HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Tim Hills may have the upper hand when he sends out the uncoupled pair of Desirable Moment and Melody of Colors against eight rivals in Saturday's $50,000 Bob Slater Stakes on the turf.

is the quicker of the Hills duo and brings a two-race win streak into the five-furlong Bob Slater. She was also credited with the about-five-furlong course record for her half-length victory against high-priced claiming rivals March 28. The record has come under question, however, in light of recent malfunctions by the track teletimer system.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Jerry Hollendorfer became the sixth trainer in Thoroughbred racing history to win 4,000 races when Gonetorule scored a $17.80 upset in the sixth race at Bay Meadows on Thursday. Hollendorfer had won No. 3,999 one race earlier with Soccer Dan.

"I don't know if I'll reach 5,000, but I'll try," Hollendorfer said after being presented with a flat-screen television by Bay Meadows for his achievement.

Jockey Kevin Radke broke his left wrist and suffered a compound fracture of his nose when he fell after his mount, Reflected Lite, clipped heels with another horse on the first turn of a one-mile turf race at Bay Meadows on Wednesday.

Radke, who won the riding title at the recent Golden Gate Fields meeting, was taken to Stanford Hospital after the accident. Medical staff members there performed procedures to realign his nose and wrist.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Rare is the horse who wins more than she loses, but that is the case with Bedanken, who is seeking her fourth straight win over 17 months Saturday in the $75,000 Irving Distaff at Lone Star Park.

A 7 1/2-furlong turf race for fillies and mares, the Irving Distaff also drew defending champ Cherylville Slew and Janeian, who set a course record when she won the $150,000 Indian Maid Breeders' Cup Handicap last year at Hawthorne Race Course.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Saturday's $100,000 at Bay Meadows may have a small field, but the 1 1/8-mile race will be an important measuring stick for each of the seven runners in the field.

Only one of the seven runners has defeated winners - Trieste's Honor, who is seeking his third straight victory in northern California.

Jimmy Cracked Corn, a winner of 3 of his 7 career starts, including the Bucharest at Sam Houston, is live in a field of 10 in the $50,000 Golden Circle Stakes Saturday night at Prairie Meadows.

Jimmy Cracked Corn, with Luis Quinonez aboard, figures to be prominent throughout the six-furlong race for 3-year-olds.

Tom Amoss trains Jimmy Cracked Corn, who reeled off three consecutive wins, all at different tracks, before running third when tried on grass for the first time last out at Fair Grounds in a 7 1/2-furlong open allowance race.

Grand Island, Neb. - Thundering Verzy returns to his home state and heads a field of eight 3-year-old Nebraska-bred colts and geldings in the $30,000-added Fonner Park Special Stakes.

Thundering Verzy won his maiden at first asking last year, then reeled off consecutive wins in the Club House Special and Columbus Futurity Stakes. He then ventured to Arizona's Turf Paradise, where he raced during the winter.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Hastings opens its 2004 live season Saturday under the new ownership of Canadian Gaming Corp. and Peter Wall, who paid Woodbine Entertainment Group $20.1 million to take over racing at Hastings, the only major track in British Columbia. Wall, who will have a big role in managing Hastings, has already put his stamp on the operation by bringing back the pick six.

CALGARY, Alberta - The Night of Champions, Alberta's annual salute to the champions of the previous season, received a boost when Sixthirtyjoe, They Call Me Cody, and Rindanica - major contenders in their respective divisions at the awards banquet at Stampede Saturday evening - were entered in a $23,000 allowance that goes as the featured eighth race on the afternoon program.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Quiz the Maid will attempt to complete a sweep of the open stakes for 3-year-old fillies at this Portland meet when she takes on five challengers in Saturday's $10,000 Oregon Oaks at 1 1/16 miles.

Quiz the Maid, a Washington-bred daughter of Basket Weave from the barn of Jim Fergason, has already won the six-furlong Lassie Stakes, the six-furlong Ms Stakes, and the one-mile Mt. St. Helens Stakes. If she completes the sweep in the Oaks, Quiz the Maid will duplicate a feat that Back Street Gal accomplished last season en route to horse of the meeting honors.