NEW ORLEANS - Beau's Town's connections hope their horse can become more than a regional sprint star this year, which is good, because Beau's Town is running out of competition in this part of the country.

Beau's Town easily won his seasonal debut Feb. 1 at Oaklawn Park, and Sunday he torched the best sprinters at Fair Grounds, winning the $150,000 by two-and-three-quarters lengths over Mountain General. Bonapaw was another length and three-quarters back in third, followed by Dr. Mike and Dash for Daylight. Beau's Town time of 1:08.83 for six furlongs set a stakes record.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Colorful Tour picked up his fifth straight win Sunday and became the leading local hope for the Grade 2, $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 5 when he held off favorite Crafty Shaw by a neck in the Grade 3, $100,000 at Oaklawn Park.

It was another head back in third to Windward Passage, who withstood a jockey's objection for stretch interference from fifth-place finisher Gold Tango.

TAMPA, Fla. - Region Of Merit kept himself in the Kentucky Derby picture with a hard fought three quarter length victory over Aristocat in Sunday's $250,000 .

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Gold Mover avenged an earlier loss at this meet to Harmony Lodge and defended her title in the Sunday with a convincing 3 1-2-length victory in the $100,000 ungraded race at Gulfstream Park.

Harmony Lodge, who defeated Gold Mover in the Shirley Jones Handicap and had also won the First Lady Handicap at this meet, settled for second, 4 1-2 lengths ahead of Belterra. Preferred Option and Silk Concorde completed the order of finish.

Gold Mover, under Edgar Prado, covered the 6 1-2 furlongs 1:15.83, just .83 seconds off the track record.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - It was a weekend to remember at Aqueduct for trainer Pat Reynolds and jockey Richard Migliore.

As a team, Reynolds and Migliore won Saturday's Broadway Handicap with Shawklit Mint and did it again on Sunday with Alysweep, the 4 1/4-length winner of the $200,000 aboard Affirmed Success, who beat the Reynolds-trained Peeping Tom, the runner-up, by a length.

ALBANY, Calif. - Ninebanks got a dream trip and edged pacesetting Surprise Halo by a nose to win the $136,250 Grade 3 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday.

Ninebanks broke alertly, but jockey Ron Warren Jr. was content to led Surprise Halo take the lead in the 1 1/8-mile turf race. The two were well in front of favored Royal Gem and Capt. Fly Hook, and it was strictly a two-horse race the entire way.

Kwik Kash earned $30,000 in 58.85 seconds Saturday night when she won the $50,000 Azalea by a length at Delta Downs in Vinton, La.

Doc Knows Best was second in the five-furlong race for statebred fillies and mares, two and a half lengths clear of third-place finisher Mamaleen.

Fuse It, who would have gone favored, was scratched, and ran instead at Fair Grounds earlier in the day and finished third in the $100,000 Victoria Lass Handicap.

ARCADIA, Calif. - A string of upsets on Saturday on a wet-fast track and a yielding turf course has led to a carryover of $128,402 for Sunday's nine-race program.

Sunday's program features the important $250,00 San Felipe Stakes, a prep for the Kentucky Derby. The San Felipe is part of the pick six, which includes the fourth through ninth races, all of which are run on the main track.

The course was listed as wet-fast late on Saturday program with further rain expected overnight.

Sunland Park, N. M. - On Valentine's Day of this year Dancing Capote was a non-descript five-year-old mare entered in a three-life allowance. After Saturday's $75,000-added City of Las Cruces Handicap, she is a stakes winner on a three race streak.

ALBANY, Calif. - Amber Hills ($24), who ran the opening half mile in 44.76 seconds, re-rallied after being passed in the lane and held off the closing charge of Mavoreen to win the $82,650 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.

Running in blinkers for the first time, Amber Hills broke sharply and beat maiden Quero Quero to the first turn. She ran a 21.96 opening quarter as she led by a head. She increased the margin to 3 1/2 lengths after the opening half.