MIAMI - The heavy rain that hit the local area Saturday morning may have put a damper on Calder's $1.6 million Festival of the Sun, but it played right into the hands of Dazzling Dr. Cevin. He proved the major beneficiary when all three scheduled grass races on the card, including the $200,000 and Calder Oaks, were switched from the turf to the main track because of the inclement weather.

The $150,000 Oklahoma Derby was taking shape on Saturday, with Real Dandy and Military Major among the leading contenders expected for the 1 1/8-mile race that will be run at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Friday night. Entries will be drawn Tuesday.

Golden Rainbow, who is in sharp form, is a possible for the race, according to Tim Ritchey, who trains the horse for the Cash Is King syndicate that also races Afleet Alex. In his last start, Golden Rainbow stormed to a 5 1/4-length win in a two-other-than allowance at Delaware Park on Oct. 9.

Thunder Touch finished second but was placed first by the stewards in the $100,000 Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial Handicap on Saturday at Delaware Park.

Forest Park, seeking his ninth win in 11 career starts, finished first but was disqualified and placed second for interfering with Thunder Touch a furlong from the wire in the six-furlong race.

It was a tough loss for Forest Park, the 9-5 second-choice who survived an early duel with 8-5 favorite Toscani, the two going neck and neck through quick fractions of 21.58 seconds for the quarter-mile and 44.26 for the half.

Cryptograph rallied strongly from last in a six-horse field to capture the Grade 3, $161,050 at Woodbine.

Cryptograph raced about seven lengths off fractions of 24.17 and 47.96 seconds set by Honolua Storm. Forever Rush and Sky Diamond joined Honolua Storm on the lead after three-quarters in 1:12, as Cryptograph and Niigon both commenced a wide bid.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The sun finally broke through over the weekend, a welcome development at the soggy Meadowlands that ran only three races last week.

"I'm so happy the sun is back out, I can't even tell you," said trainer Kim Laudati. "It was awful. The only ones who didn't seem to mind were the horses. I hope we don't see another storm like that for quite a while."

The continuous, at times torrential, weeklong rain flooded the area and forced the cancellation of all or parts of six straight programs at The Meadowlands. The track last ran a complete card on Oct. 7.

STICKNEY, Ill. - In horse races, what looks black and white on paper often turns into something much blurrier in reality. Gun Salute was favored at 1-5 to win the $250,000 . His presence in a five-horse field created a negative show pool of more than $47,000. And it wasn't hard to see why. Gun Salute had beaten the high-class English Channel in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes the last time he raced. On paper, he looked five lengths the best.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Asti made an amazing recovery to win the off-the-turf Saturday at Belmont Park.

The $111,300 race for fillies and mares, originally slated for 1 1/16 miles on grass, was shifted to the muddy and sealed main track at the same distance. Bohemian Lady, My Lordship, and Zosima, the three main-track-only entrants, figured to hold a solid advantage in the six-horse field.

That edge seemed even more pronounced when Asti ($16.20) broke poorly and dropped way behind the pack on the run down the backstretch.

Play Bingo, winless in six starts since November 2004, suddenly turned everything around on Saturday at Laurel Park, scoring a last-to-first triumph in the 20th running of the $250,000 .

Trailing the leaders by about 18 lengths in the opening half-mile of the 1 3/16-mile race, Play Bingo, swung wide into the stretch under Ryan Fogelsonger, shot to the lead, and drew clear. Aggadan, finished well for second, a length behind Play Bingo and two lengths ahead of Five Steps in third.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Trainer Neil Howard is hard at work on his second set of 1,000 wins, having completed his first set Wednesday, when Soul Search won at Keeneland. After some soul searching, Howard concluded that perhaps the best way to have one of his stable stars, Reunited, contribute toward the second set is not by running her against 3-year-olds next Saturday in the Raven Run Stakes, but against older mares here Sunday in the Grade 3, $300,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes.

A combination of sharp form and early speed figure to create quite a crowd fighting for the lead in Sunday's Grade 3, $150,000 Safely Kept Breeders' Cup at Laurel Park.

Not only have six of the seven 3-year-old fillies entered in the six-furlong stakes finished first or second last time out, but also they all have either led or been within a half-length of the leader in most of their good recent races.