FORT ERIE, Ontario - Cold War, a winner of his last four races, will be trying for his eighth triumph of the year in Sunday's 1 1/8-mile St. Catharines Cup at Fort Erie.

Cold War, owned and trained by Vern Fernandes, is the most accomplished runner at the meet, having won 5 of 9 starts. He's also 2 for 2 at Woodbine.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Sir Officer exits a key race and is the one to beat in Sunday's $40,000 Buffalo Stakes here at Assiniboia Downs. The Buffalo, a one-mile race for Manitoba-bred 2-year-olds, drew a field of nine.

After winning his career debut on July 16, Sir Officer finished third in the six-furlong Winnipeg Futurity on Aug. 7. Nechako, the second-place finisher from the Winnipeg Futurity, won the New Westminster at Hastings in his next start while the fourth-place finisher, Country Humor, won an allowance race here last Saturday.

Past performances for Golden Gate's Sunday $50,000 guaranteed pick four will appear at the end of the full-card file for the following tracks:

Saratoga/Belmont
Del Mar/Fairplex Park
Arlington Park/Hawthorne
Calder
Ellis Park/Keeneland
Delaware Park
Louisiana Downs
Emerald Downs
Mountaineer Park

:: (Pick 4 races are 1, 2, 3, 4)

ELMONT, N.Y. - Still in search of that elusive graded stakes win on dirt, Good Reward may have found the right spot to achieve that goal in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Brooklyn Breeders' Cup Handicap at Belmont Park.

The Brooklyn, usually run during Belmont's spring-summer meeting, was moved to the fall when the Woodward was moved from Belmont's fall meet to Saratoga. A field of seven was entered for the Brooklyn, including graded stakes winners Wanderin Boy and Funny Cide.

ELMONT, N.Y. - For All We Know had a big start to her racing career, winning her first three starts by a combined nine lengths. Her connections are hoping for an equally big finish as For All We Know starts the final chapter of her career in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Floral Park Handicap at Belmont Park.

For All We Know, owned by John Oxley and trained by John Ward, comes into the six-furlong Floral Park off a seven-month layoff. But she has been breezing steadily since the spring, logging 11 five-furlong workouts since May 26.

The initial review is in, from none other than the trainer of California's best older horse. Doug O'Neill, gives Hollywood Park's new synthetic surface two thumbs up, way up.

"I love it," O'Neill said Thursday morning after training horses on Hollywood's Cushion Track surface, which opened for training on Wednesday. The track's fall race meeting opens Nov. 1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A full field of 12 3-year-olds will start in the Grade 3, $250,000 British Columbia Derby next Sunday. With a full field, the purse for the derby will be over $300,000.

A total of 24 horses were nominated, headed by Brother Derek and Point Determined. But neither horse will likely make the trip here from California.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Nick and Pauline Felicella paid a record $120,000 for a yearling colt by In Excess at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's yearling and mixed sale, held Tuesday at the Thunderbird Show Park in Langley, British Columbia. The previous record for a yearling bought at a sale held by the British Columbia division of the society was $98,000 in 2000. The sale-topper is out of Ashwood Tie, by Black Tie Affair.

Fair Grounds has given $15,000, donated by employees of Churchill Downs Inc., the track's owner, to the New Orleans Police Department. The money will be used to purchase 35 bulletproof vests for officers in the city's 3rd District, where the track is located.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Artie Schiller, the winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Mile and runner-up in the Eclipse Award voting for male turf champion, has been retired from racing. He will stand stud at Hurricane Hall near Lexington, Ky.

Artie Schiller, a son of El Prado, won 10 of 22 career starts and earned $2,088,853 for owners William Entenmann and Denise Walsh. Jimmy Jerkens trained Artie Schiller, who was plagued by ankle problems following his fourth-place finish in the Grade 2 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 5.