WINNIPEG, Manitoba - By now you probably know that "Seabiscuit" the movie is going to be a blockbuster hit.

But did you know somebody from Winnipeg did the sound for the racing scenes?

Pay special attention to the sounds the jockeys hear during the race - the explosion of the gate, the pounding hooves, and the dynamic breathing of the horses - and think of 33-year-old Rob Nokes.

The son of former Assiniboia Downs steward Bob Nokes, Rob Nokes grew up in Winnipeg. He worked as a runner in the Assiniboia Downs press box before he was 10 years old.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Trainer Chuck Peery is not about to make the same mistake with Knockout Crown that three of his colleagues have made.

"She's run three times for $25,000, and she's been claimed each time," said Peery, who claimed the 4-year-old filly from a June 11 turf race at Bay Meadows.

On Sunday, Knockout Crown will make her stakes debut in the $40,000 Luther Burbank Handicap at the Sonoma County Fair.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Mysterious Affair is a millionaire now, after winning the $140,000 Rainbow Connection at Fort Erie on July 19.

But that lofty status isn't about to lead to a pampered lifestyle as Mysterious Affair is slated to swing back into action here next Saturday, in the $150,000 Royal North, a six-furlong turf race for fillies and mares.

"She's never missed a check," said Mort Hardy, owner, trainer, and breeder of the 6-year-old mare. "If she does, maybe I'd retire her.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Recently at Woodbine there have been some prime examples of why jockeys aren't renowned for their handicapping prowess.

Todd Kabel had his choice between Wando and Mobil in the Queen's Plate. He picked Mobil, and then had to stomach watching Wando romp in the $1 million race under Patrick Husbands.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Bettors on Thursday failed to conquer the pick six at Del Mar for the second consecutive day, creating a carryover of $562,575 for Friday.

Friday's pick six covers the third through eighth races on a program that begins at 4 p.m. Similar to Thursday's program, there are full fields in each pick six race.

Here is a glance at the changes and leading contenders in the pick six races.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The Test has been a race trainer Steve Asmussen had targeted for Lady Tak since she showed great promise earlier in the year. The Test has been a race Asmussen and Lady Tak's owner, Bill Heiligbrodt, have been obsessing over since Lady Tak was narrowly beaten in the Grade 1 Acorn last month at Belmont Park.

"When she got beat in the Acorn, we needed to win this race,' Asmussen said. "She deserves to be and needs to be a Grade 1 winner.'

DEL MAR, Calif. - Even for a reigning Eclipse champion, Golden Apples faces a difficult test when she makes her 2003 debut in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 John Mabee Handicap at Del Mar.

Unraced since finishing second in the Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park last December, Golden Apples embarks on a campaign that owner Gary Tanaka and trainer Ben Cecil hope will lead to a defense of her title and a victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Oct. 25.

"I'll be disappointed if she doesn't win with the way she's training," Cecil said.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Saturday's $40,000 Klondike Handicap at Northlands Park features an intriguing meeting between Kalfaari and Lord Shogun.

In the one corner is Kalfaari,

riding a streak of seven successive victories over two undefeated seasons. In the other is Lord Shogun, a three-time stakes winner last year.

Seven were entered in the 1 1/16-mile Klondike, the closing feature of the Klondike Days phase of the Northlands season.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Something will have to give when Devilastro and Test Drive face each other in Saturday's $25,000 sprint for older horses at Hastings. Both horses know how to win races, but each also prefers to be in front early.

Devilastro, who hasn't been worse than second in his last seven starts, will have a bit of an advantage as he drew the rail, while Test Drive will have to be sent hard from his outside post position. They stand out over the five other horses entered in the 6 1/2-furlong feature, which goes as the ninth race.

AUBURN, Wash. - Youcan'ttakeme carries high weight of

121 pounds when she takes on eight rivals in Saturday's $40,000 Kent Handicap for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles at Emerald Downs.

Youcan'ttakeme, a homebred daughter of He's Tops who races for Herman Sarkowsky, is coming off runaway wins in the 6 1/2-furlong Federal Way Handicap in May and the one-mile Son of Briartic Stakes on June 1. She missed a scheduled engagement in the June 29 Irish Day Handicap with a minor injury and comes into Saturday's stakes off a layoff of nearly two months.