INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Pesci has received ample hype since her career began last fall.

Part of that is because of her celebrity owner, actor Joe Pesci, and part is because she won her first two starts by a combined 13 1/2 lengths. Since then, Pesci has lost two stakes but rebounded to win an allowance race.

Sunday, Pesci will attempt to win her first stakes in the $100,000 Hawthorne Handicap at Hollywood Park. Trainer and co-owner Wesley Ward says he hopes the Hawthorne will lead to a start in the $300,000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' Cup Handicap at Monmouth Park on July 4.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - After Bella Banissa finished second in the Nursery Stakes in her debut May 16, trainer David Hofmans said she was likely to reappear in a maiden race before trying another stakes.

Those plans were altered when Hofmans and owner Pete Parrella saw the nominations for Sunday's $75,000 Cinderella Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Without Nursery winner Double D Appeal in the field - Double D Appeal may start in the Landaluce Stakes in July, trainer Jeff Bonde said - the Cinderella lacks a standout.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Limehouse is by far the most accomplished horse among the four 3-year-olds considered likely starters for Saturday's 70th running of the Grade 2 Ohio Derby at Thistledown. The 1 1/8-mile race has a purse of $350,000, $50,000 more than last year.

According to Thistledown director of racing and racing secretary Bill Couch, the likely starters are Limestone, Trieste's Honor, Brass Hat, and Jandemar.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Catherine Day Phillips will send out a pair of hopefuls for the June 27 Queen's Plate, A Bit O'Gold and Winter Whiskey, in Sunday's $166,500 Plate Trial Stakes. The Plate Trial is a nine-furlong event for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds at Woodbine.

AUBURN, Wash. - Lasting Code will be strongly favored to defeat six other older fillies and mares in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Washington State Legislators Handicap at Emerald Downs.

Lasting Code, who will carry high weight of 119 pounds, will be seeking her sixth career stakes win at Emerald and her eighth win in 12 career starts.

CALGARY, Alberta - The combination of trainer Red Smith and rider Quincy Welch, runaway leaders in their respective races as this 47-day stand begins to wind down, was never more evident than in last week's Hoofprint on My Heart Handicap.

A major stakes prep for the June 19 Alberta Derby, the Hoofprint on My Heart went to Kat Kool, trained by Smith and ridden by Welch.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Lost All Control could be tough to catch in the eighth race at Hastings Sunday. Lost All Control led all the way to win her last start, and a moderate pace is likely in this 6 1/2-furlong sprint for older fillies and mares running for a top claiming price of $15,000.

CHICAGO - The filly Home Court could run for more money in a second-level allowance race at her home track - Churchill Downs - than she does Sunday at Arlington Park in the $38,000 Ribbon Stakes. But Home Court's connections are willing to sacrifice the purse money for a stakes win, even of the minor variety.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Savorthetime appears to be a rising star. She set a track record for six furlongs Monday at Lone Star Park, when she won the $100,000 Valid Expectations, and will soon advance to graded stakes company, said her trainer, Steve Asmussen.

MIAMI - Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. has had his share of good horses and fast 2-year-olds over the years. But none has been any more precocious or any quicker than B.B. Best, the odds-on favorite in Sunday's $40,000 Wynn Dot Comma Stakes at Calder.

B.B. Best, a son of champion sprinter Yes It's True, was bet to 3-5 for his debut May 22 and ran to that backing, winning off by 14 3/4 lengths. His final time of 59.37 seconds for five furlongs earned him an 87 Beyer Speed Figure.