Princess Paster left little doubt that she is one of the leading locally based mares when she scored an 8 1/2-length triumph in the $19,600 Table the Motion Handicap last Saturday. The co-highweight at 121 pounds, Princess Paster took control approaching the far turn and was never seriously challenged. Ridden by Argelio Velazquez, Princess Paster paid $7.20 as the second choice in the field of six.

Until this week, only two Finger Lakes-based jockeys had ever won 3,000 races in their career. Paul Nicol Jr. expanded the short list when he rode three winners on Tuesday's card at Finger Lakes to bring his career total to 3,001.

Nicol, 45, reached the milestone aboard Passing Ships in the fourth race. Appropriately, Passing Ships is trained by Edward Perdue. Nicol and Perdue have combined for 124 lifetime victories, including three stakes, most prominently the $150,000 New York Breeders' Futurity with Background Artist in 1993.

Freddie Mata, a crowd favorite at Great Lakes Downs, returns to the track Saturday after recovering from a riding mishap, according to his agent, Frank Garoufalis. In February, Mata, a native of Mexico, broke his leg when his mount went over the rail at Tampa Bay Downs. Mata won the riding championship here in 2000 and has finished second several times.

Defending champion My Sweet Sug ($7.40) stalked the pace to the stretch and drew off to score a five-length win over Free Bonus in Tuesday's $40,000 Florence Henderson for Indiana-bred fillies and mares at Indiana Downs.

Under jockey Bill Troilo, My Sweet Sug covered the 1 1/16 miles over the firm turf course in 1:46.63. Free Bonus, who set the pace, finished second, 4 1/2 lengths clear of President's Woman. Whatsitgonnatake, the 6-5 favorite, chased Free Bonus to the stretch before tiring to finish last in the 12-horse field.

A five-day weekend of racing brings Lincoln into the stretch of its 37-day meet with a pair of stakes, the finale of the HBPA Marathon Series, and festivities to benefit the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund. The meet closes July 16.

MacBeth Fund activities are slated for this Saturday as part of Jockeys Across America Day. Lincoln's traditional jockey foot race has been replaced by the jockeys' kids foot race this year, with children of the rider colony competing.

Parthenope, a 5-year-old mare by K.O. Punch, has become one of the surprise success stories of the Ohio racing season this year. Off the board in her first three starts this year, including a $5,000 claimer in her season debut at Turfway, Parthenope has since become a stakes winner.

Combo Royale deserved to be a 3-5 favorite in last Sunday's $35,165 Yavapai County Arizona Breeders Futurity going five furlongs. After all, he was coming off two romping victories. The race took a dramatic turn just before the start, however, when Combo Royale threw a fit in the gate and broke through the starting gate. He was deemed fit to race, but then blew the start and was never a factor, finishing sixth.

MIAMI - As if Calder's Extreme Day wasn't extreme enough with the two-furlong Rocket Man Stakes and the two-mile Bob Umphrey Turf Marathon Handicap already on the card, track management decided to add a couple of new wrinkles that should really put the July 22 program over the edge.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Funny Cide might not be the horse he once was, but he'll always be a Kentucky Derby winner.

And that's why Funny Cide, despite being 6 years old and having had 23 starts since his 2003 Kentucky Derby triumph, will be in the spotlight when he makes his first Canadian appearance in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Dominion Day here at Woodbine.

Funny Cide will become only the fifth Kentucky Derby winner to subsequently race at Woodbine, and the second in the Dominion Day.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Judiths Wild Rush, Canada's reigning champion sprinter, will prepare for the July 22 Bold Venture Stakes in the allowance prep for that event Friday at Woodbine.

This year, Judiths Wild Rush has picked up right where he left off last summer. Following a six-month layoff, he finished third in the Grade 3 Deputy Minister Stakes on Feb. 5 at Gulfstream and subsequently finished fourth there in the Grade 2 Richter Scale BC Handicap on March 4.