Tale of Freedom has apparently settled in nicely at Lone Star Park near Dallas. After racing exclusively in Florida, she will make her Texas debut on Sunday, and in preparation for the appearance worked a bullet five furlongs in 59.20 seconds May 10.

Tale of Freedom will be one of the top choices in the featured eighth race, a one-mile allowance on turf for fillies who have never won three races. She will be making her first start since March 27, when she finished fifth in a second-level allowance at Gulfstream Park.

Can last year's champions handle the new shooters? That's the question handicappers must answer Sunday when assessing the field in the $40,000 Lady Slipper Stakes at Canterbury Park.

Restricted to Minnesota-bred fillies and mares, the six-furlong Lady Slipper will showcase Bleu's Apparition and Sentimental Charm, who were named statebred champion in their respective divisions and who were both honored last week by the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association.

Mr Tire may rate a slight edge when an evenly matched field of seven start in the $15,000 Journal Star Stakes for 3-year-olds at Lincoln.

Trained by Bill Conyers, Mr Tire took the 6 1/2-furlong Baxter Stakes at Fonner Park on April 22, defeating his chief rival in this race, My Halo. He came back on eight days' rest to finish third against second-level allowance company and should be ready to a strong effort. Regular rider Dennis Collins will be aboard from post 2.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Top Notch Lady should be tough going from the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks to the Grade 3, $250,000 Selene Stakes on Sunday at Woodbine.

The Selene, a 1 1/16-mile race, has lured five other 3-year-old fillies, including Woodbine Oaks nominees Like a Gem, Questuary, and Seductively.

Top Notch Lady won 3 of 6 starts as a 2-year-old, including the Glorious Song Stakes in November. She was absent for four months heading into the Grade 3 Bourbonette Breeders' Cup Stakes at Turfway on March 25, which she won by a neck over the Polytrack surface.

AUBURN, Wash. - Devons Smokin and Chestnut Lady, the one-two finishers in the six-furlong U.S. Bank Stakes on April 23, will be rematched at 6 1/2 furlongs in Sunday's $40,000 Federal Way Handicap at Emerald Downs.

Devons Smokin, a 3-year-old daughter of Devon Lane from the barn of trainer Manny Calvario, employed a quick move on the turn to win the U.S. Bank by 1 1/2 lengths in 1:10.20. Last year Devons Smokin won 2 of 6 starts, beating maidens at Golden Gate Fields before scoring a convincing 3 1/2-length victory in the $125,000 CTBA Stakes for California-breds at Del Mar.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Bullseye Bess will be looking for her second straight win when she faces a tough group of older fillies and mares in Sunday's feature at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong $35,000 optional claiming race, which goes as the eighth race on the card, drew seven horses.

CALGARY, Alberta - Stephan Heiler's four wins here Wednesday thrust him into the second spot in the Stampede Park rider standings with 29 victories, 3 ahead of Rickey Walcott and 18 behind runaway leader Quincy Welch. Heiler is enjoying his best spring ever following his successful comeback last year after a brief retirement brought on by his ongoing battle with weight.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Queenmab'sdaughter returns to northern California in an attempt to regain her winning form in Sunday's Bay Meadows feature, a $62,500 optional claimer for fillies and mares at six furlongs.

A 4-year-old filly, is winless in three starts since venturing south to meet stakes company last year. She has hit the board in 8 of 9 northern California starts.

She faces five rivals Sunday, including the speedy , a stakes winner here in the Courtship Stakes as a 2-year-old; and Gotta Go Gal, who has hit the board in her past four starts.

PHOENIX - The $50,000 Hasta La Vista Handicap on Sunday helps to bring a close to the long Turf Paradise meet. The traditional closing-day event goes as the 10th race, the final race of the meeting, and has lured a field of 12 for the grueling 1 7/8 miles on the turf.

, runner-up in this race in 2003 and 2005 and third in this race in 2002 and 2004.

AUBURN, Wash. - What do we do with Diamond Dollars in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Federal Way Handicap?

Diamond Dollars, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Stravinsky, showed good speed before tiring in both of her starts at Sunland Park earlier this spring, the first time against maiden special weight company and the next time against $12,500 maidens. She was claimed out of her second start by trainer Bill Tollett, who has been known to move horses up off the claim. Still, there was little to prepare fans for her Emerald Downs debut against $25,000 maidens on May 5.