AUBURN, Wash. - Cee's Irish heads a field of seven 3-year-old fillies in Saturday's $100,000 Washington Breeders' Cup Oaks at 1 1/8 miles, the headliner on a 10-race Emerald Downs card that also includes the $40,000 Knights Choice Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and the $40,000 Strong Ruler Stakes for juvenile colts and geldings.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The $40,000 Nanaimo Handicap should point out some of the real contenders for the Grade 3, $150,000 British Columbia Breeders' Cup Oaks on Sept. 4. The Nanaimo drew eight 3-year-old filles and goes as the eighth race at Hastings Sunday.

Either Wind Surf or Regal Pusher will be favored. Wind Surf, who was recently purchased by Mike and Karnel Jawl, will be making her first start at Hastings. Wind Surf is still eligible for a nonwinners-of-two allowance, but she appears to fit nicely with stakes company at Hastings.

Seguidilla's continued high-performance level makes her the horse to beat and likely favorite in Saturday's $30,000 feature at the Bay Meadows Fair, a 7 1/2-furlong entry-level allowance on turf for fillies and mares. Six were entered for the race, the fourth on an 11-race card.

Hello Lucky was second to arguably the quickest 3-year-old filly in northern California in May, and for her first start since then, she turns up at Retama for the $40,000 Lakeway Stakes.

The Lakeway will be run at six furlongs and drew a field of 10 3-year-old fillies.

Hello Lucky was purchased after the $55,000 Vallejo at Golden Gate on May 29, a race in which she finished four lengths behind the winner, Lunachick, who ran the six furlongs in 1:08.40.

Put the words Oklahoma-bred and sprinter together, and in some circles it would be pronounced Medium Rare. For years he has been one of the state's best sprinters, and on Saturday night he will attempt to win his eighth career stakes in the $40,000 Silver Goblin at Remington Park.

Medium Rare's task will not be easy. A 6 1/2-furlong race for Oklahoma-breds, the Silver Goblin has drawn a contentious group of nine, including Zee Oh Six, recent stakes winner Herecomesthemannow, and Notable Okie, who is trained by Donnie Von Hemel.

Chicago invader Liz on Polk Street goes after her first stakes score when she faces eight rivals, including an entry, in the $40,000 Iowa State Fair Stakes at Prairie Meadows.

Liz on Polk Street is one of five who look to have a big chance of taking down the top prize in the six-furlong State Fair.

Liz on Polk Street enters the State Fair off a two-month layoff for trainer Wayne Catalano, who wins with 35 percent of his starters returning from similar layoffs.

Maxie Match will try to make it four in a row when she faces seven 3-year-old Michigan-bred fillies in the $50,000 Ann Arbor Stakes at Great Lakes Downs. The Ann Arbor will be contested at a mile over this five-furlong track.

Maxie Match, out of the money only once, won the $50,000 Plymouth Stakes on July 16. Trained by Dave Kueffner, Maxie Match followed that win with an allowance tally over older rivals two weeks later. Jose Delgado, who rode her in both of those races, will be in from Thistledown for the mount. The pair will break from post 2.

Chasin the Wind seeks his second straight stakes victory in the $10,000 Van Berg Derby, a mile and 70-yard race at Columbus that will have a field of six.

Trained by Chuck Wiley, Chasin the Wind collected his first stakes victory, and fourth win of the year, when he captured the six-furlong Hall of Fame Handicap here Aug. 6. He has proven capable at a mile, missing by a nose to The Straw Man in the State Fair Derby on June 25. Wiley will break from post 5 under jockey R.D. Williams.

Voodoo Gold, winner of the $100,000 D. S. "Shine" Young Futurity on July 30, should rule a prohibitive favorite in Saturday night's $75,000 John Franks Memorial Sales Stakes at Evangeline. A five-furlong race, the Franks is for horses who were consigned to the 2005 Evangeline Downs 2-year-olds in training sale and is leg two of the Evangeline stakes series for 2-year-olds. The Lafayette Stakes completes the series and is scheduled for Sept. 5.

On the heels of hosting Smarty Jones and then Afleet Alex the last two winters, Oaklawn Park will put further emphasis on its 3-year-old program in 2006 by boosting the purses for the Rebel and Southwest stakes.

They are part of a 27-race, $4.5 million stakes schedule at the track, which will run 56 days next year, from Jan. 20 through April 15.