ELMONT, N.Y. - After a wet week that forced 19 consecutive races to be rained off the turf, the forecast for the upcoming week is favorable enough to allow plenty of grass racing at Belmont Park.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As a card-carrying member of the club informally known as the Successful Trainers Who Worked for D. Wayne Lukas, Becky Maker had a natural rooting interest Saturday in the Belmont Stakes: any combination of Jazil, Bluegrass Cat, and Sunriver.

Sure enough, Maker nailed it. "I picked it one-two," she said.

Jockey Chance Rollins remains in a California intensive care unit but showed signs of mild improvement Monday following a spill in Sunday's third race at Bay Meadows.

Rollins, 36, was injured when his mount, Dr. Ramos, suddenly veered to the rail shortly after the start of a 1 1/16-mile race. Rollins, forced to bail off, was able to get one foot on the safety rail before somersaulting off the rail and landing heavily on his side just inside the rail.

Trainer Riaz Syed has been fined $1,000 and suspended for one year, beginning June 12 by Thistledown stewards for having in his possession 24 bottles of injectable substances and numerous needles and syringes of different sizes while on the grounds at Thistledown on Saturday.

During his suspension, Syed will be denied the privileges of all racecourses under the jurisdiction of the Ohio State Racing Commission, and his case has been referred to that body for possible further action.

Syed has eight horses under his care and has a 0-for-13 record this year.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Bad Hat, who had to abandon the Queen's Plate trail after contracting a virus, makes his turf debut Wednesday night at Woodbine in the $125,000 Bold Ruckus Stakes.

The six-furlong event has lured just four other Ontario-sired 3-year-olds, including Initforthemoney and Tothemoonandback. All five are trying the grass for the first time.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - , the winner of the Grade 1 Triple Bend Handicap last summer, makes his 2006 debut in Wednesday's seventh race at Hollywood Park, a program that also features a pick-six carryover of $167,242.

Trainer David Bernstein said Unfurl the Flag "is acting like his old self" in preparation for his comeback, but he is taking a cautious approach to Wednesday's race at 6 1/2 furlongs. The goal is to have Unfurl the Flag ready for a start in the Triple Bend Handicap on July 2.

CALGARY, Alberta - Desmond Bryan was a man on a mission at Stampede Park on Saturday aboard Braetta in the 1 1/16-mile Duchess of York.

"We should have won last time but we got blocked making our move," said Bryan, referring to the wild finish of the Ken Pearson Memorial at Stampede on May 22.

Braetta finished a neck behind Wild Bender that day, dead-heating for place with Stole One.

ELMONT, N.Y. - As good a weekend as the Maktoum family had at Belmont Park, it may only be a harbinger for the major races this summer and fall.

Led by Jazil's victory in Saturday's Belmont Stakes for Sheikh Hamdan bid Rashid al Maktoum's Shadwell Stable, the Maktoum family won seven races at Belmont between Friday and Sunday, including graded stakes scores by Songster in the Woody Stephens and Dubai Escapade in the Vagrancy. The latter two victories came for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's Darley Stable. Sheik Mohammed is the younger brother of Sheikh Hamdan.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Hollywood Park's leading trainer, Doug O'Neill, had a starter test in excess of the permitted level of bicarbonates, or total carbon dioxide, at Hollywood last month, an infraction likely to result in a penalty from the California Horse Racing Board.

As a result of the test findings, O'Neill's runners will be confined to a prerace detention barn for 24 hours during a 30-day period from Wednesday through July 13. For a 15-day period beginning on July 14, O'Neill's stable will be subject to surveillance from the racing board.

STOCKTON, Calif. - Northern California's two-month summer caravan begins Wednesday when the San Joaquin County Fair opens the fair racing season.

There are six stops on the circuit, with visits to Pleasanton, Vallejo, Santa Rosa, San Mateo, and Ferndale scheduled before racing returns to Golden Gate Fields on Aug. 24. The Big Fresno Fair will conduct racing in October.

The big news at Stockton is the revival of the Swepida Stakes for the first time this decade. The 5 1/2-furlong, $40,000 overnight stakes is scheduled for June 24.