Foley versus Foley long has been a familiar storyline in Kentucky racing. Whether a race pits dad against daughter, or dad against son, or sister against brother, the competition is friendly but fierce, with the winner able to claim temporary bragging rights within the family.

AUBURN, Wash. - This year's crop of 3-year-olds at Hastings may or may not be exceptional, but one thing seems certain.

They're better than the locals.

The connections of Emerald Downs-based top 3-year-olds thought they caught a break when Stratoplan, who shipped down from Vancouver and won the Aug. 10 Seattle Slew Handicap, elected to skip Monday's $105,625 Emerald Breeders' Cup Derby at nine furlongs. Roscoe Pito came down in his stead, however, and proved just as hard to handle.

AUBURN, Wash. - Canadian invader Roscoe Pito took the lead at the start and was never headed en route to a two-length victory over the favored Condotierri in Monday's $105,625 Emerald Breeders' Cup Derby at Emerald Downs.

Under a clever ride by Sam Krasner, Roscoe Pito slowed the pace to 47.60 for the first half mile of the nine furlong event, then had plenty left to stave off the late charge of Condotierri in 1:47.60. Knightsbridge held third in the field of six after stalking the early pace.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Ninebanks ($5.80) got a perfect stalking trip behind dueling leaders Obermeister and Long Gone Con as he repeated his 2002 victory, edging last year's runner-up Surprise Halo by a neck in the $100,000 California Turf Championship at Bay Meadows on Monday.

DEL MAR, Calif. - It wasn't the competition, nor the distance, that concerned trainer Darrell Vienna. All he wanted for Joey Franco was an outside draw for Monday's $250,000 Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap. When Joey Franco landed post six for the Grade 2 race, Vienna was elated. "I was so happy with the draw, because it's hard to get trapped," he said.

DEL MAR, Calif. - No one was able to isolate all six winners in the Pick Six on a challenging Labor Day card on Monday at Del Mar, resulting in a carryover of $252,901 into Wednesday's card.

Wednesday's card has eight races, so the Pick Six will begin with the third. The card has moderate sized fields, but the quality is above-average for a weekday card.

DEL MAR, Calif. - So far, Dirty Diana has been the stakes star for trainer Bob Baffert at Del Mar.

Her win in the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stakes on July 25 is Baffert's lone stakes win of a meet in which he is well on his way to a seventh consecutive overall training title.

Last year, Baffert won five stakes races at Del Mar; in 2000, he won a career-best 13.

By by Jj held off a late surge from Dash of Perry to win Monday's $1,896,250 at Ruidoso Downs, Quarter Horse racing's richest race.

The victory marked the first success in the race for owner-breeder Roslla Anrin Prieto, trainer Juan Gonzalez and jockey James Gonzalez. The winner's share was $1,025,000.

By by Jj's final time of 21.10 seconds for 440 yards was the second-fastest clocking in race history, just missing the record of 21.09 set by Eyesa Special in 2000.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Despite a dreary start and dreary finish, it was another strong season at Saratoga.

Total attendance was 1,049,309, surpassing the record of 1,011,669 set in 2001. The 2003 mark was a 5 percent increase over last year. The daily average of 29,147 was also a record, surpassing the average of 28,479 in 1989 when the meet was 24 days.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It was a fitting conclusion to an unprecedented meeting for jockey John Velazquez, as he guided Shoal Water to a 2 1/4-length victory over Urban King in the Grade 3, $108,800 Saranac Handicap on a soggy closing day at Saratoga.

It was one of two victories on the card for Velazquez, who finished the meet with 61 winners from 235 mounts. The 61 victories eclipsed Jerry Bailey's mark of 55 set in 2001