MIAMI - After winning 20 races during a six-day span in late November, including a track record-equaling six winners on Nov. 24, jockey Cornelio Velasquez appeared to have clinched his second straight Tropical-at-Calder riding title.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - While Tampa Bay Downs's opening weekend was a washout, the $50,000 Inaugural Stakes lives on and has been rescheduled for Tuesday.

The six-furlong Inaugural has drawn a bulky field of 14 2-year-olds and should offer good betting value as the entrants are coming off starts at 10 different tracks - from Great Lakes Downs to Saratoga.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Victor Carrero, who was taken to North Shore University Hospital complaining of pain in his right ankle after his mount in Saturday's opener at Aqueduct, Big Ide, acted up in the gate, was not seriously injured and was released later in the day.

Carrero's agent, Jose Morales, said that the rider had no broken bones and would be able to ride in a couple of days.

Martha's Music finished strongly from well out in the track to win Saturday's Grade 3 Anne Arundel Stakes at Laurel Race Course by three-quarters of a length.

Jockey Stewart Elliott was patient aboard Martha's Music while racing in fifth early as 18-1 Pass the Virtue and 19-1 Shop Till You Drop opened up a long lead over the rest of the field. The leaders began to come back to the field nearing the stretch, and it was Martha's Music who emerged from the pack with the best late bid. Martha's Music covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.84 over a good track and paid $22.

NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Champions Day Classic shaped up a match race, but one of the duelers failed to fire. Favored Walk in the Snow ran hard in the stretch to post a 2 1/4-length win, but defending champion Oak Hall lost his position a half-mile from the finish and checked in fourth.

The $150,000 Classic capped a great year for Walk in the Snow ($3.40) and another successful Champions Day for Fair Grounds, which drew a crowd of 4,147 for a 10-stakes program run on a lovely afternoon.

NEW ORLEANS - He beat only Louisiana-breds Saturday, but Meteor Impact may not need restricted company to be a stakes horse next year at age 3. With a powerful run from the three-eighths pole to the wire, Meteor Impact won the $100,000 Juvenile by six lengths under Calvin Borel, the all-time leader in Champions Day wins.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Five starts against the top fillies in the nation have prepared Starrer for a defense of her crown in the Grade 2, $150,000 at Hollywood Park on Sunday.

This year Starrer has chased Azeri in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, Vanity Handicap, and Lady's Secret Handicap on the West Coast. In two trips to the East, she finished behind Summer Colony in the Delaware Handicap and Personal Ensign Handicap.

There is no such threat in the Bayakoa, where Starrer figures to be favored.

MIAMI - Allamerican Bertie began her 3-year-old campaign in south Florida and may end it the same way with an appearance in Saturday's $100,000 Frances A. Genter Stakes on the turf.

Trainer Steve Flint said he was 50-50 about whether he would run Allamerican Bertie in the Genter or await the opening of Gulfstream Park and the $100,000 Honey Fox Handicap on Jan. 5.

"She's been lightly raced and definitely looking to do something," said Flint, who trains Allamerican Bertie for owners Elaine, Bert, and Richard Klein.

Most handicappers wholeheartedly believe in the "horse for course" theory, which holds that some horses elevate their performances over tracks that suit their styles and preferences. But does the opposite hold true - that some horses loathe a particular surface and underachieve on it?

That question gets put to a test Sunday, when multiple stakes winner Rebridled races in the featured ninth race on grass at Fair Grounds, a course on which he has struggled throughout his career.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Figure out who can get the distance, and that should go a long way toward predicting the outcome of the Damon Runyon Stakes on Aqueduct's inner track.

Sunday's $75,000-added Damon Runyon drew a field of nine New York-bred juveniles, with the Gary Contessa-trained uncoupled duo of Unswept and Grey Comet expected to vie for favoritism in the 1 1/16-mile race.