CALGARY, Alberta – Napinowaan should be favored when he faces six rivals in a third-level allowance sprint in Wednesday’s seventh race here at Stampede Park.

A 4-year-old gelding, Napinowaan just missed in his seasonal bow at this six-furlong distance on April 8 when he finished third, beaten a neck, and is expected to improve off that effort.

Trainer Robertino Diodoro needed to get another work into Napinowaan, an Illinois-bred son of Indian Charlie, and ventured forth last Friday despite the three days of wet snowfall that had the cones up for training each morning.

Native Legend ($4.10) remained unbeaten after her third start with a daylight victory in the $126,600 Star Shoot Stakes at Woodbine.

Native Legend stalked a fast pace along the inside in the six-furlong dash, as Silwa set wind-aided fractions of 21.44 and 44.48 seconds. Richard Dos Ramos angled Native Legend wide at the quarter pole, and she hit the front at the eighth pole en route to a two-length win over Silky Smooth. Bear Now finished another neck back in third in the nine-horse field of 3-year-olds fillies.

As impressive as they were winning their debuts, Bustin Stones and Mighty Eros were even better in their second starts Sunday, as both romped to victory in their respective divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes at Aqueduct.

In the $100,000 Times Square division for 3-year-old colts and geldings, Bustin Stones, ridden bt Ramon Dominguez, quickly recovered from a stumbling start, put away a pace challenge from favored Market Psychology, and drew off to win by 4 1/4 lengths over Smash 'Em Sammy. It was another 1 1/2 lengths back to Market Psychology in third.

In her first start since upsetting champion 2-year-old filly Dreaming of Anna in the Feb. 25 Gaily Gaily at Gulfstream, Audacious Chloe won the $115,700 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland by a neck over Classic Neel.

Audacious Chloe looked like a winner shortly after the start, when several fillies who were expected to show speed did not. This allowed John Velazquez aboard Audacious Chloe to make the front and establish a slow pace under limited early pressure.

The ex-claimer On the Acorn won his first stakes on Sunday in Santa Anita's top marathon turf race, the $250,000 San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap.

The victory accomplished a meet-long goal for trainer Mike Mitchell and the six-man Indizguys partnership who claimed On the Acorn for $40,000 last November and watched him excel in recent months in longer turf races.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In the aftermath of Saturday's Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, trainer Greg Fox played it cool, just as a racetrack veteran of nearly 20 years tends to do. Fox was noncommittal about whether Slew's Tizzy, the Lexington winner at 40-1, would run back in the Kentucky Derby.

"Our philosophy is we don't run horses back in two weeks," said Fox, referring to himself and Joe LaCombe, the owner-breeder of Slew's Tizzy.

Average daily all-sources handle for Gulfstream Park's races dropped by 9.7 percent this year compared with last year's meet, according to figures supplied by Gulfstream on Monday. Average all-sources wagering during the 88-day meet was $6,450,900, compared with $7,141,181 during last year's 88-day meet.

The meet, which ended Sunday, was the first the track has operated with slot machines.

The future looks much brighter for Atlantic City Race Course.

Left for dead several times in the past, Atlantic City opens Wednesday for four days of all-turf racing.

Atlantic City will run Wednesday and Thursday this week and May 2 and 3. Post time is 3 p.m. Eastern.

It's a far cry from the glory days when the track was one of the leaders on East Coast, offering a full summer schedule while attracting grass champions to its lush course for the United Nations Handicap.

DEL MAR, Calif. - If ever a track seemingly did not need to have something labeled "all weather," it would be Del Mar, which has 43 straight days of fast tracks every summer. Its oft-criticized dirt main track was removed last year, though, following several years of complaints over its safety.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Nobiz Like Shobiz was all business bright and early Monday morning, working a sharp five furlongs in 59.59 seconds over the Belmont Park training track in preparation for the Kentucky Derby on May 5.

Jockey Cornelio Velasquez was aboard for the work, which was conducted shortly after the training track opened at 6 a.m. Belmont clockers caught Nobiz in fractions of 11.76 seconds, 23.35, and 35.56 and caught him galloping out six furlongs in 1:13.09, seven furlongs in 1:27.24, and one mile in 1:42.42.