LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Churchill Downs reported a substantial increase in all-sources handle and a slight increase in ontrack business at the 27-day fall meet that ended Saturday.

All-sources wagering averaged $7,993,598, an increase of nearly 18 percent from last fall, when 30 programs were run. Ontrack business was up slightly, although figures reflect business at the nearby Trackside simulcast facility, which was open because of the massive renovation project that dominated the Churchill landscape.

Hollywood Park is cutting purses by 8 percent at its current autumn meeting, the track announced Monday, making it the second consecutive meeting at which purses were cut in Southern California.

Oak Tree at Santa Anita had a similar purse cut during its recently concluded meeting, which included the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

Jockey Russell Baze, second in the nation with 410 victories, broke his collarbone Sunday when his mount, Snoopy Cat, stumbled leaving the gate in the third race at Golden Gate Fields, causing Baze to fall.

Another horse, After the Run, struck Baze after he fell. Baze also was bruised on his chest and complained of pain between his shoulder blades. He was taken to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley for X-rays as well as an EKG and ultrasound for his chest.

Baze, fourth on the all-time list for career victories with 8,484, is expected to be sidelined four to six week.

The total handle on live racing at the Hastings meet that ended Sunday was $54,295,386, down 8.6 percent from last year. With eight fewer days and 92 fewer races, however, the per-race average was up 3.7 percent.

An increase of 4.3 percent in simulcast wagering helped offset the losses in the live handle, and the combined total of $177,842,389 was roughly equal to last year's $177,838,214.

Attendance figures are not taken at Hastings, but the track recorded an ontrack per-race handle increase of 12.3 percent for the live product.

Halory Leigh, ridden by Craig Perret, rallied to capture the $50,000 Holiday Inaugural by 4 1/4 lengths, perpetuating a sensational recent streak for trainer Dale Romans, who won a record 20 races at the Churchill fall meet.

Halory Leigh, the second choice in a field of eight fillies and mares, paid $5.60 after finishing six furlongs in 1:10.29.

Shemoveslikeaghost was a surprise winner of the $125,000-added New Mexico Racing Commission Handicap for statebred fillies and mares, outdueling Ghost Chatter in the stretch. The loss ended a four-race win streak for Ghost Chatter, the 2-1 favorite.

Shemoveslikeaghost, a homebred 3-year-old owned by William T. Stradley, paid $23.20 and finished six furlongs in 1:10.10 in winning her second stakes.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Queen's Triomphe, the longest-priced horse in a nine-horse field, tackled pacesetter Golden Damsel approaching the eighth pole and drew clear for a 2 1/4-length victory in the $82,875 Montauk Handicap for New York-bred fillies and mares.

Message Red, the 8-5 favorite, won a three-horse photo for second over Princess Dixie and Golden Damsel.

ALBANY, Calif. - In 2000, trainer Lonnie Arterburn was on top of the world.

Remember Sheikh, the second-best horse in his barn, won the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby. His best horse, Rings a Chime, whom Arterburn purchased early that year for $400,000, won the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland and followed up with a second-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks.

But Rings a Chime suffered a career-ending injury in her next start, in the Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and Remember Sheikh also suffered an injury that sent his career spiraling downward.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - On the day that Hollywood Park honored Julie Krone by turning her into a bobblehead, Krone made 12 other riders look like knuckleheads.

Krone lulled her rivals to sleep in Sunday's $600,000 , and that enabled the 16-1 shot Sweet Return to lead from start to finish in the 1 1/4-mile, Grade 1 grass race.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Heat Haze rallied from last in to final quarter-mile to win Sunday's $500,000 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park and in doing so became a leading candidate for outstanding turf female of 2003.

Heat Haze's victory in the Grade 1 Matriarch marked her fourth graded stakes win of the year and second in a Grade 1. She won the Beverly D Stakes at Arlington Park in August.

Heat Haze had a trouble free trip in the Matriarch, enabling her to catch Musical Chimes in the final yards. Ridden by John Velazquez, Heat Haze ($10.60) ran a mile on turf in 1:34.43.