Due to a timer malfunction, the 10 finalists for the $114,430 Mile High Futurity for Quarter Horses on Aug. 10 were determined by a method other than fastest time in their trials.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - The stage has been set for Saturday's Louisiana Downs Champions Day as 75 statebreds were entered Wednesday afternoon for the eight stakes worth a collective $750,000. The 11-race program gets under way at 1:25 p.m. Central.

The Heiligbrodt Racing-owned entry of Gaston, third in the D.S. "Shine" Young recently at Evangeline Downs, and recent maiden winner Cajun Thunder should dominate the wagering in the $75,000 Stardust Stakes, which kicks off the card. They will face Break Up, fourth in the Shine with a spirited rally.

EDMONTON, Alberta – Bodgits Lady, winner of the Princess Margaret here July 11, heads a field of nine in Friday evening’s Bird of Pay to kick off a holiday weekend at Northlands Park that features stakes races on four straight days.

The Bird of Pay, for 2-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs, offers a $50,000 purse plus some serious Alberta-bred bonus money – $28,650 for first, $11,938 for second, and $7,162 for third.

A news brief about the Del Mar pick six misstated the payout for 5 of 6 on Sunday. It was $459.80, not $1,871.

AUBURN, Wash. - The nine-furlong Mt. Rainier Handicap at Emerald Downs has produced the last two winners of the Grade 3, $300,000 Longacres Mile in Flamethrowintexan and The Great Face. In the wake of last Sunday's result, it would appear that the Mt. Rainier has a double-barreled shot at producing the Mile winner for a third straight year.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Midwest invader Palanka City first learned about life in the big city the hard way. She was scratched out of Belmont Park's Prioress Stakes earlier this month after failing to appear in the race-day security barn by the assigned time on the morning of the event.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Mabee? Mabee not? That was the question trainer John Sadler faced with Black Mamba: whether to remain here for the Grade 1, $400,000 John C. Mabee Handicap on Sunday, or ship to Arlington Park for the Grade 1, $750,000 Beverly D. at 1 3/16 miles on Aug. 9.

In the end, Sadler decided to stay put. Black Mamba, coming off a victory in the Grade 2 Beverly Hills Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 29, will run in the Mabee. She will be the starting highweight at 119 pounds against a handful of rivals in the 1 1/8-mile race for female turf runners.

Z Fortune will try to continue trainer Steve Asmussen's recent dominance in the West Virginia Derby when he faces 11 other 3-year-olds, including Illinois Derby winner Recapturetheglory and Ohio Derby runner-up Cherokee Artist, in Saturday's Grade 3, $750,000 race at Mountaineer Racetrack.

The 1 1/8-mile West Virginia Derby headlines an all-stakes nine-race card that has a special 2 p.m. Eastern first post time. The feature race will be part of an ESPN broadcast from 5 to 6 p.m.

Superior Storm has never been beaten in a Louisiana-bred stakes. Saturday, she will bid for her sixth such win when she starts in the $100,000 Louisiana Breeders' Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies is one of eight divisional stakes for statebreds on the annual Louisiana Downs Champions Day program. Purses for the stakes total $750,000.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Bret Calhoun was at Lone Star Park on Tuesday morning, overseeing an exodus of horses he trains that are shipping from Lone Star, which just wrapped up its season and is closing its stable area, to Retama, Remington, and Churchill. But the Calhoun barn was even more far-flung than that this past weekend, capturing the San Clemente at Del Mar with the excellent 3-year-old filly Storm Mesa and sending out Mr. Nightlinger to a highly impressive 3 1/4-length victory here at Arlington in the $54,000 Taylor's Special.