ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Winter Garden held off a stern stretch bid from 2-5 favorite Hour of Justice to post an upset in Saturday's $143,500 at Woodbine.

Chantal Sutherland rode Winter Garden, who battled up front with Deputy Cures Blues through wind-aided splits of 21.93 and 44.31 seconds in the six-furlong dash for 3-year-old fillies.

Hour of Justice raced in tight quarters on the turn while stalking the pace, and came wide into the lane. She appeared to have Winter Garden measured in midstretch, but Winter Garden prevailed by a half-length.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Classic Endeavor bounced back from a heart-breaking nose loss in last month's Stymie Handicap to post a front-running, half-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3 at Aqueduct.

Balto Star finished second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Tempest Fugit. It was another half-length back to Snake Mountain, the even-money favorite coming off four consecutive stakes victories.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Friday's fourth race at Fonner Park was declared a no-contest because of a gate malfunction.

The gate for post 1 opened before the others, followed by the gate for post 9, then the gate for post 2. Finally, the remainder opened with several horses stumbling or getting away badly in the four-furlong race for $5,000 claimers.

Dasha Viking won the race, with Lov'nue and Manimint finishing in a dead heat for second and Women Warrior and Ormontes Baby in a dead heat for fourth. All wagers were refunded on the race and the pick four paid $46 for 7-8-3-all.

EAST BOSTON, Mass. - Suffolk Downs canceled racing on Saturday when a rain and ice storm left the track unsafe.

It was the 11th full-card cancellation of 2003 for Suffolk, which has suffered through one of the harshest winters in recent years.

The riders inspected the track 15 minutes before the first race post parade, returned to the jockeys' room, and then elected not to ride.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Ministers Wild Cat was scratched from Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby because of a sore right hind foot, trainer Neil Drysdale said Saturday morning.

Ministers Wild Cat "galloped super" Friday morning, according to Drysdale, but had a sore foot when he was checked around noon.

Drysdale said Ministers Wild Cat could race as soon as next weekend.

"He's nominated to the Blue Grass and Wood, everything," Drysdale said from his barn at Hollywood Park. "We'll see how he responds to treatment."

ARCADIA, Calif. - Reinforcements to a shallow California turf division arrive Sunday at Santa Anita, where Grade 1 winner Ballingarry begins his first United States campaign and Sunday Break tries to resurrect his career in his first start on grass.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Bob Tiller entered three of the six horses in Sunday's Jacques Cartier Stakes at Woodbine - Rare Friends, Forever Grand, and Cheap Talk - but he might not run all of them.

Rare Friends, fifth at 2-1 in the five-furlong Briartic Handicap on opening day, and Forever Grand are his most likely candidates for the six-furlong race, Tiller said Thursday.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Back Street Gal, unbeaten in three starts, takes on six other 3-year-old fillies in Sunday's one-mile, $10,000 Mt. St. Helens Stakes at Portland Meadows.

Back Street Gal, a homebred daughter of Cisco Road and Mi Moment who races for Bill Hepperle, is already a stakes winner twice over, having scored in the Lassie and Ms. stakes, both at six furlongs. She has never attempted a mile, however, and she will be doing so on Sunday after a layoff of nearly two months.

Trainer Jim Fergason said he will not use the time away as an excuse.

CALGARY, Alberta - The horse-for-course adage aptly describes Tantoo, who has been virtually unbeatable at Stampede Park the past few springs.

Last April, Tantoo won her first four races, moving steadily up the claiming ladder for trainer Dale Greenwood.

Jockey Quincy Welch had her in front every step of the way in each victory, and will be reunited with the 7-year-old Tantoo in Sunday's featured $21,900 allowance for fillies and mares at four furlongs.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Nonsuch Bay served notice Friday that she could be a force to be reckoned with in her division again this season. She rallied to a 4 1/4-length victory over Lead Story and seven other older fillies and mares in Friday's $75,000 Banshee Breeze Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The victory was the fourth on the day for leading rider Eibar Coa.