ETOBICOKE, Ontario - European invader Silver Highlight won her maiden in style at Woodbine Sunday, capturing the $252,400 , the third leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara.

With Martin Dwyer aboard, Silver Highlight had a perfect stalking trip about three lengths off the lead in the mile and a quarter grass race. Pipers Honour and See the Wind dueled through quick fractions over firm footing, before Silver Highlight moved up behind them on the far turn.

Bossier City, La. - As expected, national training leader Steve Asmussen swept the first two positions in Sunday's Southern Beau Stakes at Harrah's Louisiana Downs. Here Tiger pulled away from entrymate Willtosucceed down the stretch after they had dueled for much of the way to prevail by three and a half lengths. First time starter Carroll's Delight ran well to finish third, another three and three quarters lengths further back followed by Desert Wheat. The time for the five furlongs was 1:05.88 over a fast track.

Opelousas, La. - It was an evening of upsets at Evangeline Downs in Saturday's Louisiana Legends Night. Voodoo Gold's ($5.80) victory in the featured $100,000 D. S. "Shine" Young Futurity was the only one by the eight favorites on the program devoted strictly to Louisiana-breds. Justin's Magic finished second in the five-furlong affair for 2-year-olds followed by Poppa Duke.

J D Man ($11.40) started the fireworks in the Mervin Muniz Memorial Starter Stakes as he turned back a bid from 2-4 favorite Seemeloadandfire to prove best in the first of the night's eight stakes events.

AUBURN, Wash. - Karis Makaw stretched her winning streak to three with a 3-4 length victory over Canadian invader Summer Symphony in Saturday's $40,000 Boeing Handicap for fillies and mares at 1 1-16 miles.

Under Ricky Frazier, who was notching the third of four wins on the card, the 4-year-old Karis Makaw stalked the pace of Relaxing Green while racing three wide, moved to the front at the top of the stretch and turned back a determined late bid from Summer Symphony to win in 1:42.60.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Trainer Julio Canani won his third stakes race of the young Del Mar meeting on Saturday when Shining Energy overcame a disadvantageous post to rally for a 1 1/4-length victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 for 3-year-old filly turf runners.

Shining Energy ($19) started from the outside post in the field of 10, a post from which no horse had won a one-mile turf race in five years, a span of 39 races. Jockey Rene Douglas took Shining Energy back to last, and despite a moderate pace, she produced a dazzling turn of foot that carried her past her rivals.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Penny Ante ($13) withstood a strong challenge from 2-to-5 shot Pickle in the lane Saturday as she won the $60,750 Luther Burbank Handicap in the first turf stakes race ever run at the Sonoma County Fair.

Avoiding a plastic garbage bag that drifted onto the course as the gates opened, Penny Ante grabbed the lead in the opening quarter but was content to let longshot Musical Review grab the lead coming out of the first turn. She stalked nicely and reclaimed the lead without being asked on the second turn.

When owner Bill Hays claimed Sterling Gold for $100,000 at Keeneland in October, he likely envisioned the horse becoming a top stakes performer. It just took him a while to get there.

Sterling Gold won his first stakes race Saturday, winning the $75,000 Don Bernhardt Stakes at Ellis Park in his ninth start after being claimed, beating graded stakes winners Fire Slam, Private Horde and Level Playingfield.

Bossier City, La - Grand Bank made his stakes debut a winning one Saturday afternoon at Harrah's Louisiana Downs as he wore down pacesetter Rodeo's Castle to capture the Island Whirl Stakes. That Tat, the winner of this race last season, finished a length back in third followed by longshot Smalltown Slew.

DEL MAR, Calif. - has grown up nicely since she was acquired last fall by Dan Agnew and trainer Jerry Fanning.

In June at Hollywood Park, Fortunate Event won two races on turf - a maiden race and an allowance race against California-breds. On Monday at Del Mar Fortunate Event will attempt to stretch her winning streak to three in a $60,000 optional claimer over 1 1/16 miles on turf for 3-year-old fillies.

"I think the grass has moved her up," Fanning said. "She's finally matured a little bit. She was fairly small and she's grown up."

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - A mile and a quarter was probably too much for Artie Schiller, but 1 1/8 miles is right up his alley, and that is the distance he will get on Monday in the $150,000 Bernard Baruch at Saratoga.

is the horse to beat in the eight-horse field of turf runners. Among his opponents in the Grade 2 are last year's winner, Silver Tree, and the 2002 winner, Del Mar Show.

Artie Schiller, who has a tremendous finishing kick, was third in the 1 1/4-mile Manhattan Handicap at Belmont in his last start. He was beaten a half-length by the winner, Good Reward.