ALTOONA, Iowa - The United States Supreme Court on Monday unanimously reversed a June 2002 Iowa Supreme Court decision that struck down a higher tax rate on Prairie Meadows and the state's two greyhound tracks than on the state's riverboat casinos.

Beginning in 1997, the tracks, which all house slot machines, began paying taxes on their profits at a graduated rate. The rate began at 22 percent and increased 2 percent each year prior to last year's ruling. The rate was scheduled to be capped at 36 percent in 2004.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Jorge Chavez beat out 11 other riders in an online poll of fans last week to earn the final berth into the National Thoroughbred Racing Association All-Star Jockey Championship on June 20. The four-race competition will be held at Lone Star Park.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - And on the 13th day, they finally ran a turf race on the Jersey shore.

Grass racing made its long-awaited debut at Monmouth Park Wednesday afternoon, after excessive rainfall had prevented the use of the course since the meet began on May 24. Every scheduled turf contest - including two Grade 3 stakes, the Red Bank Handicap and the Jersey Derby - had shifted to the main track.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Raging Fever has won three Grade 1's and banked close to a million and a half dollars in a wonderful four-season career. She's coming from New York to Arlington for Saturday's $175,000-added Chicago Breeders' Cup, but lying in wait is Summer Mis, winner of the, um, the . . .

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt, prominent owners from Texas, pulled a cross-country stakes double last Saturday when Posse won the Grade 2 Riva Ridge at Belmont, and Bluegrass Sara won the $138,200 fillies division of the Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Futurity at Lone Star Park.

Steve Asmussen trains both horses for the Heiligbrodts, who also own Lady Tak.

An exciting future awaits Posse after he ran down Midas Eyes for a nose win in the Riva Ridge. His long-term goal is the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

MIAMI, Fla. - Supah Blitz, who returned from a brief rest on the farm following his 13th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, could make his next start on the turf, trainer Manny Tortora said Monday.

"He's not that far away from a race," said Tortora, who trains Supah Blitz for his wife Jacqueline and the Bee Bee Stable. "I probably will skip the next stakes [Unbridled on June 21] and look for a two-other-than allowance race on the grass. He ran pretty well the first time I put him on the turf."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The excitement has barely died down following the Belmont Stakes but the Triple Crown build-up is just beginning at Woodbine, where the 1 1/4-mile Queen's Plate will launch the Canadian series here June 22.

The Prince of Wales, a 1 3/16-mile race at Fort Erie July 20, and the Breeders' Stakes, a 1 1/2-mile turf race here Aug. 9, round out the Canadian Triple Crown for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds. A bonus of $500,000 is awarded for a horse who sweeps the series.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - The Grade 2, $300,000 Ohio Derby will be telecast on CBS from 5 to 6 p.m. Eastern on June 21 as part of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Summer Racing Tour.

The nine-furlong derby will be part of an NTRA Summer Pick Three wager along with the Ogden Phipps Handicap from Belmont Park and the Dallas Turf Cup from Thistledown's sister track, Lone Star Park.

Among the horses expected for the Ohio Derby are Midway Road, who was second in the Preakness, and Wild and Wicked, who is undefeated in two starts for trainer Ken McPeek.

Valley of the Gods, third behind a horse who went on to win a Grade 2 stakes in her next start, and Trijonia, who has won her last two races by nearly 21 lengths, head a field of 3-year-old filly sprinters seeking their first stakes victory in Friday night's $30,000 Wonders Delight at Penn National.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Several performances during the last week suggest runners stabled at Canterbury Park will be a major factor in the Claiming Crown, which will be held here July 19.

Since shipping to Canterbury Park, Win the Crowd has beaten two allowance fields by daylight, including an impressive win over a muddy track last Saturday. The 4-year-old Win the Crow is trained by Mike Biehler.