HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Graham Motion will enter Dance Away Capote in Sunday's Gaily Gaily Stakes on the turf and then pray for rain. If it doesn't, he will have to wait another week before trying to get some answers as to why a filly who proved competitive in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies ran so poorly in her 3-year-old debut here earlier this month in the Grade 2 Davona Dale.

Offlee Wild, a Grade 2 stakes winner in his most recent start, and Ole Faunty, the winner of last year's John B. Campbell Handicap, are the most accomplished horses in Saturday's $125,000 Campbell at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile Campbell, which goes as race 9, is also the first leg of the Magna 5.

Despite solid credentials, Offlee Wild and Ole Faunty both have the same flaw. Neither one has raced in more than seven months.

Bear Fan is currently based in south Florida. She has won stakes in California and New York, and next month she is scheduled to run overseas in the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The reputation of several turf marathoners can be repaired in Saturday's $150,000 San Luis Obispo Handicap at Santa Anita.

With recent major stakes winners Star Over the Bay, Pellegrino, and Whilly not in the field, horses such as Continental Red, Gorylla, and License to Run have a chance to restore their status as top long-distance grass runners.

NEW ORLEANS - Shadow Cast, a stakes winner both on turf and dirt at this meet, will hook up again with Sister Swank on Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Bayou Breeders' Cup, a 1 1/8-mile turf route for fillies and mares at Fair Grounds.

Sister Swank, beat Shadow Cast in the Grade 3 Valley View at Keeneland last October before Shadow Cast turned the tables at Fair Grounds in the Pago Hop at a mile on turf in December.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - When Pavo ran in last month's Count Fleet Stakes, he was filling in for injured stablemate Daddy Joe, and playing the two-turn game for which he may not be best suited.

Pavo, who finished fourth in the Count Fleet, cuts back to his preferred distance of six furlongs on Saturday, when he faces five rivals in the $75,000 Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes at Aqueduct.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Stop us if you've heard this one before.

A group of friends from upstate New York puts up a sum of money to buy racehorses. They land on a New York-bred who takes them on the ride of their lives, winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and putting their names and faces in every newspaper in North America.

Okay, so Preferred Pals Stable has a way to go before reaching the heights of Sackatoga Stable, the group that owned 2003 champion 3-year-old Funny Cide. But they're on the right track.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Greater Good's road to the Kentucky Derby begins Saturday in the $100,000 , and if there is one thing trainer Bob Holthus would change about the race, it would be to make it longer. Greater Good will be racing over one mile, and the race will end at what is usually the sixteenth pole, as all races at the distance do at Oaklawn Park.

That appears to be the lone disadvantage Greater Good must buck in the Southwest, in which he will face six others: Copy My Notes, My Parade, Silver Haze, Major League, Munificence, and Humor at Last.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Some of the best colts trainer Steve Wren has saddled in recent years have been sons of Silver Deputy. There was Etbauer, winner of the Grade 3 Rebel at Oaklawn in 1999, and Mr. Jester, winner of the $1 million Delta Jackpot in 2003.

The latest Wren trainee to fit the mold is Silver Haze, who figures to start as the second choice in the wagering behind Greater Good in the $100,000 for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn on Saturday.

PORTLAND, Ore. - One maiden and two recent graduates will likely vie for favoritism in Saturday's $11,000 McFadden Memorial at Portland Meadows, which attracted a field of eight Oregon-bred 3-year-olds to race at 1 1/16 miles.

Palanca, trained by Shirley Baze, is still a maiden after two starts, but seems a logical choice after running a strong second to the undefeated Typhoon Aaron in the unrestricted Flying Lark Handicap on Jan. 29.