ALBANY, Calif. - Chilean-bred Se Me Acabo will meet some of northern California's most consistent mares Sunday in the $60,000-added Camilla Urso Handicap.

The six-furlong race attracted a field of seven, including stakes winners Bullish Miss, De Goddaughter, Fertile, and Posadas.

Se Me Acabo was fifth in her United States debut in the Grade 2 A Gleam Handicap at Hollywood Park on July 14. She subsequently finished third in the Grade 2 Clement Hirsch Handicap - behind Azeri and Angel Gift - and the Piedra Foundation Handicap at Del Mar.

Mav Cat, a versatile colt who has won his last two races by a combined 10 lengths, should have plenty of speed to stalk Sunday in the $30,000 Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington Park in Oklahoma City. The 6 1/2-furlong race for 2-year-olds drew eight, some of whom are expected to advance to the $75,000 MEC Mile Dec. 1.

To remain undefeated, Witt Ante will have to fight off the Cole Norman-trained duo of Mr. King Rex and Teepee Creeper in Sunday's $30,000 Pelican State Stakes at Louisiana Downs. The six-furlong race for 2-year-olds bred in Louisiana closes out the meet in Bossier City, La.

The season has been a good one for Witt Ante. He won his maiden on the Super Derby undercard Sept. 21, then returned a month later to take the $40,000 Stardust Stakes. Trainer Larry Robideaux has given the mount to Kirk Leblanc.

GROVE CITY, Ohio - Defending champion Scioto Bootski will be the starting highweight and the one to beat when she faces a full field of Ohio-bred fillies and mares in Sunday's $40,000 Scarlet and Gray Handicap.

Scioto Bootski, a 4-year-old daughter of Storm Boot, defeated males in her last local start, the Sept. 14 Honey Jay Stakes.

She has since finished third against males in the Best of Ohio Sprint Championship at Thistledown on Oct. 14 and won a statebred allowance against females at Thistle on Oct. 28.

ANDERSON, Ind. - Indiana-breds who are sired by registered Indiana stallions are the focus in Sunday night's pair of $40,000-added stakes. Both the Richmond Stakes for fillies and mares and the Gus Grissom for colts and geldings are carded at 1 1/16 miles.

Maggie's Dream is unbeaten in three starts this year but must stretch out in distance in the Richmond Stakes and face Amanda's Crown, a sharp sprinter who also is unproven around two turns.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Julie Krone rode the first winner of her week-old comeback on Thursday at Hollywood Park. The victory could not have come on an easier mount.

Krone rode Jade Vixen to a comfortable six-length win against maiden claimers, scoring on a heavy favorite.

"I got a little teary-eyed when I pulled up," she said.

The win came six days into her comeback following an absence of 3 1/2 years from competitive racing. Jade Vixen was her eighth mount in the last week, and first aboard a favorite.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The theory that the sport of horse racing tapers off badly after the Breeders' Cup could take a major hit Saturday when a deep and competitive field of fillies and mares clashes in the 17th running of the Grade 2 Churchill Downs Distaff.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Horse owner Aaron Jones was never more delighted to be wrong as he was following Wednesday's $73,450 Bien Bien Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Jones was reluctant to run Music's Storm in the one-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds, but consented to the plan at the insistence of trainer Eduardo Inda.

"I thought we were a little over our heads today," Jones said. "The trainer didn't think so and he was right." Music's Storm [$50.80] rallied wide through the stretch and outfinished Golden Arrow to win his first stakes in the Bien Bien.

The creation of the Sunshine Millions, a race series featuring California-breds against Florida-breds, is the most significant change to the stakes schedule at the 2002-2003 Santa Anita winter meeting. The meeting runs from Dec. 26 to April 20.

The eight-race Sunshine Millions features four races at both Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita on Jan. 25. Santa Anita will host the Distaff, Turf, Sprint, and Oaks, worth a combined $1.75 million.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - There's never a guarantee that a horse is going to win a particular race, but if Buckeye Bates runs the way he normally does, they won't beat him in Saturday's seventh race at Hastings Park, a $15,000 optional sprint for older horses.