Churchill Downs officials on Saturday announced plans for separate training hours - mostly in the early evening - for eligible horses stabled in three barns quarantined because of a recent outbreak of the contagious equine herpes virus.

The pick four wager that concluded with the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico returned $4,881.80 for each winning $2 wager.

All-sources handle on the pick four, which ran from races 9 through 12 and carried a guarantee pool of $1 million, was $1,765,434. The winning horses were Cool Conductor ($24), Pinpoint ($10.80), Zakocity ($6.80), and Afleet Alex ($8.60); the winning numbers were 4-7-7-12.

BALTIMORE - Ralph Nicks was part of many big wins while working for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. On Saturday, Nicks got to enjoy a big win all by himself.

Less than two weeks after taking over the training of Cool Conductor from Mott, Nicks earned his first graded stakes win when Cool Conductor outfinished odds-on choice Artie Schiller by a nose to win the Grade 2, $200,000 at Pimlico. It was 2 1/4 lengths back to Good Reward in third. Better Talk Now and Grato Recuerdo completed the order of finish.

BALTIMORE - As soon as Zakocity secured a clear lead on a slow pace, his rivals were in big trouble.

Indeed, Zakocity, ridden by Jerry Bailey, used his early advantage to full capacity, gliding away to a 2 1/2-length triumph Saturday in the $100,000 at Pimlico.

Zakocity, owned by Paul Pompa Jr. and trained by Pat Reynolds, returned $6.80 after finishing 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.19 over a fast track.

When it comes to his 3-year-olds this year, trainer Nick Zito quite often has had pinpoint accuracy. Zito, after winning a plethora of stakes earlier this year, had five runners in the Kentucky Derby and three in the Preakness Stakes, and on Saturday at he produced a runner for the June 11 Belmont Stakes when Pinpoint led from start to finish in the $100,000 .

ELMONT, N.Y. - Society Selection bounced back from a disastrous race in her last start and overcame a 111-day layoff with a professional-looking win in Saturday's Grade 2 at Belmont Park.

Society Selection, who hadn't raced since finishing last in the Grade 2 Shirley Jones at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 19, won the Shuvee by 2 3/4 lengths over Daydreaming. Bohemian Lady checked in third, a neck behind Daydreaming. Traci Girl and Saintliness completed the order of finish in the mile dirt race.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Flying Circle, winner of the Snurb Stakes at Calder last month, proved Saturday in the $100,000 Open Mind Stakes at Churchill Downs that she is capable of winning more than a minor south Florida stakes.

Making her first start outside of Florida, Flying Circle easily won the Open Mind, catching the front-running Angel Trumpet inside the eighth pole and drawing away to a 2 1/4-length victory over that rival. It was her fourth victory in six starts.

BALTIMORE - Occasionally a newly claimed horse pays for itself in just one race. But even Richard Dutrow Jr., one of the most successful trainers in North America for the last two years, was unfamiliar with anyone "getting out" right away on a $100,000 claim.

"I know I hadn't done it," he said.

Until Saturday, that is. Willy o' the Valley, a 4-year-old gelding whom Dutrow claimed for $100,000 on April 13, prevailed at first asking for his new connections when he surged to victory in the $189,000 on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

Trainer Graham Motion was pleasantly surprised that owner Don Adam decided to bring Film Maker back to the races this year for a 5-year-old campaign. She was already a Grade 1 winner and had finished second to the champion Ouija Board in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf.

"A lot of these fillies, when they get older their value becomes so great they don't keep them in training, and I think it's a credit to Mr. Adam that he kept her in training another year,'' said Motion, who celebrated his 41st birthday a day early.

For more than the first six furlongs of the $100,000 on Saturday at Pimlico, heavy favorite English Channel had absolutely nowhere to go. But once he found room, he unleashed a powerful turn of foot that carried him to a four-length victory and served notice he will be a force in important grass races for 3-year-olds this summer.