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.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Humorous Lady, under Jerry Bailey, opened up a huge early lead and was able to hold off the hard-charging Fast Cookie by a nose to win Sunday's Grade 2, $150,000 for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont Park.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for Humorous Lady and first since being bought by S. David Plummer and trainer Michael Smith.

ANDERSON, Ind. - Maggie's Dream rolled to her third consecutive win at the meet with a strong front-running victory in the $43,750 Merrillville Stakes over eight other Indiana-bred fillies and mares.

Maggie's Dream, ridden by Alex Birzer, was pushed through an opening quarter in 22.24 seconds, as Diamond Plate was the only other filly to challenge for the lead. Maggie's Dream disposed of that rival into the turn and opened a four-length lead. Senorita Ziggy, the 3-5 favorite, cut into the lead near the wire but Maggie's Dream won by 2 3/4 lengths.

An overwhelming favorite and an extreme longshot won the two biggest races in the 16th running of the West Virginia Breeders' Classic.

Confucius Say ($2.40) cruised by 11 3/4 lengths to win the $225,000 Classic for the second year in a row. Ridden by Larry Reynolds, Confucius Say ran 1 1/8 miles over a muddy track in 1:50.93.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Gygistar, who has won all five of his starts this year, including the Grade 1 King's Bishop Handicap, is questionable to make the Breeders' Cup Sprint after suffering a deep cut on his left front hoof, trainer Mark Hennig said.

Hennig said he still planned to pre-enter Gygistar in the Sprint, but wasn't optimistic Gygistar could make the race.

"He grabbed himself in his stall Friday night," Hennig said. "He got into the meat of it pretty bad. We'll try to work on it and see how we can do. We're going to have to get lucky.''

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Before Riskaverse won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland on Saturday, trainer Pat Kelly had planned to put the filly on a Sunday return flight to New York.

But Riskaverse ran so well in victory that Kelly changed his mind and will keep Riskaverse at Keeneland for an indefinite period.

"We're in a state of confusion," Kelly said with a laugh Monday from Belmont Park. "We're mulling our options."

One possibility is the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Pre-entries were due Tuesday.