ELMONT, N.Y. - Pat Reynolds has had some good fortune at the claim box over the years, haltering the likes of Peeping Tom, Eltawaasul, Alysweep, and Tom's Thunder, and turning them into stakes winners.

Reynolds appears to have made another solid claim in Rahy's Chance, whom he and owner Paul Pompa took for $75,000 on Aug. 4. Three weeks later, Reynolds won an optional claiming race with him at Saratoga. On Wednesday, Rahy's Chance runs in another a high-priced claimer, the feature on Belmont Park's nine-race card.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Handle figures suffered significant declines at the 90-day Monmouth Park meet that ended Sunday, both ontrack and off.

Ontrack handle on Monmouth races fell to an average of $645,523, 8.5 percent lower than last year's daily average for an 87-day meet. Even greater was the 14.4 percent drop in total daily handle on Monmouth racing from all sources, to $3,019,576.

The lone bright spot was attendance, averaging 9,093 daily, right in line with 9,085 in 2004.

Hurricane Rita's impact on Delta Downs, a racetrack, casino, and hotel property in Vinton, La., was still being determined on Monday, but there is wind and water damage to the track's main buildings, and the roofs of most of the wooden barns on the backstretch were blown off in the storm, according to an official with the town of Vinton and several others with knowledge of the local situation. A reopening date for the property has not been determined, but it will be a race to repair the damage before Oct. 21, when Delta is scheduled to begin its Thoroughbred meet.

Missile Bay and Who's the Cowboy won $60,000 stakes for 3-year-olds on closing day at Monmouth Park.

Missile Bay ($12.40), trained by Scott Lake and ridden by Aaron Gryder, set a quick pace and held off a late bid from Career Oriented to capture the Mongo Queen for fillies. Missile Bay prevailed by three-quarters of a length in 1:10.13 for the six furlongs.

The New Jersey-bred Who's the Cowboy ($6.80) beat open company in the City Zip. The gelding came off the pace to beat Euro Code by 1 1/4 lengths as he ran the six furlongs in 1:09.04.

Courtly Jazz benefited from a rail-skimming ride by new journeyman David Cohen to score a $24.60 upset at Fairplex Park in the $98,000 Ralph M. Hinds Handicap. Cohen lost his apprentice allowance Saturday and wasted no time making his mark as a journeyman: The Hinds was his first stakes win, and Sunday was his first three-win day.

Trained by Gary Mandella, Courtly Jazz won by a neck over Robledo; it was 3 1/2 lengths back to Melanyhasthepapers. The time was 1:49.81 for about 1 1/8 miles.

Artistic Express had no problem carrying her speed seven furlongs as she recorded a 1 1/2-length, front-running score over Fly to Me in Sunday's $113,500 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes for New York-bred juvenile fillies at Belmont Park.

It was the third victory in this race for trainer Mike Hernandez, who also won it in 2002 with Beautiful America and 1995 with Three Pack.

Under Edgar Prado, Artistic Express ($36.20) covered seven furlongs in 1:26.29.

Earlier in the week, trainer Christophe Clement lost an overnight stakes at Belmont Park by a nose to trainer Bill Mott.

Saturday, Clement exacted some revenge when Bright Abundance got the jump on the Mott-trained My Lordship turning for home and held off that rival by a half-length to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Noble Damsel Handicap before 7,324 at Belmont. It was one length back to Asti in third.

Trainer Doug O'Neill and jockey Martin Pedroza extended their respective leads at Fairplex Park by winning the $98,000 Pomona Derby with Dover Dere. Dover Dere snapped a nine-race losing streak by finishing one length in front of Chummin. Ninety Fine finished third. Khyber Pass, the 2-1 favorite, finished sixth. Program favorite Texcess scratched.

The win by Dover Dere ($7.40) was his first since December. He pressed the pace outside Chummin and edged clear late to win the "about" 1 1/8-mile race in a slow 1:49.96.

Capitalizing on a blistering pace, Level Playingfield rallied from last to first to win the $75,000 Marfa Stakes at Turfway Park.

Appearing hopelessly out of touch with the field early, Level Playingfield shot through the stretch under jockey John McKee, catching early leaders Korbyn Gold and With Distinction in the closing yards to score by a length. Korbyn Gold, who controlled the pace, held second narrowly over With Distinction.

Mingo Mohawk ($11.60) rallied from last in the final quarter-mile to score a widening 1 1/2-length victory over Bisquik in the $75,000 Prairie Meadows Derby.

Under jockey Glenn Corbett, Mingo Mohawk clocked the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.92 over a track listed as good. Bisquik nosed out pacesetter Yak the Desert Rat in the final stride for the place.