DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer Cody Autrey brought 16 horses to Del Mar from Texas for the first time last month.

At the pace his barn is shrinking via claims by rival trainers, it seems that Autrey may be down to little more than feed buckets and webbings by the end of the meeting on Sept. 5.

Through Sunday, Autrey, 27, has had nine horses claimed from him for a combined price of $264,000. He reacted by replenishing his stable with additional horses from his Texas and Oklahoma divisions, boosting the stable back to 15.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - A season that began in a blaze of promise for apprentice jockey Michelle Rainford has come to an abrupt end.

Rainford, 27, rode 95 winners last year in her first full campaign, including 10 during the final week of the meeting, to rank ninth in the standings here at Woodbine.

She already had 25 winners under her belt at this meeting, but, although she would not know it for six weeks, her season was effectively over after she was involved in a three-horse spill in the ninth race on June 21.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Bay Meadows will offer 10 stakes races worth $775,000 during its fall meet, boosting the minimum payout to $60,000 from the $50,000 offered during the spring meet.

"A lot of our overnight stakes need help from Southern California," racing secretary Tom Doutrich said. "With Turf Paradise now offering $40,000, we worked with the Thoroughbred Owners of California and reached an agreement to raise our purses in hopes of attracting horses here. When you figure in the Cal-bred bonus, those stakes have a $78,000 purse."

BOSSIER CITY, La. - The battle for leading rider is as hot as the weather, with Carlos Gonzalez and John Jacinto trading positions atop the rider standings it seems just about daily. Gonzalez holds a 69-68 advantage heading into the new week despite taking off his mounts Sunday after a frightening incident in the walking ring before Saturday's eighth race.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - There was the usual mid-Million-Week mild chaos around Arlington Park's quarantine barn Tuesday morning, as the group of foreign horses that arrived Sunday night waited to clear quarantine restrictions that kept them from training among the regular equine population. The call from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came in not long past 8 a.m., and by 9, the Sunday arrivals had gotten their first look at the Arlington racetrack.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Shacane came from well off the pace to post a huge upset in the $107,100 British Columbia Cup Classic at Hastings on Monday.

Shacane, who was ridden by apprentice jockey Rocco Bowen, paid a B.C. Classic record win price of $81.30.

Weather Warning ($71), one of three horses in the race trained by Martin Drexler and owned by Stuart Hyman, led at every call for a shocking victory in Monday's $100,000 Manitoba Lotteries Derby at Assiniboia Downs.

Weather Warning, making his local debut and his first start for his new connections, cut out fractions of 23 seconds, 46.80, and 1:12 en route to a four-length victory in 1:52 for 1 1/8 miles.

"Once I hit the half-mile, I knew how much horse I had, and I thought I had a really good shot at winning," said winning jockey Paul Leacock.

Vestrey Lady ($16.80) turned back a stretch challenge from 1-5 favorite Financingavailable to take the Gradeo3, $169,300 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine on Monday.

Vestrey Lady led throughout the six-furlong turf sprint, setting fractions of 22.90 and 45.69 seconds under Emile Ramsammy. Financingavailable drew even with Vestrey Lady in midstretch, but Vestrey Lady held her ground and prevailed by three-quarters of a length, in a time of 1:09.17.

"She acted very professional," said Ramsammy. "She was happy doing what she did."

Jockey Tommy Molina came within a neck of winning with nine consecutive mounts at Great Lakes Downs last week. Last Wednesday he had three wins and a second before roaring back on Saturday and winning five straight of his seven mounts.

He won Wednesday's fifth race with Catch the Dew for trainer Shane Spiess. He then won a pair for trainer Bob Gorham, scoring in the sixth on Demolition Zone and the seventh on Red at Nite. In the card's eighth and final race, Molina's mount, Sheain't a Lady, lost by a neck.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Hard Spun might be shortening up in distance after a second-place finish Sunday in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

The Haskell at 1 1/8 miles was Hard Spun's first race since he ran in all three legs of the Triple Crown. Trainer Larry Jones said Monday morning from Delaware Park that Hard Spun came out of the Haskell in good order.

"Everything seems good on him after the race," Jones said. "He doesn't seem to have any issues. Everything is good."