ELMONT, N.Y. - Bobby Frankel will most likely never have another Ghostzapper. And he may not always be represented in the Triple Crown. But one thing Frankel will always have is a talented grass filly.

The latest in a long line of top-flight talented female turf runners is , who looks to remain unbeaten when she takes on seven rivals in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Sands Point Handicap at Belmont. Ten 3-year-old fillies entered the Sands Point, scheduled for nine furlongs on the inner turf course, but two are main-track only.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - and Three Degrees are so evenly matched it is almost foolish to speculate which one is better. Yet when they meet for the first time Sunday as co-favorites in the Grade 2 Honeymoon Handicap at Hollywood Park, a foiled workout makes one of them vulnerable.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Queen's Plate contenders Get Down and Dance With Ravens will clash at nine furlongs Sunday at Woodbine in the $163,500 Plate Trial Stakes.

Get Down posted one of the most impressive efforts by a 3-year-old at the meeting when he captured a seven-furlong allowance by 8 1/2 lengths on May 8. He also won both of his 2-year-old starts in sprints, but was a nonfactor in his lone two-turn attempt, in the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa in February.

ALBANY, Calif. - On the day after he recorded his 9,000th career victory, Russell Baze arrived at Golden Gate Fields around 6:30 a.m., as usual, to begin another day.

Baze is a man of routine. Every day, he comes to the track to work horses in the morning. And, every day, it seems, he visits the winner's circle in the afternoon.

AUBURN, Wash. - Marva Jean and Sariano, the top two finishers in last month's Hastings Park Handicap here at six furlongs, will be rematched at 6 1/2 furlongs in Sunday's Washington State Legislators' Handicap for fillies and mares.

VANCOUVER, British Colum-bia - Hall Dancer will try to carry his speed around three turns for the first time in the $75,000 Burnaby Breeders' Cup at Hastings Sunday. The first middle-distance stakes for 3-year-olds, the 1 1/16-mile Burnaby drew eight horses.

CALGARY, Alberta - By most standards, trainer Red Smith has enjoyed a successful meet. But for Smith, the defending champion and a perennial contender for leading trainer, this spring ranks as a disappointment.

Smith has moved into the top 10 in the standings after an unusually slow start, and the big outfits of Greg Tracy and Ron Grieves were winning races from Day 1 of the spring session. Should Smith mount a late charge in defense of his title, it could start on Sunday when he has three live runners entered.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Ghostzapper will not make his next start in the $500,000 Suburban Handicap on July 2 and instead will be pointed to the $750,000 Whitney Handicap on Aug. 6 at Saratoga, trainer Bobby Frankel confirmed on Friday.

The Whitney could feature the top two finishers from last year's Breeders' Cup Classic, as the connections of Roses in May have targeted that race as well. Roses in May won the Whitney last year and took the Dubai World Cup earlier this year.

The horse who showed symptoms of strangles on the Belmont Park backstretch on May 27 does not have the contagious respiratory disease, New York Racing Association officials announced Friday. Furthermore, there is no evidence the disease is present on the backside at all.

Lady Libby, trained by Steve Kappes, was suspected of having strangles after she developed a fever and popped an abscess under her neck, a sign of swollen glands. Lady Libby was isolated from the general population on May 27 and was shipped to Cornell University the following day.

AUBURN, Wash. - Horsemen dread drawing the rail post, as is evident every year when they select their posts for the Triple Crown races. What is not so obvious to fans is why they dislike it so.

At most tracks and for most distances, the inside post accounts for more than its share of winners. In sprints at the current Emerald Downs meeting, for instance, 17 percent of the horses breaking from the inside have returned as winners - the best winning percentage of any post.