OZONE PARK, N.Y. - John Hertler already trains one of the better New York-bred turf horses in Dave, with whom Hertler won the West Point Handicap at Saratoga. Three weeks ago, Hertler took over the training of another talented New York-bred grass runner in Retribution, who heads a deep field in Sunday's $100,000 Cormorant Stakes at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - As third-place finishes go, Classic Pack's effort in the Sleepy Hollow Stakes and Little Miss Zip's performance in the Maid of the Mist two weeks ago in one-mile stakes races at Belmont Park were solid.

Sunday, Classic Pack and Little Miss Zip cut back to their preferred distance of six furlongs and look like the ones to beat in their respective divisions of restricted stakes at Aqueduct.

meets 11 other fillies in the $125,000 Fifth Avenue. Both races are restricted to progeny of New York-based stallions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Marty Wolfson has gotten pretty good at scoring with the hit-and-run in Kentucky. Last month at Keeneland, Pampered Princess won the Grade 1 Spinster Stakes, emulating the successful invasions that the south Florida-based Wolfson has pulled off in recent years with fillies such as Stay Forever and O K to Dance.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Surely the most ubiquitous new wager in North America this year is the 10-cent superfecta. many racetracks now sell a dime super, which allows bettors to buy more combinations at a fraction of what it would otherwise cost in $1 increments.

Arlington Park and Ellis Park, both owned by Churchill Downs Inc., sold dime supers at their respective meets this summer, but when the company's flagship track opened its fall meet on Oct. 30, Churchill declined to offer them.

MIAMI - Calder's racing schedule returned to normal on Thursday for the first time since the area was devastated by Hurricane Wilma on Oct. 24, but the track itself is still not conducting business "under any semblance of normality," according to Calder president Ken Dunn.

"It's a credit to the department heads and the local horsemen that we are back on schedule, but it's going to be a long time before we get back to life around here pre-Wilma," Dunn said Friday.

ALBANY, Calif. - Trainer Paulo Lobo always sparkles with his Brazilian imports, be they the 2002 Eclipse winner Farda Amiga or the talented Brazilian-bred sprinter Pico Central.

He unveiled another talented Brazilian, Sky Di Job, at Bay Meadows in September and brings him back for his second start in Sunday's Golden Gate Fields feature, a $50,000 optional claimer at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Sky Di Job faces six rivals in the first race at a special post time of 11:30 a.m. because of the Cal Cup at Oak Tree at Santa Anita.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Lilsisterlightning may have lost a step this year, but the 8-year-old mare still tries hard every time and could be tough to get past in Sunday's feature race at Hastings. She's one of many contenders in a 6 1/2-furlong sprint for $20,000 optional fillies and mares, which drew nine horses and goes as the eighth race.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Edenwold will try to lock up this year's Sovereign Award for Canadian champion 2-year-old Sunday at Woodbine in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity.

Edenwold, a $100,000 yearling purchase by owners Jim and Alice Sapara, has won three consecutive sprint stakes since winning his maiden with ease in July. He upset Kentucky shipper Key West Breeze in the open Colin Stakes, and then trounced Ontario-foaled runners in the Vandal, with a good Beyer Speed Figure of 86.

Rocky Gulch will spot his rivals from 10 to 19 pounds on Sunday, when he starts as the 127-pound highweight in the $140,000 New Mexico Cup Classic at Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M.

The one-mile race is the richest Thoroughbred offering on the inaugural $1.2 million New Mexico Cup card, a program of 11 stakes restricted to horses bred in New Mexico.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer Bob Rohman is making plans to spend the final part of the 2005 Canadian racing season in Ontario. It will be a short stay. The last day of racing at Woodbine is Dec. 11, and Rohman is planning on leaving Hastings around Nov. 14.

He will be taking three horses with him, all 3-year-olds, including Bull Ranch, who finished second in the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby and then beat older horses in the Premiers. All three horses are owned by Siminichiello Stables Inc.