ELMONT, N.Y. - Up-and-comers clash with the old guard in Sunday's 28th running of the $100,000-added Mount Vernon Handicap for New York-bred fillies and mares, scheduled for 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf course.

Fifteen were entered and 12 will run, and with less than a sixteenth of a mile to the first turn, post positions could be a factor, especially since a handful who ran in divisions of last year's Mount Vernon - The Lamp Is Lit (post 1), On the Bus (2), Nurse Culkin (4), Sabellina (5), and Little Buttercup (6) - drew favorably toward the inside.

Joey P., the popular New Jersey-bred, steps back into open company Sunday in the $60,000 Longfellow Stakes at Monmouth Park.

The Longfellow tops an 11-race card that includes the debut of Monmouth's new $6 million turf course.

Joey P. won a lot of fans last summer as a 3-year-old with his victory in the Grade 3 Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup Stakes and his brave but failed attempt in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - While maintaining a string of 24 horses some 90 minutes north of here at Turfway Park, Patrick Biancone hasn't run a whole lot of horses at the Churchill Downs spring meet. But when he has, Biancone has been extremely live, as evidenced by his 7 wins from just 16 starters.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The $65,000 Quicken Tree Stakes at Hollywood Park on Sunday is the clubhouse leader for the worst stakes of the spring-summer meeting.

There are no stakes winners in the field of six California-breds and only one horse has won an allowance race - Johnny High Brite, a 4-year-old gelding who was a surprise entrant in the 1 1/2-mile turf stakes.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The 99 runnings of the Victoria Stakes have produced many rapid 2-year-olds, including 1981 Eclipse Award winner Deputy Minister, Nearctic, and Fozzie Bear.

Bear Soldier will try to add his name to the list in Sunday's renewal of the five-furlong dash, which is worth $125,000.

Bear Soldier, a $70,000 2-year-old purchase from a Florida sale, was an authoritative winner of his debut, in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special May 28. He displayed a smooth, efficient stride and earned a Beyer Figure of 71.

AUBURN, Wash. - Spanish Highway and Flamethrowintexan will be rematched at a mile on Sunday in the $75,000 Emerald Handicap for older horses.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The seventh race at Hastings on Sunday, a 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies running for a top claiming price of $35,000, is one of the most unpredictable races on the 10-race card. Considering that none of the nine horses entered have won going the distance, and that only two have actually gone farther than 6 1/2 furlongs, it's difficult to figure who the actual favorite will be.

CALGARY, Alberta - Kaylee's Magic, champion of her division and Alberta's horse of the year in 2005, makes just her second start of the year in a field of six 3-year-old fillies in the Penny Ridge here at Stampede Park Sunday. The Penny Ridge boasts a $75,000 purse, up $25,000 from 2005, and goes at a mile, a sixteenth of a mile shorter than previous editions.

The Penny Ridge runs as the seventh race on the closing day of this 47-day meeting.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Lawyer Ron, the millionaire colt who underwent minor surgery following a 12th-place finish in the May 6 Kentucky Derby, returned Friday morning to the Churchill Downs barn of Bob Holthus after being turned out for several weeks and is scheduled to return to light training Monday or Tuesday, said Holthus.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Rising Cross, the runner-up in the English Oaks on June 2, has been bought by owner Gary Tanaka, the filly's English trainer, John Best, said Friday.

Rising Cross could be sent to the United States to race, although Best said plans for the filly beyond a scheduled start in Sunday's Italian Oaks had not been finalized. There have been discussions about running Rising Cross in the $750,000 American Oaks at Hollywood Park on July 2, but Best warned that she would not make the trip if the ground is firm.