ETOBICOKE, Ontario - A Bit O'Gold moved back to the top of the local turf class Sunday with his neck score under Jono Jones in the Grade 2 Sky Classic Handicap at Woodbine.

"I thought he ran a very gutsy race," said Catherine Day Phillips, who trains A Bit O'Gold for The Two Bit Racing Stable.

"It was a very, very good ride by Jono and a tremendous performance by A Bit O'Gold."

Despite her words of praise for A Bit O'Gold, Day Phillips isn't about to call out the brass band for the Grade 1 Canadian International here Oct. 23.

Bobby Frankel long ago established his dominance on both coasts of the United States, but it has only been in recent years, as purses at Kentucky's major racetracks became competitive with those in New York and Southern California, that Frankel's influence has come to the fore at Keeneland and Churchill Downs.

CHICAGO - The old Chicago claiming trainer is headed for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

AUBURN, Wash. - Mr. Makah came from 20 lengths back under Leslie Mawing to run down the pacesetters at the top of the lane, then dug in to stave off the late move of entrymate Best Game In Town to prevail by a neck in Sunday's $50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic at Emerald Downs.

Mr. Makah, a 5-year-old trained by Bonnie Jenne, got the 1 1-16 miles in 1:42.40 over a sloppy track and paid $5.00 to win as the second choice in a compact field of five.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - In a stunning upset, Comalagold, a 25-1 shot, won a photo over 2-5 favorite Nicole's Dream in the $40,000 Majorette Handicap at Louisiana Downs on Sunday.

Nicole's Dream dueled with Runs Naked through fractions of 21.13 seconds for the opening quarter, and 43.38 for the half-mile mark. Comalagold ($53.40) rallied into the hot pace and was up for a nose win over Nicole's Dream, who finished a length and a quarter clear of third-place finisher Runs Naked.

Nicole's Dream is an excellent gate horse, but ended up breaking fourth on Sunday.

ARCADIA, Calif. - After three tough losses in major stakes in the summer, Fourty Niners Son finally won a major race in Sunday's $250,000 at the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting.

Whether the victory leads to a start in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Belmont Park on Oct. 29 depends on a future discussion between owner Tom Baxter and trainer Neil Drysdale.

At the least, Fourty Niners Son put together what Drysdale described as "a professional race" in the Grade 1 Hirsch.

Northern Scene made a splash in his first start in his native Texas on Saturday night, when he shattered a course record at Retama Park while winning the feature on the richest card of the meet, the $100,000 Texas Hall of Fame Stakes. The mile and a sixteenth turf race was one of six retricted stakes worth $470,000. The card is a fixture at Retama, and it is designed to complement inductions into the track's Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Jockey Tyler Baze failed a breathalyzer test on Saturday night at Hoosier Park and has been suspended for seven days, according to Gary Wilfert, a steward at Hoosier Park.

Baze, 22, was at Hoosier Park to ride Southern Africa in the Indiana Derby. He was taken off that mount. Stewards at Santa Anita on Sunday said Baze would be removed from his mounts at Santa Anita, including Leprechaun Kid in the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Turf Championship.

"With reciprocity, we honor that," said George Slender, a steward at Santa Anita. "Tyler will be off today."

ARCADIA, Calif. - Healthy Addiction bravely re-rallied to finish first, then withstood a lengthy stewards's inquiry, before being declared the winner of the Grade 2, $250,000 on Sunday at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.

ELMONT, N.Y. - He's Got Grit used his brilliant speed to open up a clear early lead then opened up again in upper stretch en route to a 3 1/2-length victory over Dr. Pleasure in Sunday's $77,150 Cowdin Stakes at Belmont Park.

The race was marred by the fatal breakdown of Winning Minister about 30 yards from the wire. He suffered a fractured sesamoid in his left foreleg and had to be euthanized.