VANCOUVER, British Columbia - If recent history is any indication, then the first three finishers in the British Columbia Breeders' Cup Oaks, Real Candy, Hurry an Notis, and Langara Lass, are the ones to focus on in the Grade 3, $150,000-added Breeders' Cup Ballerina at Hastings Saturday. The last three renewals of the 1 1/8-mile Ballerina have been won by 3-year-old fillies, and there's a very good chance that could happen again when a full field of 12 square off in the premier race for fillies and mares in the Pacific Northwest.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Despite her overwhelming performance last month in the Alberta Oaks, She's Italian failed to scare off the competition and faces eight challengers in Saturday's $50,000 Chariot Chaser for 3-year-old fillies at Northlands Park.

The Oaks was restricted to Alberta-breds and marked She's Italian's first stakes victory of the season, but she accomplished the task with such authority that there is little doubt she will be the favorite in the 6 1/2-furlong Chariot Chaser.

ARCADIA, Calif. - A hearing regarding allegations that Quarter Horse jockey Carlos Bautista was in possession of an electrical device during a stakes at the Los Angeles County Fair last month was postponed by Santa Anita stewards on Thursday after Bautista's lawyer asked for a continuance to investigate whether the rider could face criminal charges.

Trainer Jack Wilson won three races at Fort Erie last Saturday.

Wilson, 86, saddled Draven's Cross ($11.10) to win the first race and Two Face Flyer ($36.20) to win the second, and the two made up the $90.10 daily double. In the fifth, Elegant River ($6.40) won her maiden.

"It was the first time I ran three horses and won with them all," said Wilson. "I've won lots of doubles but never three."

The three scores raised Wilson's win total at the meeting to eight. That's half the total he had here last year.

Gouldings Green, who shipped in to win the 1 1/16-mile Seagram Cup over the inner track here July 30, returns from Kentucky on Sunday and will be a solid choice in the Durham Cup at 1 1/8 miles.

Like the Seagram Cup, the Durham Cup offers Grade 3 status and a purse of $150,000. Gouldings Green will be the 121-pound co-highweight in a field of six.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Impressive maiden winners Nobiz Like Shobiz and Liquidity take on stakes winners Scat Daddy and Got the Last Laugh on Saturday in an intriguing renewal of the Champagne Stakes, one that should fill in the missing pieces for next month's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

MIAMI - Whether quality or quantity, trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. has all the bases covered when it comes to Saturday's $400,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder.

CHICAGO - For one day in early September, at least, the 3-year-old colt Brilliant really was brilliant. Racing on soft turf in the Kent Breeders' Cup Handicap, a race that had unbeaten After Market as the favorite, Brilliant skipped over the ground, opening up a clear lead coming off the final turn and drawing still farther ahead through the stretch, winning the $500,000 race by more than six lengths.

The performance was a treat to the eye, and speed-figure makers liked it, too: Brilliant received a Beyer Speed Figure of 108, among the best on turf in the country this year.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - From a numerical standpoint there's a very good chance the winner of the Grade 3, $150,000 Ballerina at Hastings on Saturday will come out of Dave Forster's barn. After all, five of the 12 horses that are expected to start in the Ballerina are stabled there.

ELMONT, N.Y. - After scrapping plans to run in a Breeders' Cup race with Showing Up, trainer Barclay Tagg has mapped out a new schedule that begins in Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park.