Columbus offers a twin bill as 3-year-old Nebraska-breds take center stage in the fillies and the colts and geldings divisions of the Nebraska Breeders' Special Stakes. Each race has a $15,000-added purse and is contested at 6 1/2 furlongs.

The fillies division starts off the stakes doubleheader in the seventh race with a competitive field of six that includes Any Dream Will Do, who seeks her first stakes win of the year. Any Dream Will Do is coming off an entry-level allowance win at the distance here Aug. 11 and once again has Dennis Collins aboard for trainer Jone Loyd.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Pie Corner, 2 for 4 on turf this season, will likely rule as the favorite in Sunday's $30,000 Niagara Falls Cup at Fort Erie.

The seven-furlong Niagara Falls, to be run as a $10,000 starter allowance, attracted 14 entrants. On turf, the field is limited to 10 starters.

Layne Giliforte will saddle Pie Corner in the Niagara Falls for Melnyk Racing Stable, but he would have preferred to run Pie Corner in a turf race for $10,000 claimers a week later. But he didn't want to take a chance rain might interfere with his plans.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Jamba-laya's connections declined an invitation to Saratoga's Grade 1 Sword Dancer on Aug. 12 in order to focus on the horse's ultimate goal, the $2 million Canadian International on Oct. 22 here at Woodbine.

On Sunday, Jambalaya will be looking to keep the home fires burning when he runs in the Grade 2, $300,000 Nijinsky, over the same 1 1/2-mile distance as the Grade 1 Canadian International.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - A sellout crowd of 430 was on hand Thursday evening as the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame welcomed its 2006 inductees at the nearby Mississauga Convention Centre.

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, marking its 30th anniversary, honored five newcomers on the Thoroughbred side: the late Steve Stavro, trainers Jim Day and David Cross, and the horses Lauries Dancer and Bold Ruckus.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Discreet Cat turned in one of the most impressive performances of the meet on Friday, drawing off to an easy 11-length victory over five overmatched allowance rivals in the third race at Saratoga.

Del Mar, Calif. - A large one-day carryover of $146,978 awaits Friday's bettors at Del Mar after no one was able to isolate all six winners on Thursday's card.

The eight-race Friday card begins at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time. The pick six begins on the third race, scheduled for just after 4:30 p.m. Pacific time.

Friday's card is one of the more challenging of the meet, with large, wide-open fields. Three of the races have full fields of 12.

The feature is the CTT and TOC Stakes, headed by Memorette, who is 7-5 on the morning line in a field with eight betting interests.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Bernardini flew under the radar in the Preakness. He simply flew in the Jim Dandy. If he can replicate either one of those dazzling performances in Saturday's $1 million , Bernardini will fly to the head of the 3-year-old division.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Kiaran McLaughlin has trained or been associated with some very talented horses during his racetrack career, including his current handicap star Invasor and reigning Belmont Stakes winner Jazil. So his comment this week about his 3-year-old speedster Henny Hughes is all the more flattering.

"He's a very special horse," McLaughlin said. "I haven't been around too many like him in my life."

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Edgar Prado knows firsthand what he and his fellow riders are up against when they try to tackle Bernardini in Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes.

Prado, who will ride Minister's Bid in the Travers, was aboard for Bernardini's first win, which came in the first race of the day on March 4 at Gulfstream Park. After putting away two early pace challengers, Bernardini romped to a 7 3/4-length victory over High Finance in that one-mile race. Bernardini ran one mile in 1:35.57 while being taken in hand late by Prado.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ashkal Way had his three-race North American winning streak snapped when he finished second in the Grade 2 Fourstardave Handicap three weeks ago. Though he comes back on relatively short rest, he may be well spotted to start another streak in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga.