OLDSMAR, Fla. - Mission accomplished.

Trainer Todd Pletcher got all he could have asked or hoped for from his top Kentucky Derby prospect, Bluegrass Cat, in Saturday's $125,000 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Bluegrass Cat overcame some early bumping, showed the ability to rate off the pace, then outfinished 63-1 Deputy Glitters to win the Sam F. Davis by a widening 1 1/4 lengths in making his first start since winning the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes on Nov. 26. It was another 4 1/4 lengths back to R Loyal Man, who finished third in a scratch-reduced field of 10 3-year-olds.

ARCADIA, Calif. - was a finalist for the 2004 Eclipse Award as the nation's outstanding turf female. She has won more than $1.4 million and scored a hard-fought win in her last start, the Tuzla Handicap in January.

Those credentials would seemingly make her a strong favorite in Monday's $150,000 Buena Vista Handicap at Santa Anita. But Ticker Tape has to share top billing with an outstanding field of fillies and mares in the one-mile turf race.

The Grade 2 Buena Vista Handicap drew a field of 13 - nine graded or group stakes winners and four other stakes winners.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Building a case for Lawyer Ron in Monday's $250,000 * at Oaklawn Park takes little effort. He's fast. He's fit. He's fresh. And he's the one to beat when he takes on seven others in the Southwest, the first of two local preps for the Grade 2, $1 million Arkansas Derby.

Lawyer Ron established himself as one of the country's best 3-year-olds in his last start, storming to an 8 1/4-length win in the Grade 3, $250,000 Risen Star at the Fair Grounds meet at Louisiana Downs on Jan. 14.

ALBANY, Calif. - Point Determined, considered one of trainer Bob Baffert's primary Kentucky Derby hopefuls, scored a 1 1/2-length victory in an $80,000 optional claimer at one mile Friday at Golden Gate Fields.

A $750,000 Barretts purchase last March by Bob and Beverly Lewis, Point Determined won for the second time in four career starts.

Flat-footed at the break, Point Determined got away last under jockey Russell Baze. He sat off Dr. Einstein and R Fat Man, while racing three wide all the way around the track.

ALBANY, Calif. - Monday's Grade 3, $150,000 All American Handicap at Golden Gate Fields could be called the Make Amends Handicap.

Three of the seven runners are coming off disappointing efforts.

"The last was disappointing. I thought he was sitting on a top race," Buzzards Bay's trainer Ron Ellis said of his horse's fourth-place finish in the Sunshine Millions Classic at Santa Anita on Jan. 28.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Wet weather early Saturday led trainer Dan Hendricks to postpone a workout for top 3-year-old Brother Derek, a decision that Hendricks said does not interfere with plans for a start in the Santa Catalina Stakes on March 4.

Rain fell overnight on Friday at Santa Anita. Even though it was partly cloudy by the first race on Saturday, more rain was expected on Saturday night and Sunday.

Brother Derek has had one workout since his last start, a win in the San Rafael Stakes on Jan. 14; he worked five furlongs in 59.40 seconds on Feb. 12.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - On paper, Monday's $65,000 Dearly Precious Stakes looms a rubber match between and Oprah Winney, who split decisions in the Randaroo and Ruthless Stakes earlier this winter.

But Richard Dutrow Jr., the trainer of Oprah Winney, was so impressed with how Silvestris trounced his filly in the Ruthless that he plans to scratch Oprah Winney if Silvestris runs.

"If that other filly runs, I'm not running,'' Dutrow said.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Safari Queen, a champion last year in her native Argentina, will put her lofty reputation on the line for the first time in the U.S. when she takes on seven other fillies and mares in a third-level allowance race at 1 1/16 miles on the turf Monday at Gulfstream Park.

Safari Queen captured 3 of her 4 starts in 2005, including a pair of Group 1 races. A versatile filly, she won stakes on both turf and dirt before being purchased privately by Alan Cohen's Arindel Farm and turned over to trainer Todd Pletcher.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - My Lordship angled to the middle of the course out of the second turn, then drove to the lead in midstretch en route to a one-length victory over Laurafina in the $120,500 at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday.

The Endeavour was one of two undercard stakes on the Festival Preview Day card that was topped by the Sam F. Davis Stakes.

Your Bluffing solidified his status as the hottest older horse on the grounds at Laurel Park by dominating Saturday's 52nd running of the $100,000 .

A 6-year-old gelding ridden by Mario Pino for trainer Mike Trombetta, Your Bluffing ($2.40) cruised to a 6 3/4-length victory over four rivals to extend his winning streak to five races and improve his record over Laurel's main track to 13 for 18.