Gulf Coast Special, who has spent the better part of this year in Texas, returns home to Indiana on Friday night as the likely favorite in the $45,000 Miss Indiana Stakes for statebred 2-year-old fillies at Hoosier Park at six furlongs.

Sold for $30,000 at the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-olds in training sale at Lone Star Park last April, Gulf Coast Special made her debut for trainer Danny Pish at Retama Park on Oct. 20 and eked out a neck victory after pressing a swift pace and dueling through the stretch with the runner-up, Superior Thief.

Louisiana Downs has scheduled 14 stakes for a Quarter Horse meet that opens in January, with the centerpiece being the Grade 2, $200,000-added Harrah's Juvenile. The 300-yard race for 2-year-olds will be run on the track's closing day, March 18.

The 40-date season for Quarter Horses opens on Jan. 12.

Other major races scheduled include the Grade 2, $150,000 Harrah's Derby at 400 yards on Feb. 2, and the $100,000-added Mardi Gras Futurity, a restricted Grade 2 for Louisiana-breds on Feb. 26.

All American Futurity winner No Secrets Here looks like he's back in top form with important season-ending stakes drawing near.

A strapping son of First Down Dash, No Secrets Here is the fastest qualifier to Saturday's Grade 1, $818,850 Los Alamitos Super Derby. The last time he was in a similar position, he won the 2006 Grade 1, $2omillion All American Futurity.

The winner of the Los Alamitos Super Derby earns an invitation to the Grade 1, $1 million Champion of Champions, the ultimate goal for No Secrets Here. The 440-yard race is Dec. 15 at Los Alamitos.

The Woodlands in Kansas City, Kan., has pushed back the anticipated opening date of its temporary slots casino to April 1, said Jayme LaRocca, the track's general manager. The Woodlands had hoped to have the slots up and running by Feb. 1, but has been awaiting completion of state rules and regulations governing the casino, such as layout, surveillance, and security requirements. LaRocca said some of the rules were finalized at a Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission meeting last Friday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Casino Evil was euthanized some 24 hours after breaking down Saturday in the Ack Ack Handicap at Churchill Downs, bringing a sad end to what had been an underdog's tale for a cleverly named colt.

As a weanling, Casino Evil had his right eye surgically removed after a paddock accident - hence the play on words in his name - and despite the setback, the colt was able to become a multiple stakes winner of more than $300,000.

Brego, who won the $150,000 DeBartolo Memorial at Remington in September, is being nominated to the Grade 3, $200,000 River City Handicap at Churchill Downs on Nov. 23, said his trainer, Bruce Jackson. Trial by Jury, the other older turf stakes winner Jackson has in training, is being pointed for the $45,000 No Le Hace at Retama Park on Nov. 17.

Por Que, a 2-year-old son of Whywhywhy who won his second straight race Sunday at Remington, could move into stakes company for his next start, said his trainer, Jack Bruner. He said the upcoming options for Por Que are the $100,000 Sugar Bowl at Fair Grounds on Dec.o22, or the $100,000 Riley Allison at Sunland Park on Dec. 30.

Por Que won a maiden special weight at Remington in his second start Oct. 21, covering 5 1/2 furlongs in a sharp 1:03.40. Sunday, he was a seven-length winner of a six-furlong optional claimer at Remington.

Golden Yank asserted himself as the top 2-year-old at Remington Park last month, when he backed up a sharp debut win with a dominant score in Remington's $100,000 MEC Mile. On Friday night, he will take his show on the road, running in the $150,000 Jean Lafitte at Delta Downs.

The one-mile race for 2-year-olds is a prep for the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Jackpot on Dec. 7. It will share a card Friday with the $100,000 My Trusty Cat for 2-year-old fillies, which is the main prep for the $300,000 Delta Princess.

Mark Guidry, one of just 22 jockeys to win more than 5,000 races in North America, will ride for the last time Saturday, he said Tuesday at Churchill Downs.

Guidry, 48, said in April that he intended to bow out sometime in August, but he had a change of heart. After a 32-year riding career, Guidry is seeking to become a racing official, with the ultimate goal of being a steward.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Marko Mesic is hardly a stranger to the racetrack, as he owned horses for more than 25 years while operating construction and restaurant businesses.

But the 52-year-old Mesic sold his off-track interests and took out his trainer's license two years ago, and he has established a much higher profile in his new profession this year.

Heading into the final five weeks of the Ontario season, the Mesic barn had won 11 of its 50 races here. Combined with a 4-for-6 mark at Fort Erie, Mesic's winning rate was an impressive 27 percent.