Kingsfield rates a slight edge in a competitive field of seven 3-year-olds in the $50,000 Prairie Mile at Prairie Meadows.

Kingsfield is the only multiple stakes winner entered in the Prairie Mile and the only horse with a stakes win around two turns by virtue of his 5 1/2-length score in the $75,000 Sugar Bowl at Louisiana Downs on New Year's Day.

In his most recent start, Kingsfield rallied from last at the top of the stretch in a field of six to finish second, beaten a half-length, in the six-furlong Shecky Greene Handicap at Arlington on May 5.

Track Hero should rule a solid favorite when he heads a field of eight, including his stablemate My Halo, in the $20,000 State Fair Breeders' Special for 3-year-old Nebraska-breds at Lincoln.

Trainer David Anderson ran Track Hero and My Halo as a coupled entry in their last race, but they will go as separate betting interests this time and either horse could easily be the winner. Track Hero has won four times this year, but he was fourth to My Halo in the Fonner Park Special in April and has not gone beyond six furlongs.

Here Tiger and Chief What It Is are quick colts who have proven to be difficult to run down when on the lead. Saturday, the two will meet for the first time in the $50,000 Airline, a six-furlong race for 3-year-olds at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La.

A competitive field of six went in the race, which will go as the sixth. Other entrants include Premier Dance, a five-time stakes winner making his first start since April, and Muni High Yield, whose ability to stalk could serve him well if a duel were to develop.

Cherokee's Boy can achieve millionaire status even if he doesn't repeat last year's victory in the Brandywine Stakes at Delaware Park.

The 6-year-old needs to finish third or better in Saturday's $100,000 stakes at 1 1/16 miles to surpass the million-dollar milestone in career earnings.

A Maryland-bred based at the Bowie Training Center with trainer Gary Capuano, Cherokee's Boy wired six rivals in last year's Brandywine, the first of five stakes victories during 2005, which was highlighted by a 1 1/4-length win in the Grade 3 Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park.

Trickle of Gold, one of the East Coast's top female sprinters, will be a solid favorite to win her third straight start in the $75,000 Skipat for filly and mare sprinters on closing day at Pimlico.

The 4-year-old Trickle of Gold, based at Delaware with trainer Mike Gorham, set a track record for 5 1/2 furlongs there a month ago and came back two weeks later to capture the six-furlong Sweet 'n Sassy Stakes.

The six-furlong distance of the Skipat is ideal for Trickle of Gold, who is 7 for 9 in sprints of similar length.

The old-timer Ask the Lord will attempt to turn back the clock when he ships in from Kentucky for the $75,000 Slipton Fell Handicap at Mountaineer.

Now 9, Ask the Lord won the 2004 edition of the mile and 70-yard Slipton Fell by a length with a 100 Beyer Speed Figure. He has lost 11 stakes races since then, however, and his Beyers have declined by roughly 20 points in two starts since he finished a close second in the Tejano Run at Turfway Park in March.

Barring a slew of scratches, a trainer other than Scott Lake will win a stakes at Charles Town.

Lake has swept all five stakes run this season at the West Virginia oval and has Morine's Victory entered for this weekend's $50,000 Cortan at seven furlongs. Morine's Victory is stuck on the also-eligible list, along with two-time West Virginia Breeders Classic winner Confucius Say. To run, Lake's horse would need at least three horses to scratch to get into the 10-horse field.

The deep closer Vanna's Honeybear and Unison Moon come into the Cortan in sharp form.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The $500,000 Woodbine Oaks will be in the spotlight here Sunday, and that means the $1 million Queen's Plate is just two weeks away.

And the June 25 Queen's Plate, a 1 1/4-mile race for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds, may have gained a new player on Wednesday night when Stormkick was an impressive winner of a "B" maiden race for trainer Mike Doyle and the Hendrie Stable.

"He's a very serious possibility for the Plate," said Doyle.

Check This Runner and Corona Deluxe, the second- and third-place finishers in the Grade 1 Kindergarten, return in the trials to the Grade 1, $1 million Ed Burke Futurity on Saturday night at Los Alamitos.

Check This Runner is still a maiden after three 300-yard starts, but his late-running style should help him at the 350-yard distance of the Burke trials. He closed strongly to finish third in his Kindergarten trial and used the same tactics to finish second in the Kindergarten, three-quarters of a length behind winner Vachetta.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Like a Gem, who is coming off a second-place finish in the seven-furlong Fury Stakes here May 7, drew post 4 and has been installed as a lukewarm 5-2 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $500,000 Woodbine Oaks.

A field of 10 was announced for the 51st running of the Woodbine Oaks, a 1 1/8-mile race for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies, at the ceremonial draw here Thursday.

Seductively, a front-running winner of the 1 1/16-mile Selene Stakes here last time out, has drawn post 6 and is the morning-line second choice at 3-1.