Grounds and closing in on his 3,000th career victory.

On Nov. 23, 2007, Perrodin, then 50 years old, was warming up No No Bad Kitty on the clubhouse turn at Fair Grounds when she reared back and fell, crushing Perrodin.

With his pelvis broken and his liver bleeding, Perrodin spent a week in a New Orleans hospital before going back to Shreveport to be cared for by his wife.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Einstein looked heavily favored Commentator in the eye turning for home and went on to prove clearly superior Friday under Julien Leparoux in a dramatic 134th running of the Grade 2 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs.

With the normally reserved Leparoux waving his whip in exuberance passing under the finish, Einstein won a race in which it was questionable whether he would even get to run.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When you're a jockey at Churchill Downs and they keep mentioning your name in the same breath with Pat Day, you're probably doing something remarkable.

Julien Leparoux, who equaled a longstanding record held by Day when he rode seven winners on the Nov. 11 card at Churchill, broke the fall meet record for wins, held by the Hall of Fame rider, when he booted home five winners Friday.

Zenyatta, the undefeated 4-year-old filly, will be paraded between races Sunday at Hollywood Park. Customers will receive a Zenyatta poster with a paid admission.

The winner of the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita on Oct. 24 and unbeaten in nine starts, Zenyatta is being rested this fall and will resume racing in 2009.

Finger Lakes canceled the last eight of nine scheduled races Friday after jockeys refused to ride after the first race, citing poor track conditions.

A continuing winter mix of rain and snow over the past two weeks has caused the track problems, leading to the cancellation of multiple cards.

Live racing was scheduled to resume on Saturday.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Just as her career is coming to a close, Leah's Secret is blossoming.

After breaking a step slowly, Leah's Secret got herself into a good position under Eibar Coa, then outfinished Slewfoundmoney by three-quarters of a length in the final furlong to win Friday's Grade 2, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap at Aqueduct. Slewfoundmoney, who attended a solid early pace, held second by 1 1/2 lengths over Boca Grande.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - It has been nine years since an apprentice rider based in Western Canada took home a Sovereign Award, with the Vancouver-based Ben Russell having turned that trick in 1999.

But there is a strong Western flavor to the division this year, and the Sovereign Award voters have solid contenders to choose from among the leading apprentice riders in from Manitoba, British Columbia, and Alberta.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The second phase of El Gato Malo's career begins in an optional claimer over 6 1/2 furlongs Sunday over the Cushion Track at Hollywood Park. If it's anything like his six-race campaign last year at 2 and early in his 3-year-old season, the gelding will merit massive attention in coming months.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - If trainer Barclay Tagg hasn't ended his six-week long drought by Sunday, he very well could do so when he sends out Hamsa in Sunday's $65,000 Kamikaze Rick Stakes at Aqueduct.

Through Friday, Tagg had gone winless with his last 40 starters in New York, including all 29 he had run at Aqueduct. (Tagg had three horses scheduled to run Saturday, including Tale of Ekati in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile.) Tagg's last winner in New York was Dr. Decter on Oct. 18 at Belmont. Dr. Decter is entered in Sunday's first race.