LOUISVILLE, Ky. - With field size averaging slightly more than 10 horses per race, the fall meet at Churchill Downs has been an outstanding one from a horseplayer's perspective. But for some trainers, trying to get a certain race to "go," or even having a horse draw into one of the many races that have been oversubscribed, has led to some trying circumstances.

"It's the toughest meet I can remember," said Bob Holthus, who has been training since 1952. "I can't get horses in, and when I have, I've had a tough time."

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - At first glance, If It's Meant to B appears overmatched in the $49,000 optional-claiming feature for fillies and mares Wednesday at Aqueduct.

A 3-year-old New York-bred, faces five hard-knocking rivals in the 6 1/2-furlong race.

Upon further review, however, If It's Meant to B should be a factor in this spot. A chestnut trained by Heriberto Cedano, she returns following a pair of discouraging turf stakes efforts at Saratoga.

ALBANY, Calif. - There is a $64,931 pick six carryover for Wednesday at Golden Gate Fields, and it looks eminently hittable with a $72 ticket (3x1x2x3x2x1).

Race 3, the opening leg of the pick six, is a $20,000 claimer at six furlongs and could be the toughest of the six races.

There is an abundance of speed in the race, and Outofthewest could be the speed horse to play. Retirees Three should be poised to get first run on the speed horses. Always Remember has recorded 5 of his 7 career victories here, and has the ability to close.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Foxy Money has won his two career starts at healthy odds but will be a much shorter price at Woodbine Wednesday evening when he faces just four rivals in the $125,000 Frost King Stakes, a seven-furlong race for Ontario-sired 2-year-olds.

Foxy Money, owned and bred by Colebrook Farm and trained by Frank Passero, was 12-1 when he made a winning debut for a $60,000 claiming price at five furlongs here Sept. 10.

John Velazquez broke Jerry Bailey's single-season earnings record Sunday at Aqueduct.

Velazquez's mounts have earned $23,356,456 this year to establish the mark for a North American-based rider. Included in that total is Velazquez's victory aboard Roses in May in the $6 million Dubai World Cup.

Velazquez took the mark when India finished third in the Valley Stream Stakes to earn $10,792.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - When Cryptograph reeled in the front-runners to record his second straight stakes victory in last Saturday's , he earned more than the $98,640 winner's share of the $165,600 jackpot.

Cryptograph, a Kentucky-bred 4-year-old colt owned and bred by Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stable and trained by Malcolm Pierce, was making his third appearance of the Woodbine meeting in the Slots Cup.

CHICAGO - Winter racing at Hawthorne can produce strange results, but even so, it would qualify as news of the weird if G G's Dolly loses the Wednesday feature here. G G's Dolly is a real racehorse, a winner in half her six starts. She finished second at Keeneland in her most recent race, and meets six apparently overmatched opponents in the third race on Wednesday, a third-level sprint allowance with a $35,000 claiming option.

HOUSTON - The careers of trainer Michelle Lovell and her first stakes winner, Red Bird's Meister, are both on the rise. Lovell, a former jockey who began training in 2003, has almost tripled her number of wins this year compared to 2004.

Red Bird's Meister, meanwhile, defeated some of Texas's best sprinters on Saturday night, when he won the $50,000 on the Texas Champions Day card at Sam Houston Race Park.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Trainer Robbie Bailes confirmed Monday that Scrappy T will run Saturday in the Grade 1, $350,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.

The Cigar Mile is the centerpiece of the Big A's stakes-heavy HolidayFest weekend.

It begins Thursday with the $100,000 Fall Highweight Handicap and continues Friday with the Grade 2, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap for fillies and mares.

In addition to the Cigar Mile on Saturday, the Big A offers a pair of Grade 2, $200,000 juvenile stakes: the Remsen and the Demoiselle for fillies.

Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Canandaigua, N.Y., canceled its live racing cards on Monday and Tuesday after an assistant starter, Leon Reed, died of injuries he sustained during an accident at the starting gate last Saturday.