On Saturday at Belmont, trainer Todd Pletcher will have two chances to add to his ever-growing collection of juvenile stakes trophies when he saddles the uncoupled entry of Summer Palace and Cinderella's Dream in the $100,000 Maid of the Mist for New York-bred fillies.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Kate Winslet and On the Bus won the split divisions of the Yaddo Handicap at Saratoga, and for two months since, fierce arguments have raged in the noted Saratoga Springs artists' retreat over who was better. They can put down their paintbrushes and stop fighting on Saturday, when Kate Winslet and On the Bus meet to settle that burning question in the $150,000 Ticonderoga Stakes at Belmont Park.

Hirapour will try to lock up a second straight Eclipse Award in Saturday afternoon's Grade 1, $200,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase at Far Hills, N.J.

, a 9-year-old gelding, faces five rivals in steeplechase racing's richest event. Having already won two Grade 1 stakes this year, Hirapour can clinch the title with a victory in the 2 5/8-mile race over 14 fences.

For Hirapour's owner, Eldon Farm, owned by Atlanta business executive Ken Luke, a second straight championship would be a remarkable accomplishment for a relative newcomer to the sport.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Riders based at Belmont Park said Thursday morning that they are upset with the New York Racing Association over inconsistencies in conveying and reporting to the public the esoteric ways in which weight is calculated.

Much of the contentiousness stems from the fallout over grand jury indictments last month of Mario Sclafani, the clerk of scales, and Braulio Baeza, his assistant, both of whom were subsequently fired by NYRA. The riders believe misunderstandings over the ways in which weight is calculated led to the indictments.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Even the short stretch at Fairplex Park could not help Bengal Lore lead throughout the Barretts Juvenile Stakes last month.

"We just got nailed at the wire," trainer Ted H. West said of the colt's runner-up finish after leading by two lengths with a furlong remaining.

The Barretts Juvenile was Bengal Lore's stakes debut. Saturday, Bengal Lore returns as a top contender in the $75,000 Sunny Slope Stakes at Santa Anita.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eric Kruljac had his stable star Leave Me Alone flown from Southern California to Keeneland earlier this week. The intent was to run Saturday in the $300,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes, but after entries were drawn, Kruljac was having second thoughts.

"I don't know if we'll run," Kruljac said Thursday from Arizona. "I'm just leery about how slow that track has been there. Unless it tightens up some, I'm going to have to really think about it."

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Spruce Run hit the road to find his best form of the season.

The 7-year-old carries a two-stakes winning streak into the Grade 3, $150,000 Cliff Hanger at 1 1/16 miles on the turf Saturday night at The Meadowlands Racetrack.

The Cliff Hanger, the final graded stakes of the meet, was originally scheduled for Oct. 14. It was postponed when a severe rainstorm wiped out the week of racing at the Big M.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Electrocutionist, who looms the favorite and the horse to beat in Sunday's Grade 1 , will face nine rivals in the richest running of Woodbine's 1 1/2-mile turf showpiece.

The Canadian International, increased in value by $500,000 to $2 million this year, attracted a field of 10, announced at a ceremonial draw here Thursday.

Electrocutionist, who is trained by Valfredo Valiani and will be ridden by Mick Kinane, will begin from post 3 in a race where starting position figures to be of little import.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Championship implications will be on the line when Langara Lass, Miss Me Not, and No Ka Oi meet in Saturday's $75,000-added Fantasy Stakes at Hastings. If all seven of the 2-year-old fillies entered in the 1 1/16-mile feature start, the total purse will be $107,000.

Portland Meadows in Portland, Ore., ushers in its 80-day 2005-06 meeting Saturday with a nine-race card headed by the $10,000 Inaugural Handicap, a six-furlong test for older sprinters that has drawn a field of five. The meeting ends on May 7, 2006, Kentucky Derby Day.