SAN MATEO, Calif. - The Bay Meadows Land Company, owner of Bay Meadows Racetrack, has taken a major step towards running its own race meet with the formation of the Bay Meadows Racing Association, which will operate the track beginning Jan. 1, 2005.

The Bay Meadows Land Company currently leases the track to Magna Entertainment Corporation, which holds two race meets per year at the facility and also owns nearby Golden Gate Fields. The creation of the new entity, however, signals that the company will not extend its lease with Magna when it expires on Dec. 31.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Canadian Frontier took advantage of an inside trip and a bad break by favored Shake You Down to win Saturday's Grade 3, $107,700 at Belmont Park.

Shake You Down's right front foot was buried in the dirt when the gates opened, causing him to stumble. He was further inhibited when Aggadan, breaking directly to his outside, broke inward, forcing Ramon Dominguez to take up. Shake You Down chased the field, but eventually finished last as the 4-5 favorite.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - A B Noodle, unpressured on the lead, made a strong move on the second turn as she scored an easy victory in the Grade 3, $113,750 at Bay Meadows on Saturday.

Breaking alertly from the rail, A B Noodle grabbed the lead immediately and was able to set comfortable fractions when Hippogator, who set the pace in front of her in the Miss America on April 10, took back a bit.

BALTIMORE - Western Ransom gave jockey Ryan Fogelsonger his fourth winner of the day when she rallied to capture the $50,000 Hilltop Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico.

Western Ransom, who was bred and is owned by Dr. John Chandler and is trained by Michael Dickinson, has improved sharply since moving to the turf last winter at Fair Grounds. She beat maidens there, then was second most recently in the Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland on April 14.

MIAMI - Mr. Livingston, who has shown flashes of brilliance during his injury-plagued career, displayed one of those flashes at Calder when he rallied to a decisive four-length victory in the $75,000 Carterista Handicap.

Mr. Livingston won a pair of overnight stakes here last season but had not been better than fifth in four starts since winning the Nijinsky's Secret on July 25. The Carterista was his first outing since he finished last under allowance conditions at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 11.

Max Forever ($10.80) was slow at the start but strong at the finish as he outdueled 4-5 favorite Private Lap by a nose to win the $53,700 Quick Card Stakes at Delaware Park.

Private Lap, in his first start since the Grade 2 Clark Handicap last November, led Max Forever by a length with a quarter-mile remaining in the one-mile Quick Card and was still a half-length in front at the eighth pole when jockey Jeremy Rose was able to urge Max Forever to just get up at the wire.

Hank's Rib ($3.20) chased the pacesetting Wirebender all the way, responded to energetic left-handed whipping from rider Perry Ouzts, and won by a half-length in the $40,000 Mike Rowland Memorial Handicap at Thistledown.

It was the first stakes win for the 5-year-old Hank's Rib, who has won 5 of 7 career starts. He ran the six furlongs in 1:11.64.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Twisted Wit ($15.50) pressed the pace on the outside and took control early in the stretch en route to a decisive 2 1/2-length victory in the $166,350 Queenston Stakes, a prep for the June 27 Queen's Plate at Woodbine.

A Bit O'Gold was a clear second over favored Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk in the seven-horse field. Both Twisted Wit and Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk are trained by Bob Tiller. Over a sloppy track, the final time was 1:23.38.

STICKNEY, Ill. - For a reporter, trying to extract a straight answer from trainer Spanky Broussard is like pulling an elephant's tooth with a pair of pliers. But in the end, there is always something in there to grasp onto, beneath the false annoyance, the feigned bravado.

Broussard at heart is mostly mirth. He also has trained Thoroughbred racehorses long enough to have a fair idea which of them can run. Last season there was an unraced 2-year-old filly named Bold Bayou Baby.

MIAMI - Trainer Manuel Wayar had only five horses on his stall application for the 2004 Calder meeting. He added a sixth member to the stable shortly before the session began. And what an addition it was.

Wayar has assumed the training duties for the multiple graded stakes winner , replacing Myra Mora, who shipped her stable to Finger Lakes at the conclusion of the Tampa Bay Downs meet. Tour of the Cat is owned by Sue Gannon's Double G Stable.

"A friend of mine who knew the owner recommended me, and I was given the horse after he returned from Dubai," Wayar said.