ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The is a race that prides itself on tradition and continuity, but last Sunday's 146th running broke the mold.

For starters, the top two finishers, Wild Desert and King of Jazz, were both making their first start at Woodbine.

Then there was the Plate Trial, which this year seemed to have produced three solid Queen's Plate contenders in Dance With Ravens, Three in the Bag, and Get Down, the first three finishers in that 1 1/8-mile race. On Sunday, Dance With Ravens, Get Down, and Three in the Bag finished seven-eight-nine in the nine-horse field.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - King of Jazz, who like Wild Desert was making his first start at Woodbine in the Queen's Plate, certainly didn't lose any luster in his second-place finish.

"My horse ran a super race," said Ian Wilkes, an assistant to trainer Carl Nafzger. "The winner had a little more seasoning. He was just too good for us today."

While neither Wild Desert nor the Kentucky-based King of Jazz is a sure bet to return, a rematch between those two in Fort Erie's July 17 Prince of Wales Stakes is possible.

Ready's Gal ($7.20) made a successful transition to the turf with a one-length victory in the $60,000 Little Silver Stakes at Monmouth Park.

It was the first win in three starts this season for the 3-year-old Ready's Gal and her best performance since she finished second in the Grade 1 Frizette at Belmont Park in October.

Ready's Gal ran the 1 1/16 miles over the firm course in 1:40.49 with Chris DeCarlo aboard for trainer Todd Pletcher.

Naughty New Yorker took advantage of a hotly contested pace to rally from last under Jean-Luc Samyn and win the $108,000 by 2 1/4 lengths at Belmont Park.

Sort It Out, next-to-last through the opening half-mile, got up to be second, a half-length ahead of even-money favorite Blue Sunday. Blue Sunday battled between Big Apple Daddy and Gold and Roses through a half-mile in 44.45 seconds, which helped set up things for Naughty New Yorker, who was 11 lengths off the pace after the opening half-mile.

AUBURN, Wash. - California invader Thirsty Guy's won Sunday's Tacoma Handicap at Emerald Downs the hard way, surviving a grueling duel with Marsh Creek and then holding off the late charge of Datzig to prevail by a neck in 1:37.80 for a mile.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - When Willow o Wisp turned for home with a two-length lead in Sunday's $153,450 at Hollywood Park, the gelding was essentially assured of a top two finish.

Willow o Wisp had set slow fractions - 25.15 and 48.96 seconds - and seemed to have plenty left to hold off the hot favorite Osidy.

"I thought, if he was good enough, he'd win," trainer Vladimir Cerin said. "If not, Osidy would win."

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Don't Tell Mommy ran his record to a perfect two-for-two by rallying strongly from off the pace to win Sunday's Pioneer Stakes. Longshot Kubwa outran his price to finish second in the meeting?s first stake for 2-year-olds with Rowdy Profit surviving a foul claim to finish third.

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - Higher Fire ran a nearly flawless race to pull a minor upset in Saturday's $1,145,000 for Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos, the first of three seven-figure futurities at the Orange County track this year.

Higher Fire ($15.60) finished 350 yards in 17.236, missing Corona Chick's 1989 track record by 1/100ths of a second. Higher Fire finished three-quarters of a length in front of Fishers Take, who was 1 1-4 lengths clear of Finding Nemo.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Wild Desert, the mystery horse in Sunday's $1,001,600 , rallied strongly under Patrick Valenzuela to capture the 146th running of the mile and a quarter event for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds at Woodbine.

BOSSIER CITY, LA. - Don Simington picked up career win number 2,000 in Sunday's ninth race at Harrah's Louisiana Downs. It was Simington's fourth win of the weekend and came on a 2-year-old first time starter named Coalhouse ($25.60) who is trained by Jerry Hardin.

Coalhouse was also entered in Sunday's featured Pioneer stakes but his connections opted instead for a debut against fellow maidens under special weight conditions.