When Walk in the Snow finished second at 30-1 in the $500,000 Super Derby, owner Ginger Taylor was so happy it was almost as if she had won the race.

"If he would have won, it couldn't have been any better," said Taylor. "I felt that I'd won."

In fact, after the race Taylor said to her husband, Herman, "We forgot to take the picture."

Walk in the Snow's entry in the Sept. 21 Super Derby was something of an anniversary present that the Taylors gave to themselves a week after having celebrated 34 years of marriage.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Music's Storm can make up for his seventh-place finish in the Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar in July here on Wednesday in a $50,000 optional claimer.

Music's Storm was an impressive winner of an allowance race at Hollywood Park on July 3, and was well-regarded in the second division of the Oceanside Stakes on July 24. But after fighting for the lead for the first six furlongs under Gary Stevens, Music's Storm faded through the stretch to finish seventh.

"He was rank and he never had time to relax," trainer Eduardo Inda said. "I threw it out."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The Addison Stakes on Sept. 24 at Fort Eire was supposed to be a cakewalk for 1-10 favorite Forever Grand, but he gave jockey Todd Kabel a few anxious moments when longshot Le Vainqueur loomed outside of him at the top of the stretch.

"He ran a strong race," Kabel said, "but I feel he could have run a lot better. He was running spotty, and was looking around a lot. He had me worried turning for home, when his head came up and his action changed, but he kicked on strong after I got aggressive with him."

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Just 12 days before the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships - with only a handful of Breeders' Cup hopefuls having arrived here - there was a flurry of activity Monday morning at Arlington, where Macho Uno, Bonapaw, and Two Item Limit had significant and impressive workouts.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Jockey Corey Nakatani was excused from his mounts on Monday at Santa Anita after complaining of body soreness following a two-horse spill in Sunday's fifth race.

The incident occurred at the end of the backstretch in a 6 1/2-furlong race for $28,000 to $32,000 claimers. Hero's Welcome stumbled and unseated jockey Garrett Gomez, who was in the path of Nakatani's mount, Sing Because.

Nakatani was unable to avoid the accident and was unseated from Sing Because and fell heavily.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Bobby Frankel may have himself another runner.

Glia, a recent arrival from France where she raced exclusively on turf, demonstrated the ability to handle a wet dirt track Monday, galloping to a 3 1/4-length victory in the $114,300 Pebbles Handicap at Belmont Park.

Nonsuch Bay, the 9-5 favorite, closed to finish second, six lengths ahead of Delta Princess. Aztec Pear and Bronze Autumn completed the order of finish.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Late-blooming First Quarter ($14.10) pulled off an upset in Monday's $161,250 Carotene Stakes, winning her first stakes by a length over front-running Atlantic Fury.

Hot Talent, the more fancied half of the heavily favored entry with sixth-place finisher Winning Chance, was fourth in the turf event for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies. That result created large show payoffs of $17.40 for First Quarter, $27.90 for Atlantic Fury, and $18.40 for Silver Nithi.

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - Moving closer to his second World Champion title, A Ransom remained undefeated this year by beating a strong field in Saturday's $200,000 Los Alamitos Championship for older Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos.

The victory gave the 6-year-old A Ransom his fourth win of 2002 and raised his career earnings to $1,069,556, making him the 35th Quarter Horse to surpass the $1 million mark.

Ridden by Carlos Bautista, A Ransom ($3.20) led throughout the 440 yards, holding off a late challenge from Whosleavingwho to win by a nose in 21.417.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Nine stakes, each worth $100,000 or more, including six graded races, highlight the stakes schedule for the upcoming Golden Gate Fields meeting. The meet runs Nov. 6-March 31

In keeping with the revised stakes schedule for the current Bay Meadows meeting, the schedule has several changes that were requested by local horsemen.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Lapuma ($12.40) swept to the lead in midstretch and went on to upset heavily favored Volga in the 11th running of the $112,200 Dowager Stakes.

With Larry Melancon riding for owner Joe Allen and trainer Alton Quanbeck, Lapuma bid for the lead turning for home, then outran San Dare and Volga down the stretch to win the 1 1/2-mile race as the 5-1 second choice. She finished in 2:35.17 over a yielding course.