Based on breeding and the interest attracted at auction, Police Woman and Cool Paradigm may have the most potential among an evenly matched group of 12 for Saturday's $50,000 Finger Lakes Juvenile Fillies at six furlongs.

Police Woman, trained by Eric Reed, is a daughter of Officer, this year's leading sire of 2-year-olds. Among 30 horses sired by Officer to race in 2006, 17 have won, including four in stakes.

Police Woman has been racing in West Virginia, where she decisively won her maiden in July and most recently just missed in a first-level allowance.

ELMONT, N.Y. - , one of the leading U.S. hopefuls for the Breeders' Cup turf, faces an intriguing trio of European horses in the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational on Saturday at Belmont Park.

Frost Giant, a 3-year-old colt from leading Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, and the 4-year-old fillies Freedonia and Royal Highness all make their U.S. debuts in the 1 1/2-mile Hirsch.

English Channel goes for his third Grade 1 victory of the season, having won the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs and the United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Defending champions Magical Gem and Ebony Star are likely to have a difficult time repeating in two six-furlong $50,000 stakes restricted to Delaware-certified horses on Saturday at Delaware Park.

In order to be eligible, a horse must have been stabled in Delaware for at least 90 days prior to turning 2 years old.

In an era where Thoroughbreds are lightly raced and carefully spotted at their best distance and surface, Ah Day sticks out for his sturdiness and versatility.

A 3-year-old gelding trained by King Leatherbury, Ah Day has already raced 12 times this season and won five while competing on dirt and turf at distances ranging from six furlongs to 1 1/8 miles.

The jack-of-all-trades will switch gears again when Ah Day goes from a nine-furlong turf race to six furlongs on dirt for Saturday's $100,000 Sonny Hine Stakes at Laurel Park.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Since the summer, trainer Richard Dutrow has basically stated that he has made no plans to have Silver Train defend his Breeders' Cup Sprint title this year. Dutrow's reasoning has been that Silver Train is "a special horse" at Belmont Park - where the Breeders' Cup was held last year - but nowhere else.

ELMONT, N.Y. - At $400,000, the has the smallest purse among the five Grade 1 races being run Saturday at Belmont Park. But with Silver Train and Henny Hughes in the five-horse field, the Vosburgh may have the highest intrigue among the day's marquee events.

This is the time of the year when the connections of the world's fastest horses are thinking about one last prep before the Breeders' Cup.

For Songster, a 3-year-old Grade 2 stakes winner, Saturday's $100,000 Gallant Bob Handicap at Philadelphia Park is the end of the line for this season.

Trainer Tom Albertrani said that regardless of the outcome the Gallant Bob will be Songster's last start until 2007. He will be freshened and pointed to the Sunshine Millions Sprint at Santa Anita on Jan. 27.

Bruising storms slammed Chicago on Monday night, knocking out power, uprooting mature trees - and finally tightening up the main track at Hawthorne.

Loose, deep, and difficult for many horses to handle, Hawthorne's dirt track got doused Saturday night before taking even more rain Monday evening, and the result Wednesday, the first day of this racing week, was notably quicker times and less spinning of wheels in every dirt race.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Chasing the Crown's upset win in the last race Thursday at Belmont Park made for a $456,860 pick-six carryover heading into Friday's card.

There was a carryover of $167,014 entering Thursday's card and there were two live tickets entering the last leg, one on the favorite, Your Hour's Up, and the other on third choice Citifest. Each of those tickets was worth $228,430. But neither of those two horses finished in the money.

Other double-digit winners in the sequence on Thursday were I'm So Brave ($14.20), Kris Angel ($15.40), and Dixie Baghdad ($10).

The cream of the local turf sprint division will gather Saturday, weather permitting, to go five furlongs over the grass in the $45,000 Hooting Star Stakes at Calder.

The Hooting Star will feature stretch-runner Gin Rummy Champ against veteran speedsters Love My Mountain and Paradise Dancer. The field also includes top contenders Dirtymoposse, Nacascolo, and Hollywood Left. Lucky Frolic and Blue Pepsi Lodge would benefit if the race comes off the turf and switches over to the main track.