MIAMI - The 2006 Preakness will forever be remembered as the race during which Barbaro suffered his ultimately fatal injury and Bernardini emerged as a future champion. Few will remember the horse who finished second that day, Sweetnorthernsaint - the same Sweetnorthernsaint who two weeks earlier had gone postward as the tepid favorite over Barbaro in the Kentucky Derby.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Perhaps the best 2-year-old colt to come out of the Lone Star Park meet this year ran here on Saturday. Lyin' Heart encountered much trouble yet won the $100,000 colts-and-geldings division of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Futurity, and he could see graded stakes action next, said his trainer, Steve Asmussen.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - With the Woodbine Oaks now in the books, all eyes will be on the final buildup to the June 22 Queen's Plate.

On Tuesday morning, Shadowless and Niagara Thunder both tuned up for their expected appearances in the 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate with workouts over the main track.

Shadowless, trained by David Bell, went five furlongs in 1:00.80 under his expected Queen's Plate rider, Emma-Jayne Wilson.

"It worked out real well," said Bell. "He galloped out strong."

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Curlin had what would be his final prep for the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap - if indeed owner Jess Jackson and trainer Steve Asmussen decide to run - when he breezed a half-mile in 49 seconds early Monday over a fast Churchill Downs racetrack.

With regular exercise rider Carmen Rosas aboard, Curlin went to the track at about 6:20 a.m. Working without company, and after getting a full head of steam to the half-mile pole, he went through fractions of 12.60 seconds, 24.60, 37, and 49, galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.80.

The prospect of a Triple Crown on Saturday once again resulted in huge increases in business for Belmont Park compared with the previous year, but the numbers posted for Big Brown's failed attempt were nowhere near the last Triple Crown bid in 2004.

Attendance on a warm and muggy Saturday was 94,476, a 101.8 percent increase over the crowd last year, when a Triple Crown was not on the line. The attendance figure, however, was more than 25,000 short of the record posted in 2004 for Smarty Jones's failed bid, when a crowd of 120,139 showed up under cloudy skies.

Miss Missile ran to her 3-20 odds, widening her lead at every call in a 9 3/4-length victory in the $50,000 Chantilly at Assiniboia Downs.

Rohan Singh rode Miss Missile ($2.30), who is trained by Charles Smith and was clocked in 1:11 for six furlongs. Lunacat was second in a race that had just four 3-year-old fillies.

Victorina took command in the upper stretch and cruised to a 1 3/4-length victory over the fast-finishing Beaulena in the $50,000 Washington State Legislators Handicap for fillies and mares at Emerald Downs.

Victorina ($6.40), from the barn of California trainer Greg Gilchrist, got the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.40 under Kevin Radke, who had five winners on the card.

Mr. Umphrey ($5.40) held off Maddy's Lion by a half-length to win the $70,000 Longfellow Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Ridden by Eddie Castro, Mr. Umphrey challenged pacesetter Praying for Cash nearing the quarter pole, drew well clear in deep stretch, and had enough left to withstand a late bid by Maddy's Lion. Callmetony, the 6-5 favorite, was third. Mr. Umphrey, trained by Rick Dutrow, ran six furlongs in 1:09.41.

Crawling on the front end of the 1 3/8-mile, $75,000 Yerba Buena Stakes at Golden Gate Fields, Wild Promises ($5.20) won her second straight stakes. Coming off a win in the Mother's Day Handicap at Bay Meadows, Wild Promises went wire to wire in the Yerba Buena, setting fractions of 26.00, 51.25, 1:17.34, and 1:42.17 before finishing in 2:17.28, defeating favored Solva by 1 1/2 lengths in the turf race, with Model third.

"She relaxed good, and that was what won the race," winning jockey David Lopez said.

A Wild Event filly, Wild Promises is trained by Greg Gilchrist.

Lethal Heat beat five rivals in Sunday's $157,600 Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park. Through the final quarter-mile, she had to turn back challenges from three of them.

Lethal Heat ($6.60) won by a head over Smooth Performer, who finished a nose in front of Tasha's Miracle. All three appeared as if they could win in the final strides. Ridden by Joe Talamo, Lethal Heat stalked longshot pacesetter Gambler's Justice before taking over in early stretch. Talamo had Lethal Heat a head in front of Tasha's Miracle at the eighth pole and vigorously rode Lethal Heat to the finish.