If trainer Cole Norman can't beat them on the front end with the quick That Tat in the $30,000 Island Whirl Handicap at Louisiana Downs on Saturday, he could mow them down late with Unrullah Bull.

And if that plan of attack doesn't work, Norman has three other horses to call on in the seven-furlong race: Grey Velvet (who is coupled with That Tat) Yuma, and Warhead. That gives the trainer five of the nine starters in the field, and an excellent chance to win the Island Whirl for the third time since 1999.

MIAMI - Come rain or shine, trainer Marty Wolfson will have all bases covered for Saturday's $50,000 Noble Royalty Handicap scheduled to be run at 1 1/16 miles on Calder's turf course.

Wolfson entered four of the 10 fillies and mares in the Noble Royalty, including Coolbythepool, who will start only if the race comes off the grass. He can also start Stay Forever, Cee Knows Evil, and Abuela Esther depending upon the track and weather conditions.

As far as championships go, it's not exactly the most coveted title in sports. But what the Turfway Fall Championship lacks in tradition and prestige, it compensates for with cash.

The $100,000 purse clearly is the most alluring aspect of the Fall Championship, a Grade 3 race that will be run Saturday at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. Trainer Niall O'Callaghan, who has won two of the last three runnings, has one of the main contenders in Frazee's Folly, a gray 5-year-old who drew the outside post in a field of eight older horses.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher probably will spend a fair amount of time watching the Weather Channel the next couple of days.

Pletcher has entered Pennsylvania Derby winner Harlan's Holiday in Friday night's $350,000 Pegasus Handicap, but likely will scratch if the track is sloppy. Friday's forecast calls for heavy rain.

Pletcher also planned to cross-enter Harlan's Holiday in Saturday's $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Trainer Spanky Broussard toyed with the idea of pointing San Pedro to Sunday's Washington Park Handicap, but ultimately he settled on Friday's $42,000 Play Fellow, a one-mile handicap for Illinois-breds at Arlington Park. Just as Broussard wanted, the Play Fellow is a much softer spot - but it's not an easy spot.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Stakes winner Mobil, and the Sam-Son Farm entry of Walls of Jericho and Swift of Flight head Friday's Woodbine feature, the $79,400 allowance prep for the Oct. 12 Cup and Saucer Stakes.

Mobil, trained by Mike Keogh for owner Gustav Schickedanz, won his maiden in the Sept. 2 Simcoe Stakes, for graduates of local yearling sales. He pressed the pace from the outset in that seven-furlong dash, and dueled Timeform into submission to prevail by a half-length, earning a solid Beyer Speed Figure of 78 for his efforts.

POMONA, Calif. - Warren's Whistle and Covincing were unheralded 2-year-old fillies when they scored impressive wins just days apart during the 2000 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Fairplex Park. Warren's Whistle has since earned more than $500,000 for trainer Mel Stute, while Covincing is still finding her niche.

She may have found it Friday at Fairplex in the $100,000 Las Madrinas Handicap. Twelve fillies and mares entered the 1 1/16-mile Las Madrinas, a race Covincing has pointed to for weeks.

Keeneland plans to offer 3,597 horses to bidders during its November breeding stock auction, the largest, longest, and most lucrative sale of its kind all year.

The sale, scheduled for Nov. 4-13, will offer 1,951 broodmares, 146 broodmare prospects, 1,339 weanlings, and 161 horses of various other ages, according to Keeneland.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Shaun Bridgmohan, who will ride Evening Attire in Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup, won five races on Wednesday's card at Belmont Park. It was the first five-win day for a journeyman rider in New York this year.

Apprentice Lorenzo Lezcano rode five winners on Feb. 6 at Aqueduct.

It was Bridgmohan's best day as a journeyman. On Feb. 15, 1998, as an apprentice, Bridgmohan rode six winners at Aqueduct.

ELMONT, N.Y. - A pair of 3-year-olds returning from long layoffs, a European shipper now in the hands of Bobby Frankel, and an unsettled forecast make for an interesting feature Friday afternoon at Belmont Park.

The seven-furlong allowance, for 3-year-olds and up who have never won two races, features the return of once-promising 3-year-olds D'Coach and Onthedeanslist.