STICKNEY, Ill. - Tamweel, who finished second to the recently retired Adoration last out of the Arlington Matron, breezed a comfortable five furlongs Thursday at Hawthorne, and in a change in plans, could make her next start in the Oct. 10 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Gotaghostofachance heads an excellent field of 12 3-year-olds in the Grade 3, $250,000 British Columbia Derby at Hastings on Sunday. Gotaghostofachance is coming off an easy win in the Lamplighter Stakes at Monmouth on Aug. 28, and, with his tactical speed, he figures to get a perfect stalking trip behind Flamethrowintexan, the second-place finisher in the Emerald Downs Breeders' Cup Derby.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - If the five-furlong work by Flamethrowintexan on Tuesday is any indication of how he's going to run in the $250,000 B.C. Derby Sunday, he's going to be very tough to beat.

With exercise rider Bryson Cooper aboard, Flamethrowintexan worked a very fast 59.20 seconds, more than two seconds faster than the next-best five-furlong work of the day. And the way Flamethrowintexan did it has Cooper excited about his chances in the B.C. Derby.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - You might think Flashy Anna had seen enough of Blonde Executive, whom she'll face again here in Sunday's La Prevoyante Stakes at one mile on turf.

Trained by Deborah England, Flashy Anna chased Blonde Executive home in the Passing Mood Stakes here July 28, finishing second by 2 1/4 lengths. Both Flashy Anna and Blonde Executive are housed in Barn 4 on the Woodbine backstretch. In fact, they were next-door neighbors for some time, and even now are separated by just one stall.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Your Excellence will be looking for his third stakes win in Sunday's $41,000 Buffalo at Assiniboia Downs, a one-mile race for Manitoba-bred 2-year-olds.

Four of the five Buffalo entrants, including Your Excellence, will be trying two turns for the first time.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Imperialism and Borrego invade from Southern California for Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 at Louisiana Downs, and both would benefit from an honest pace in the 1 1/8-mile race, something that could come courtesy of two fast locals. Britt's Jules and South Africa have excellent speed, and given that they will start alongside each other from inside posts, a duel seems probable.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Outright Buck has progressed all meet at Louisiana Downs, and on Saturday she can win the richest stakes the track offers for her division: the $100,000 Marie P. DeBartolo Breeders' Cup Handicap.

The race is one of three turf stakes on the Super Derby undercard. The others are the $75,000 Harrah's Juvenile and the $50,000 Donnie Wilhite Memorial.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Cryptograph is quietly coming into Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs as a threat to favorites Imperialism and Borrego.

He has been working much sharper than usual. He won a stakes at the Super Derby distance of 1 1/8 miles in his last start. And he has been purposely freshened for the race by a barn that wins at an above-average rate with its layoff horses. He should be ready for a peak race.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Away from the races for eight months, Changing World was so rank in an allowance race last month at Saratoga that her trainer, Barclay Tagg, couldn't bear to watch her run.

"She was rank and ran off; I put my glasses down," Tagg said, recalling the early stages of that Aug. 19 race at Saratoga.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Funny Cide and Evening Attire signaled their readiness for the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup with sharp workouts Thursday morning at Belmont Park. Now they just need their trainers to be equally prepared to run.

Barclay Tagg, who trains Funny Cide, and Pat Kelly, who trains Evening Attire, both appear to be leaning toward starting their geldings in the Jockey Club Gold Cup here Oct. 2, but they did not commit on Thursday.