SAN MATEO, Calif. - When trainer Art Sherman dropped a claim on a 2-year-old filly named Snowbound Nan last Wednesday, he didn't know that he would get what he calls a "miracle horse" for $12,500.

Snowbound Nan fell during the running of her race and got lodged under the inner safety rail. An injection was prepared to euthanize her, but after track vet Dr. Robert Connolly was able to extricate her from under the rail, she not only got back on her feet but also walked back to her new home in Sherman's barn.

CHICAGO - Just three months separate Neon Shadow from his 10th birthday. His body is willing. His heart is strong. And man, his head is in the game.

"The racetrack is everything to him," Neon Shadow's trainer, Carl Bowman said. "He enjoys every minute of it. When he hears the bugle blowing, he'll run up to the webbing in his stall and prick his ears. He'll do it nine times a day, like clockwork."

SELMA, Texas - The late trainer Willard Proctor would have been proud. His wife, Margaret, 84, and all five of his children turned out for his induction into the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame on Saturday night at Retama Park.

Proctor was one of six enshrined in the Hall's fifth class. A native of Texas, he trained horses for 60 years, from 1938 until his death in 1998.

Among the 58 stakes winners Proctor saddled were Convenience, Gallant Romeo, and Lovlier Linda.

ANDERSON, Ind. - California shipper Excessivepleasure turned back a bid from Wando and then held off the previously undefeated Grand Hombre to earn a one-length win in Saturday night's Grade 3, $411,800 at Hoosier Park.

GROVE CITY, Ohio - Devil Time ($3.20) rated well off a hot early pace, took command entering the far turn, and drew off for an easy 16-length score in the $100,000 Best of Ohio Endurance Championship at Beulah Park.

Jockey Bill Troilo guided Devil Time to his fourth straight stakes score. A 6-year-old gelding trained by David Carroll, Devil Time covered the 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.18.

In the other Best of Ohio stakes on the card:

SELMA, Texas - Fly Slama Jama set a course record at Retama Park when he upset the $100,000 Texas Hall of Fame Stakes at 40-1. The 1 1/16-mile turf race was one of seven restricted stakes on the card worth a cumulative $490,000.

The program, which was the richest of the meet, celebrated the Texas Hall inductions of Willard Proctor, Cash Asmussen, Allen Bogan, Ott Adams, Two Altazano, and Three Oh's.

Fly Slama Jama ($82.20) wired the field in the Texas Hall, and covered the distance in 1:40.79. Weldon Cloninger rode the winner for trainer John Locke.

Sharbayan, ridden by Pat Day, ran his 2003 record to 4 for 4 when he pulled away to win the Grade 3, $138,200 Sycamore Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths over late-running Cetewayo. The winner paid $7.80 after finishing 1 1/2 miles in 2:29.55.

Owned by Iron County Farms and trained by Wally Dollase, Sharbayan won a graded stakes for the first time in seven races since being imported from France. Always in striking position in a field of 10, Sharbayan took over for Better Talk Now at the top of the stretch.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Harmony Lodge capped a terrific 5-year-old season Sunday by registering a half-length, gate-to-wire victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park.

House Party, the 7-10 favorite, rallied for second, a head in front of Slews Final Answer. Jockey Jose Santos said House Party got startled by a piece of paper she saw on the track at the top of the stretch.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Uppity Kitty ($8.40) opened a lead in the stretch and held on to win a three-way photo over Quanah County and Go Ask Daisy in the $63,400 Courtship Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Bay Meadows.

Uppity Kitty sat behind pacesetting Absolute Nectar down the backstretch, edged closer on the turn, and opened a clear lead at the eighth pole in the six-furlong race.

At the wire, Uppity Kitty was a nose in front of Quanah County, who was, in turn, a nose in front of Go Ask Daisy. The winning time was 1:11.69.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Perfect Soul and Wando both left Woodbine last week with high hopes of enhancing their prospects for the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita.

Perfect Soul passed his test with flying colors by capturing Saturday's Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile at Keeneland, and will proceed to the BC Mile as a serious candidate.

Wando, however, came up short, finishing third in Saturday night's 1 1/16-mile Indiana Derby at Hoosier Park, and he probably will not see action again this season.