MIAMI - Cervelo's chances of successfully defending his title in Saturday's $45,000 Blazing Sword Stakes at Calder may hinge on the weather.

Early in the week, when entries were taken for Saturday's $100,000 John Rooney Memorial at Delaware Park, trainer Graham Motion was confident the quarter crack that prevented five-time graded-stakes winner Film Maker from racing on Memorial Day would be healed.

By Wednesday, however, Motion had reconsidered. Although the injury is minor and something he has dealt with before with the mare, Motion realized it would be better to give the 6-year-old Film Maker a bit more time before she makes her first start of 2006.

Christmas Stocking, a stakes winner on turf in Florida, and Somethinaboutbetty, a two-time stakes winner on dirt, square off in the $75,000 Pearl Necklace at Pimlico.

The 1 1/16-mile turf race for 3-year-old Maryland-bred fillies drew a field of 10.

most impressive performance came when she rallied from sixth to capture the $100,000 Cherokee Frolic at Calder in early December. She has been freshened since finishing third, beaten a head, in another turf stakes, the Bedanken, at Louisiana Downs in mid-January.

Trainer Scott Lake will try to take his fifth straight stakes at Charles Town when he runs the razor-sharp Remarqable Tale in the $50,000 Turn Capp at seven furlongs. Lake has won all four stakes run at the Charles Town meet.

A 5-year-old mare claimed for $15,000 out of a nonwinners-of-two race at Aqueduct in March, Remarqable Tale has since reeled off three consecutive wins, including back-to-back scores at Charles Town by a combined 11 3/4 lengths.

The horse to beat, however, may be the 7-year-old Miss Hamma. a two-time stakes winner at Charles Town last season.

All systems appear to be go for the crack sprinter Gold Storm's return to action following a year away in Saturday night's $75,000 Need for Speed at Evangeline Downs. The five-furlong race drew a field of six, including Final Draft, who was also entered in Saturday afternoon's $50,000 Kings Court Stakes at Louisiana Downs.

Platinum Ballet heads a field of six fillies and mares entered in Saturday's $50,000 Wild Rose Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Tri Uimet and Dooze are unquestionably two of the best Ohio-bred 3-year-olds around. Which of the two is better will be decided at River Downs in the $50,000 Green Carpet Stakes.

Both Tri Uimet and Dooze enter the Green Carpet off two dominating sprint wins. Tri Uimet captured a pair of allowances at Thistledown by a combined margin of more than 12 lengths, while Dooze's two wins at Beulah Park, including the Noonan Stakes, were by a combined margin of more than 21 lengths.

Stalwartly, a half-brother to 2002 champion sprinter Orientate, should get a favorable pace setup in the $40,000 Nevill/Kyocera for 3-year-olds at Lone Star Park near Dallas.

The six-furlong race, restricted to those who have not won a stakes in 2006, drew an evenly matched field of eight.

A competitive field of nine fillies and mares were entered in the $40,000 Hoist Her Flag Stakes at Canterbury Park.

Random Gold is in the best form of his career, and he will make his stakes debut against Venomous in the $50,000 Kings Court at Louisiana Downs.

The six-furlong race drew seven sprinters, including Grand Bank and That Tat, who finished eighth in a turf sprint stakes at Lone Star last Sunday.