Evangeline Downs has cataloged 111 horses to its third annual paddock sale, which will be held at the track's new site in Opelousas, La., on Sunday.

There are a record 65 2-year-olds in training on offer, with another 46 horses of racing age. All of the 2-year-olds who pass through the sales ring will be eligible for the $75,000 John Franks Memorial Sales Stakes at Evangeline on July 30, 2005.

A gallop show will be held on Saturday, beginning at noon, with a party later the same night in the Silks dining room at Evangeline. The auction will begin at noon on Sunday.

Horsemen and fans alike will be watching with interest how the track plays for Friday's card following last Saturday's massive renovation of Fonner Park's surface. Racing was canceled last Friday after the fifth race because of slippery and unsafe conditions, the result of rain and snow that had saturated the track throughout the week. Thursday's card was conducted over a muddy surface, but the condition deteriorated, and the base was reported to have become inconsistent during Friday's card.

The under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-year-olds in training sale will be held Sunday at Lone Star Park, starting at at 10 a.m. Central. There are 264 horses cataloged to this year's auction, which will held Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. in the sales pavilion located in the stable area at Lone Star.

* Lone Star's 67-date meet will begin on April 14, and the Charlie Daniels Band will perform after the races on April 16.

Trainer Chris Englehart continues to connect with a high percentage of his horses at Mountaineer Race Track.

Englehart, who is primarily based at Finger Lakes, went 2 for 3 during the last week to climb into a tie for third place in the standings with Doug Shanyfelt. Both have 13 winners.

Englehart is now 13 for 47 (27 percent) with a $2.53 return on investment.

At an age when many racehorses are already long retired, Beau Cash is just beginning his career. In an extreme case of better late than never, the 8-year-old horse Beau Cash made his first lifetime start at Penn National last Thursday night.

Facing maiden special weight company in a six-furlong sprint, Beau Cash finished sixth of seven, beaten more than 20 lengths.

Bred, owned, and trained by Albert R. Martin, Beau Cash is a New York-bred who had 10 recorded workouts at Belmont Park since December in preparation for his career debut.

The fact that Royal Siphon hadn't raced since February 2004 didn't scare away many bettors in last Saturday's ninth race feature at Philadelphia Park.

Royal Siphon, a 5-year-old gelding trained by Clifford Sise, made his first start outside Southern California a success by scoring a 1 1/4-length victory in a second-level allowance as the 5-2 favorite.

* Penn National shippers don't win very frequently at Philly Park, but they accounted for back-to-back wins on Tuesday's program.

Native Annie, who picked up her third stakes victory of the Sam Houston Race Park meet in last Saturday night's $40,000 Double Your Flavor, has been nominated to the $100,000 Doubledogdare at Keeneland April 20, said John Adger, racing and bloodstock manager for her owner, Stonerside Stable.

Glen Murphy notched career victories 2,000 and 2,001 at Sunland Park on Tuesday. The 37-year-old rider, who won the riding title at Sunland back in 1991, brought Desert Sword ($5.20) home from well off the pace in the day's ninth race for trainer Steve Asmussen and owners Asmussen and Jack Grunwald to hit the 2,000-win plateau.

Murphy came right back two races later for number 2,001 by winning the $28,600 featured allowance sprint aboard the 6-5 favorite, Red Lifesaver ($4.40), again for Asmussen and local owners Kirk and Judy Robison.

Apprentice Kyle Kaenel has had a nice meet, and it just got better. All the 16-year-old did during the abbreviated Easter week of racing was win 13 races in four days.

"This is the place for me to be right now," said Kaenel. "I went to California for two months, but I wasn't getting the mounts and experience I needed. Here I'm getting it."

Kaenel had mounts in 33 of the 38 races run over the four days. Kaenel won four races on a day twice during this run, on one day winning on four consecutive mounts. It was the fifth time this meet Kaenel has won four races in one day.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - The popularity of the turf course is clearly evident on Friday's Bay Meadows card.

On a day when no other race drew more than seven runners, the 7 1/2-furlong allowance feature on the grass drew 12 horses, including two also-eligibles.

Turf races have filled more easily than dirt races during the meeting. And when races have come off the turf, it has been disastrous. Wednesday, two turf races drew seven and nine entrants. When the races were switched to the main track, four scratched from each race, limiting one race to win wagering only.