ALTOONA, Iowa - On Saturday, Prairie Meadows will hold the 11th annual Iowa Classic Night, an all-stakes program consisting of 10 races for Iowa-breds.

Iowa Classic Night includes six races for Thoroughbreds, with combined purses of more than $425,000, and four for Quarter Horses. The Thoroughbred races are the first six on the card.

The $75,000-added Ralph Hayes for colts and geldings, 4 and up, is the top race on Iowa Classic Night. The 1 1/16-mile Hayes drew a full field of 12, headed by two-time defending champion Take Me Up and the rapidly improving Rubianos Image.

Jabibti got the win she had coming to her last out, and with a repeat of her effort in that 8 1/2-length romp she should be tough to handle Saturday night in the $40,000 New Braunfels at Retama Park.

The six-furlong race for fillies and mares also drew six others, including 3-year-olds Wacky Patty and Angelica Slew.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - The $40,000 Miss Ohio Stakes has drawn an interesting field of eight Ohio-bred 2-year-old fillies, and figures to be highly competitive.

The lone stakes winner in the race is Noon Win, who won the 5 1/2-furlong Tah Dah at River Downs in her last start on Aug. 1. In her only other start, Noon Win, who has tactical speed, was second going 4 1/2 furlongs at Thistledown.

Noon Win is owned by Ronald De Wolf, trained by Joseph R. Martin, and will be ridden by Huber Villa-Gomez. She will carry 119 pounds, while all other starters are assigned 116.

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Ernie Cat tops a field of 10 2-year-old Michigan-bred colts and geldings in the $45,000 Little Ones Stakes at Great Lakes Downs. The Little Ones is the first juvenile stakes of the season in Michigan for colts and geldings, and will be the first attempt at six furlongs for all of the starters.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Soaring Free, who shattered the North American record for seven furlongs on the grass in his last start, will be favored in Saturday's $173,400 Play the King Handicap at Woodbine.

The Grade 3, seven-furlong turf sprint, which is a prep for the Grade 1 Atto Mile on Sept. 19, has lured a field of 12, including track- record holder Chris's Bad Boy.

EDMONTON, Alberta - A field of 11 will contest Saturday's 75th running of the Canadian Derby, the largest field for the race since the 1980's. A 1 3/8-mile race, the Canadian Derby has Grade 3 status and a record purse of $250,000, and is the highlight of a 10-race program that also includes the $75,000 City of Edmonton Distaff.

There will be no fewer than seven out-of-town invaders for the Canadian Derby. Heading that group are Organ Grinder, who has made the trip from Toronto, and Overact, a filly who is among five hopefuls from Vancouver.

AUBURN, Wash. - A Classic Life and Charming Colleen head a field of eight juvenile fillies in Saturday's $50,000 Barbara Shinpoch Stakes at a mile.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - J V Bennett, who has an incredible record of 33 wins from 96 starts, will likely be favored in the feature race at Hastings on Saturday, a $35,000 optional race at 1 1/16 miles for 3-year-olds and up.

J V Bennett turned 11 this year, but his age hasn't slowed him down. He has won three of five starts this year, including a victory at this level and distance Aug. 7. He created some of his own luck in the race, coming over soon after the break and forcing heavily favored Futural to check, clip heels, and almost go down.

Sonic West has won stakes in three states within the last year. A fourth could come as soon as Saturday.

As the defending champion in the $75,000 Governor's Handicap at Ellis Park, Sonic West will attempt to build on a resume and reputation that has made him one of the Midwest's more useful stakes runners, and if his jockey is correct, that goal is very likely to be met.

"I think when the Form comes out, people will see why he's the horse to beat in this race," said Willie Martinez, who has ridden Sonic West in each of the gelding's last six starts.

Britt's Jules is expected to get a lesson in rating Saturday in the $60,000 Prelude Stakes at Louisiana Downs. He will have blinkers removed for the 1 1/16-mile race, and with a win would secure not just the first-place check of $36,000, but also a starting berth into the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby on Sept. 25.