NEW ORLEANS - One of the most impressive performances of opening week came from the 2-year-old filly Total, who looked like she could be any kind with an impressive victory in an entry-level allowance race Nov. 26.

Jockey Jesse Campbell allowed Total to relax early as she tracked a rapid pace sent by Eccentric Girl. Total went by easily on the turn with long, ground-gobbling strides, then drew away from the field and was eased near the wire in the 5 1/2-furlong sprint as the graded-stakes-placed Expertise chased her home.

CHICAGO - If, as the standard thinking goes, field size fuels betting, Hawthorne Race Course might handle $1 billion on Saturday.

With racing canceled because of weather on Thursday, Hawthorne's entry box for Saturday's card overflowed, even with the track tacking on an extra 10th race because of the Thursday cancellation. There were 114 horses entered, an extraordinary average of 11.4 per race, and the past performances seem to run on forever.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Declan's Moon and Siren Lure will arrive at the starting gate for Saturday's $100,000 Vernon Underwood Stakes at Hollywood Park in need of a victory.

At times over the last two years, Declan's Moon and Siren Lure have been at or near the top of the racing world, but each is coming off a disappointing race that has dented his reputation.

Their respective trainers - Ron Ellis and Art Sherman - insist they have not lost faith and are hoping to use the Grade 3 Underwood Stakes over six furlongs as a prep race for a successful 2007 campaign.

Highly proven entities have dominated the filly and mare sprint ranks since Turfway Park switched over to Polytrack at the 2005 fall meet.

Hot Storm, an earner of nearly $800,000, won three stakes in a row - the 2005 Weekend Delight, 2005 Holiday Inaugural, and 2006 Wishing Well. Very Vegas, who earned nearly $500,000 before retiring last month, won the Queen Stakes last March, and Malibu Mint, a Grade 1 winner, took the Weekend Delight last September.

Trainer John Buchanan saddled four of the five fastest qualifiers for the Grade 1, $1,053,912 Texas Classic Futurity at Lone Star Park, to be run on Saturday night, but his fastest qualifier, Ivory James, will instead race in the Southwest Juvenile Championship at Zia Park on Sunday.

The Buchanan qualifiers set to run in the Texas Classic are Dont Let Down, Riddick, and City Class.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Dancer's Bajan and Legal Move, who finished a nose apart in the seven-furlong Frost King here Nov. 15, will renew acquaintances on Saturday in the 1o1/16-mile Kingarvie at Woodbine.

The $125,000 Kingarvie, like the Frost King, is for Ontario-sired 2-year-olds and attracted a total of seven horses. But the spotlight will be on Dancer's Bajan, who is trained by Bob Tiller, and Legal Move, conditioned by Mark Casse.

Dancer's Bajan and Legal Move actually will be meeting for the fourth time in the Kingarvie.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The California Horse Racing Board announced on Thursday that it has filed a complaint against trainer Mike Mitchell after one of his starters at Hollywood Park on Nov. 19, Dynout, tested in excess of the permitted level of total carbon dioxide.

Dynout finished second by a nose in an optional claimer that carried a purse of $47,200.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - The Winners' Foundation, a six-furlong overnight handicap scheduled for Saturday, was supposed to give Bay Meadows racing fans a look at Vicarino, a talented 2-year-old who set a track record at the Big Fresno Fair on Oct. 13. But with only four horses signed up, the race was canceled. In addition to Vicarino, three youngsters trained by Jerry Hollendorfer were entered as an uncoupled entry, but a fifth runner could not be found.

The card already had one five-horse race and three six-horse races.

PHOENIX - The primary question at Turf Paradise in Saturday's $40,000 Queen of the Green Handicap is whether two-time defending horse of the meet Muir Beach has lost a step or two. Muir Beach has lost both of her starts since returning from a layoff, and the 5-year-old mare needs to win this one-mile turf race to restore her standing.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Magnolia Jackson’s versatility and proven affinity for Aqueduct’s inner track may give her a slight edge over the speedy Stormy Kiss in Saturday’s $65,000 Garland of Roses Handicap at Aqueduct.

A six-furlong race, the Garland of Roses has a field of six and tops a nine-race card that also includes the $65,000 Coyote Lakes, an overnight stakes run at 1 1/2 miles.