Eldon's Effort was a 12 1/4-length winner last time out in the $66,000 Governor's at Zia Park on Oct. 29, a performance that will make him a strong favorite in Saturday night's $45,000 Bountiful Harvest at Sam Houston Race Park. A six-furlong race for 2-year-olds, the Bountiful Harvest also drew the stakes winner Sir Five Star.

In the Governor's, run at six furlongs, Eldon's Effort took the lead soon after the start and increased his advantage throughout to earn a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 91.

Eagle Speed figures to draw heavy support when he goes for his third consecutive stakes victory in the West Virginia Futurity on Saturday night at Charles Town. Based on Beyer Speed Figures, however, Eagle Speed is only the third-fastest runner among six 2-year-olds in the first division of the split stakes.

Each division of the seven-furlong West Virginia Futurity carries a purse of $25,000 and is restricted to juveniles who are West Virginia-bred and sired by West Virginia-registered sires.

As recently as two years ago, the Anne Arundel for 3-year-old fillies was a Grade 3 stakes. Considering the quality of this year's field for the $125,000 race at Laurel Park, the Graded Stakes Committee might well take a good look at restoring the Anne Arundel's status for 2007.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Last month's Morvich Handicap was such a good race that they're running it again - sort of. The first five finishers in the Morvich were separated by less than two lengths, and four of those runners are back Saturday for the Grade 3, $150,000 Hollywood Turf Express at Hollywood Park, including the upset winner, Moth Ball.

Four others are in the six-furlong race, most notably In Summation, who comes off a second-place finish behind Fast Parade in the Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine.

The De Francis highlights a Fall Festival of Racing card that features six other stakes worth at least $100,000 and total purses of $1,067,000. The card represents the fourth-biggest day on Maryland's racing calendar, behind the Preakness, Pimlico Special, and Maryland Million programs.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - With just two days left in the meet, trainer Gary Demorest has too much ground to make up to repeat as leading trainer. Nonetheless, he's had a very good season with 39 wins from 181 starters, and he looks to add to those totals when he sends out Celtic Warrior and Tango Mango in the eighth race Saturday.

The $15,000 optional claiming race for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles drew seven horses, and they'll likely be chasing Tango Mango.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The Green Monkey, who sold for a world-record $16 million at the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old-in-training auction earlier this year, has been sent to his owner’s farm in Kentucky and won’t make it to the races until next year.

Defending winner Friends Rare Form, winner of 5 of his 8 latest starts, heads the $20,000 Lone Star Distance Championship at 870 yards on Saturday night.

Friends Rare Form's won last year's Distance Championship by 2 3/4 lengths after leading every step. Two starts ago, he won the Governor's Cup Marathon at Sam Houston Race Park by six lengths.

Fastest qualifier Heza Fast Classic will try for his third straight win and first stakes win in the $517,964 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Futurity for statebreds on Saturday night at Evangeline Downs.

Heza Fast Classic won a maiden race in his third start and then won his LQHBA Futurity trial by three lengths in 20.082 seconds for 400 yards, the fastest time from 16 trials.

Qualifiers First Down Toro and Dashin Classy Lady also won their maidens two starts ago and won their futurity trials.

Tricky Dust favored at Zia

No Secrets Here will make his first start since winning the Grade 1, $1.9 million All American Futurity on Labor Day when he heads the 400-yard trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity on Friday night at Los Alamitos. The purse for the race is estimated at $2 million.

The 2-year-olds with the 10 fastest qualifying times from the 10 trials become eligible for the futurity on Dec. 8.