GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Storm Mesa parlayed a stakes win at Lone Star Park in May into a graded score at Prairie Meadows last Friday night, and now she could be headed to Grade 1 company in New York. The Test or Alabama might be the next stop for the filly, who put up a Beyer Speed Figure of 108 in the $100,000 Cinemine at seven furlongs this spring at Lone Star. From there, Storm Mesa won at 1 1/16 miles in the Grade 3, $200,000 Iowa Oaks.

If the third race last Sunday at Louisiana Downs was any indication, the $75,000 Hallowed Dreams Breeders' Cup could end up being a bang-up race. Doyouwanttodance and Steamy Ridge duked it out through the stretch of a five-furlong allowance moved to the main track, and both could run back next in the Hallowed Dreams, a 6 1/2-furlong stakes for fillies and mares on July 19.

In the allowance, Doyouwanttodance came back for a half-length win over Steamy Ridge. For the effort, Doyouwanttodance earned a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 98.

MIAMI - If the nomination lists are any indication, the 2008 Summit of Speed could be the best in the eight-year history of the event. The Summit of Speed, which features four graded sprint stakes including the Grade 1 Princess Rooney, will be decided at Calder on July 12.

The $400,000 Princess Rooney and Grade 2, $400,000 Smile are Win and You're In races for this year's Breeders' Cup. Purses were cut by $300,000 for the Summit of Speed shortly after the meet began because of the lack of a purse contract between local horsemen and track management.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jiggs Coz, the second choice in a four-horse field, upset the 2-5 favorite, True Metropolitan, in Tuesday's $206,000 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine.

Jiggs Coz inherited an easy lead in the 1 1/4-mile event, and set soft fractions of 24.76 seconds, 50.07, and 1:14.50 under David Clark.

True Metropolitan was rated early by Jim McAleney, before assuming a stalking position on the outside. Jiggs Coz began to pull away early in the stretch and prevailed by 2 3/4 lengths in a time of 2:04.99.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - John Shirreffs had been warned.

Scouting prospects at the massive Keeneland September yearling sale in 2005, Shirreffs was tipped by bloodstock agent David Ingordo on a promising Street Cry filly.

"I found a really nice, very athletic filly, looks like a colt with a real regal look," Ingordo told Shirreffs.

There was a catch. The filly, Hip No. 703, was battling a skin disease, Ingordo told the trainer. When Shirreffs saw the filly himself, her condition took him aback.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The “Woodbine Live!” project, to be located here on racetrack property, could benefit from multimillion-dollar tax breaks under the city of Toronto’s community improvement program.

A news release issued Monday by the city of Toronto said the city’s Economic Development Committee will meet next Tuesday and will consider a city council report recommending that Woodbine receive financial incentives that come in the form of tax breaks.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The losses have been mounting for Lady of Venice since she won the $750,000 CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park last July, but trainer Kiaran McLaughlin is not worried.

Considering the way Lady of Venice has performed in two starts this year, McLaughlin sent the 5-year-old mare to California earlier this week convinced that she can defend her title.

"Her last two races have been her best for us," McLaughlin said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tom Amoss might well be hearing footsteps. In recent days, Amoss has been fighting and scraping to maintain a tenuous lead atop the trainer standings at the Churchill Downs spring meet, but a rival trainer with far greater resources is right on his heels.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Kevin Attard always has maintained that Nicki Knew's forte would be route racing.

On Sunday, Nicki Knew rewarded Attard's faith when she rallied to win the $250,800 Bison City, the 1 1/16-mile race that is the second leg of the triple tiara for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.

"She'd trained well as a juvenile, and I was looking forward to stretching her out," said Attard, who trains Nicki Knew for Sally Stavro and family's Knob Hill Stable. "Today, everything came to fruition. She proved she was capable; she showed that quality."

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Monmouth Park is heading into one of the biggest weekends of the season with seven stakes on tap, including the Grade 1 United Nations.

It starts Friday, July 4, with the Grade 3, $150,000 Jersey Shore Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters.

Silver Edition, trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, will be one of the top contenders in the Independence Day feature.