Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, which was to open a Quarter Horse meet Thursday night, has been restricted from sending its signal to account-wagering sites such as Television Games Network, XpressBet, and Youbet. The Texas Horsemen's Partnership, in conjunction with the Texas Horsemen's Group, has withheld the track's signal from going to such sites, according to a release issued by Sam Houston on Wednesday.

Tony Micallef, agent for jockey Alan Garcia, recently surrendered his license to the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. Garcia, who earlier this month won the Belmont Stakes aboard Da' Tara, is the second-leading rider at the current Belmont meeting with 36 victories and ranks seventh nationally in purse money won.

Though neither the board nor Micallef would confirm why he surrendered his license, several sources said Micallef did so after having refused to take a urine test.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Greeley's Conquest defeated some of the best sprinters in the Southwest region on Saturday, when he pulled a $47 upset in the $50,000 Temperence Hill at Louisiana Downs. He is now back at his Lone Star Park base and his trainer, Gary Thomas, is considering all of his next-race options for the horse, who earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 100.

"I don't know what we're going to do with him yet," said Thomas.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Intangaroo has already won two Grade 1 sprint stakes for females this year - the Santa Monica Handicap at Santa Anita in February and the Humana Distaff at Churchill Downs last month.

Even with those credentials, trainer Gary Sherlock didn't see her as likely to win a championship until a barn area discussion Wednesday made him aware that an Eclipse Award is given to the nation's outstanding female sprinter. The award was first presented for the 2007 season.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Jockey Jeff Burningham has dealt with his share of injuries throughout his riding career, but the one resulting from a non-riding incident has proved to be the toughest.

"I was up on a ladder topping a tree at my house here in the Shreveport area this past February when I fell," said the 35-year-old native of Montreal. "I crushed the L-1 vertebra and they had to put a couple of pins in."

The injury came just a day before Burningham was due to make a return from his latest racetrack injury.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Storm Caller didn't get a chance to run in New York last Friday, as he stumbled badly at the start and unseated rider Eibar Coa.

On Saturday, Storm Caller will be hoping for a less tempestuous journey when he swings back on his home grounds in the Grade 2, $300,000 King Edward.

The King Edward is a 1 1/8-mile turf race, while the Yankee Victor, Storm Caller's aborted start at Belmont, was at 1 1/16 miles on dirt.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - When Magnetic Miss won the Isaac Murphy Handicap last Saturday at Arlington Park, she had 128 years of human racing experience on her side. The jockey-trainer combination of Earlie Fires and Joseph "Spanky" Broussard goes back more than a few months.

Thistledown

Richard Rettele is one of the busiest horseman in North America. He has a 30-horse stable at Thistledown and has sent out 11 winners this meet. At age 67, Rettele is also one of the oldest Quarter Horse jockeys in the country.

"I might be the oldest," he said. "I know there's a guy who is 66, but I don't know of anyone older than me."

When River Downs ended its spring meet on Saturday, casual race fans probably didn't notice, as racing is set to continue at the track through Sept. 1. But the end of the spring meet gave 53-year-old jockey Perry Ouzts the 19th River Downs meet title of his career.

Ouzts suffered a serious arm injury in a spill at Turfway Park in January 2006, and this is his first riding title since 2004.

Mr. Coach rallied from just off the leaders to capture Tuesday's fourth leg of the Don K. Memorial Turf Starter Handicap series under Gabriel Lagunes. Mr. Coach was runner-up to the mare Princess Composer June 10 in his only other start in the series, leg 3, which was moved from turf to the main track.