BOSSIER CITY, La. - Rosecoloredglasses outfinished a game Rail Rose to win the $50,000 John Franks Memorial Stakes by three-quarters of a length Friday at Louisiana Downs. The one-mile turf race for statebreds was the opening-day feature at the track.

BALTIMORE - Seattle Fitz bounced back from one of the worst efforts of his career with a terrific performance Saturday, running off from The Lady's Groom to post a 1 1/2-length victory in the $100,000 on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

Ridden by Richard Migliore, Seattle Fitz took over from The Lady's Groom turning for home in the Grade 3 Schaefer. With Migliore keeping him to a drive, Seattle Fitz edged away to finish 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.43 over a fast track.

Gators N Bears won the , the race that directly preceded the Preakness, carrying one step farther the dreams of his small-time owner-trainer while once again evoking the memory of the late Bob Camac, who had strong ties to Preakness favorite Smarty Jones.

Ocean Drive got a well-calculated ride from Jerry Bailey and outlasted Film Maker to win the $100,000 , the first of eight stakes Saturday at Pimlico.

Ocean Drive, owned by Sy and Bonnie Baskin and trained by Todd Pletcher, returned $4.20 as the favorite in a field of eight filly-mare turf runners. After stalking the pace from a favorable inside position, Ocean Drive moved boldly to take a three-length lead in midstretch, then was hard-ridden to hold safe a torrid late run from Film Maker, the 2-1 second choice.

Richard Migliore pulled no punches when he got off Artie Schiller after guiding him to a 3 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Woodlawn Stakes at Pimlico.

"He just might be the best 3-year-old running today," Migliore said.

Migliore did a super job of getting Artie Schiller a ground-saving trip from post 7. After stalking the pace from the inside, Migliore eased Artie Schiller outside for the stretch run and, when clear, they drew off authoritatively. Artie Schiller, who is now 4 for 5 on turf, completed the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.86 and returned $7.40 to win.

MIAMI - Former jockey Gary Donahue, who along with his father, John, owns a share of Formal Miss, couldn't wait for Saturday's $40,000 Liberada Handicap.

"I've been waiting to run this horse in blinkers for a year," said Donahue.

The wait proved well worth it.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Rosecoloredglasses outfinished a game Rail Rose to win the $50,000 John Franks Memorial Stakes by three-quarters of a length Friday at Louisiana Downs. The one-mile turf race for statebreds was the opening day feature at the track.

BALTIMORE - by 1 1/4 lengths over Midway Road.

It was the fifth consecutive victory for Southern Image, who was coming off a pair of wins in $1 million stakes, including the Santa Anita Handicap. This win, his first outside of Southern California, puts him in the upper tier of handicap horses along with Pleasantly Perfect and Medaglia d'Oro.

"I'd say we'd have to be one of the top three," said trainer Michael Machowsky. "Those two are pretty good horses and I look forward to running against them somewhere down the line."

CALGARY, Alberta - Alta Aire, undefeated in two starts last year, including an impressive tally in the Bird of Pay, makes her first start of the year in a field of eight 3-year-old fillies in the $40,000 Mount Royal here Sunday afternoon.

An Alberta-bred daughter of Slew City Slew, Alta Aire comes into the six-furlong handicap off a string of solid works for trainer Joan Petrowski, who has enlisted the services of rider Rickey Walcott.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The most intriguing of the nine races scheduled at Hastings Sunday is the second. The seven 3-year-olds entered in the 6 1/2-furlong $15,000 claiming race appear to be evenly matched.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer could be sending over the favorite in Meetmeatthegrill. A California-bred, Meetmeatthegrill beat $32,000 maidens at Santa Anita March 4 and has the top Beyer Figure in the field. However, he was allowed to set very slow fractions in his maiden win, and with the speedy Dublin Grade breaking directly inside of him, he could be vulnerable.