NEW BOSTON, Mich. - In a dismal investment environment of falling stock prices, shrinking interest rates on savings, and record real estate foreclosures, it does not seem like a great plan for your money: Build a Thoroughbred racetrack on a marsh in a state with a collapsing manufacturing base and the highest unemployment rate in the nation.

The Quarter Horse Stolis Winner, winner of the $1.9 million All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in his last start Sept. 1, tested positive for caffeine following that race, according to an article in the Albuquerque Journal. The $1 million winner's share of the purse was paid out more than 30 days ago, Heath Taylor, who trains Stolis Winner, told Daily Racing Form on Thursday.

"At this particular time, I have not been made aware officially of a positive test on Stolis Winner for caffeine," Taylor said Thursday.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - A contract dispute between the Thoroughbred Owners of California and four account wagering providers over revenue distribution showed no signs of ending on Thursday, leaving many out-of-state bettors unable to bet on Hollywood Park races for the second consecutive day via the Internet or telephone.

The four account wagering providers are TVG, Twinspires.com, XpressBet and Youbet.com. Other account-wagering companies were not affected.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Hello Broadway wilted under the bright spotlight of the Grade 1 Champagne last month. Sunday, he will try to make amends when he runs back in an interesting renewal of the Grade 3, $100,000 Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct.

A half-brother to Nobiz Like Shobiz, Hello Broadway was a gritty neck winner of a seven-furlong maiden race at Saratoga, beating next-out winner Imperial Council. Hello Broadway jumped right into the Champagne, where he finished fifth, 9 1/2 lengths behind Vineyard Haven.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer Rob Gilker was glad jockeys Frank Fuentes and Dave Wilson weren't listening that closely when he gave them prerace instructions prior to the Fantasy and Ascot Graduation stakes last weekend at Hastings.

Gilker instructed both Fuentes, who rode Fashionable Affair in the $108,138 Fantasy on Saturday, and Wilson, who was aboard Tommy Danzigger, in the $107,674 Ascot on Sunday, to have their horses on or near the lead.

As it turned out, both Fashionable Affair and Tommy Danzigger came from well off the pace to score upsets.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Desert Code, the upset winner of the inaugural $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita on Oct. 25, may go after another seven-figure turf sprint this fall - the $1.54 million Hong Kong Sprint on Dec. 14.

Trainer David Hofmans said he is strongly considering sending Desert Code to the Far East for the Hong Kong Sprint, which is run over 1,200 meters, or about six furlongs on turf.

"There is nothing else for him," Hofmans said. "It's either this or wait until Santa Anita."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Fair Grounds meeting is beginning earlier than usual this year, on Nov. 14, and trainer Malcolm Pierce has started putting together his shipping plans for his annual sojourn there.

Pierce, who fashioned a 16-for-63 record at the 2007-2008 Fair Grounds session, will send as many as 30 horses there in an attempt to better that mark this time around.

But in the meantime Pierce and his wife and assistant, Sally, will be active in the closing weeks of the Woodbine meeting.

MIAMI - After seeing pretty much the same faces week in and week out since the meet began in late April, local fans will get some fresh faces along with a taste of what lies ahead for south Florida in the coming months when Calder holds its Florida Million program here next Saturday.

One weekend you're taking a swing at a $2 million purse alongside Hollywood celebrities. The next week you've got a shot at a fat purse in a statebred stakes race with a horse making a career debut.

That's the seven-day swing facing owner Walter Downey and his Tea Party Stable. After having Fabulous Strike finish fifth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint last Saturday, Downey has State Rep going in the $50,000 Norman Hall Stakes for Massachusetts-bred 2-year-olds this Saturday at Suffolk Downs.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Total handle from all sources on the live Fort Erie meet this year, with its 80 live racing days used in a direct comparison with the corresponding number in the 84-date 2007 season, dropped 9 percent from just under approximately $71.5 million to slightly over $65 million.

Overall, the average daily handle was off $80,869 per day, a corresponding 9 percent drop.

The average daily ontrack handle declined from $81,148 to $67,757, down 16.5 percent.

Offtrack handle on Fort Erie races averaged $745,547, down 8.3 percent from last year's $813,026.