What About David was named the older horse of the year and Flaming Night the older mare of the year at the annual Nebraska Thoroughbred Breeders' Association dinner Saturday night in Grand Island, Neb.

What About David counted the Amadevil Handicap at Columbus among his five wins last year and earned more than $46,000 from 11 starts for trainer Andy Johnson. Flaming Night garnered the older mare award with just one win, the Orphan Kist Handicap at Fonner Park, and a third in the Claiming Crown Glass Slipper at Canterbury Park for owner Niels McDermott.

The start of the mixed meet at Manor Downs, a small track in Austin, Texas, has been pushed back to March 5. The track was to open on Saturday, but the start was delayed a week in order to give Manor Downs time to repair damage to its racing surface, according to a release issued by the Texas Racing Commission.

Manor Downs races on weekends only, operating a meet for Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. The track's stakes program was not affected by the delay, as the first stakes of the meet, a handicap for Quarter Horses, is set for March 6.

Any horse entered by Chicago-based trainer Larry Rivelli should be considered a serious contender.

Rivelli is now 5 for 10 at the meet, with a $3.24 return on investment and 80 percent in the money, following the second win in a row at the $5,000 level by Always Valiant ($5.40) in Monday night's second race. Tho Nguyen has been Rivelli's go-to rider and is 5 for 14 with a $2.31 ROI at the meet.

* Dale Baird rarely claims off another trainer, but he dropped in two slips on Sunday, taking Chute the Breeze for $5,000 and Wanna Be Like Dad for $10,000.

Trainer Dimitrios Synnefias has sensational statistics with horses he has recently claimed. Since January 2003, Synnefias has gone 9 for 28 with a $7.68 ROI first time off the claim.

Bettors unaware of his prowess allowed Holdeverything ($22.40) to go off at a big price in last Friday's eighth race at Penn National. Moving up to face straight maidens after being claimed for $7,500 on Feb. 3, the 4-year-old Holdeverything romped by 12 lengths going a mile.

Keep a close eye on seven-pound apprentice Kate M. Repp. After going 1 for 58 during 2004 while riding in northern California, Repp recently moved her tack to Philadelphia Park. She has won with two of her first four mounts, Shelter Rain ($14) on Feb. 15 and Fade Sabihonda ($10.20) on Saturday.

Counting the time she spent at Golden Gate Fields and Bay Meadows, Repp has gone 7 for 24 with a $5.27 ROI and 58 percent in the money since Jan. 22.

Rain not only washed away the race cards for last Saturday and Sunday, it likely delayed a celebration for jockey Leslie Mawing. The 30-year-old rider is sneaking up on the 1,000-win mark.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Doug O'Neill has won training titles at three of the last four meetings in Southern California. That no longer seems to be good enough.

O'Neill is now not just winning titles, but breaking long-standing records.

Through Monday, O'Neill, 36, led the standings at the Santa Anita meeting with 33 victories. He is now within striking range of the all-time single-meet record of 47 wins set by Gary Jones (1975-76) and Bob Baffert (1997-98).

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Mark Hennig described Eye Dazzler's effort in her last start, the Banshee Breeze Handicap here, as a "really bad experience." Eye Dazzler figures to have a better experience when she drops to face optional claiming and allowance company in Thursday's $37,000 feature at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - He is the fastest 3-year-old in the country and will be bringing his unblemished record from California to Gulfstream Park for the Grade 2 Swale Stakes on March 5. No, it's not reigning Eclipse Award winner Declan's Moon, but Lost in the Fog, whose electrifying victory here last month in the Sunshine Millions thrust him onto everybody's watch list for the Kentucky Derby.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The relentless rainy weather that has pummeled Southern California the past week has interrupted the workout schedule of Wilko and thus will delay his 2005 debut by two weeks, trainer Craig Dollase said on Tuesday.