SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - With Afleet Alex now sidelined indefinitely, the opportunity for second-tier 3-year-olds to have a productive summer now exists. Six such 3-year-olds are entered in Saturday's $500,000 at Saratoga with an eye toward the $1 million Travers on Aug. 27.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Graham Motion was planning on running Film Maker next in the Beverly D. at Arlington on Aug. 13, but he had a change of heart and sent her to Saratoga on Thursday.

Film Maker is among 10 fillies and mares entered in Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Diana. A 1 1/8-mile grass race, the Diana also features last year's winner, Wonder Again, and graded stakes winners Delta Princess, Sand Springs, Spotlight, Angara, Shadow Cast, Finery, and Que Puntual.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Perfect Drift is one of the richest racehorses in training, with earnings of almost $3.3 million. He finished third in the 2002 Kentucky Derby, and the two in front of him, War Emblem and Proud Citizen, are long gone now. In 2003, Perfect Drift beat the eventual Horse of the Year, Mineshaft, in the Stephen Foster Handicap, and he has run in the last three Breeders' Cup Classics, finishing fourth in a strong edition last season.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - One for Rose, the champion older female in Canada the past two years, will tackle the boys in Saturday's Grade 3, $161,100 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine.

In one of the better performances of her career, One for Rose won last year's Seagram Cup by five lengths. She has made three starts this year, the first of which was a second to Nashinda in the 6 1/2-furlong Hendrie Handicap.

One for Rose moved out to a more suitable distance June 18, in

DEL MAR, Calif. - proved she was back to her best form when she rallied from eighth to win the Flawlessly Stakes at Hollywood Park on July 4.

The victory was her second stakes win in three starts since arriving from France last fall and helped to erase the disappointment of a sixth in the Honeymoon Breeders' Cup Handicap in June.

Saturday, Louvain can improve her standing in the 3-year-old filly turf division when she starts as the favorite in the Grade 2, $150,000 San Clemente Handicap over a mile on turf at Del Mar.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Henny Hughes took his first step to making good on the huge investment made by Darley Stable when he won Thursday's $150,000 by 3 3/4 lengths.

Earlier in the week, Henny Hughes was privately purchased by Sheikh Rajid bin Mohammed al-Maktoum, the son of Sheikh Mohammed. The purchase price was not disclosed, but sources familiar with the sale said the figure was about $4.3 million.

Henny Hughes, the 4-5 favorite, was never under any pressure from jockey Gary Stevens on his way to winning the six-furlong race for 2-year-olds.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In an effort to alleviate crowding in its raceday security barns, the New York Racing Association has decided to eliminate 12 stalls, six each from two of the temporary structures, effective immediately.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Southern Image, one of the top handicap horses of 2004, has been retired because of concerns over soreness in his cannon bones, trainer Mike Machowsky said.

The injury was detected earlier this week. Machowsky said the injury would require a lengthy rest and would prevent Southern Image from starting in the major races of the fall. Southern Image, 5, has not started this year.

"We're going to call it quits," Machowsky said.

Owned by Tom and Jerry Kagele and Don Blahut, Southern Image won 6 of 8 starts and $1,843,750.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Dale Romans says he doesn't believe he could have Roses in May sufficiently prepared to defend his title in next weekend's Grade 1 Whitney Handicap. The 5-year-old Roses in May certainly appeared ready to do more Thursday after he worked a strong five furlongs in 1:00.02 over Saratoga's main track.

Angel Cordero Jr. was aboard for the work, which was the second fastest of 25 at the distance. Cordero couldn't pull up Roses in May until he neared the half-mile pole on the backside.

AUBURN, Wash. - The Howard Belvoir-trained duo of Courting Seattle and Tusko T. will head a field of nine in Saturday's six-furlong Emerald Express, the first stakes at the meeting for 2-year-old males.

Courting Seattle has won both of his starts. He scored a 5 1/2-length win in his debut, a five-furlong maiden special weight event June 5, before scoring by 2 3/4 lengths in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance race