DEL MAR, Calif. - After a four-month break, Habibti returns in Sunday's $75,000 Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar, a race that trainer Bob Baffert expects to lead to a start in more prominent stakes this fall.

The winner of the Del Mar Debutante and Hollywood Starlet last year, Habibti has not run since finishing third in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 3. Baffert warned that she is not 100 percent ready for a return.

"She might come up a little short, but she's doing well," he said. "This was a last-minute thought."

MIAMI - Sir Bear will run next in the $100,000 Spend a Buck Handicap on Oct. 12 here, rather than in the Grade 2 Kentucky Cup Classic next Saturday at Turfway Park as originally planned.

"We decided it was just too far to ship not knowing who you might catch in the race," said Sir Bear's trainer, Ralph Ziadie, on Friday.

Sir Bear worked a half-mile in 48.60 seconds here Friday morning.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Nuclear Debate has racked up plenty of miles throughout his career, racing in England, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Dubai, the United States, and Canada.

But Nuclear Debate will be confronted with a new type of journey here Sunday: The Atto Mile will be the longest distance he has yet attempted.

Despite being a 7-year-old veteran of 44 starts, Nuclear Debate has not raced farther than 6 1/2 furlongs. He finished seventh and third in two trips over Santa Anita's hillside course earlier this season, both at 6 1/2 furlongs.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Wando will test his skills on the grass while facing United Stakes shippers Lismore Knight and My Boy Kyle in Sunday's Grade 2 Summer Stakes, a supporting feature on Atto Mile Day at Woodbine.

A field of 12 2-year-olds was drawn for the one-mile turf race, worth $291,250. Stroll, who might have been the favorite, was reported sick on Friday, and didn't make the trip from New York.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Diadella, upset winner of the Canadian Handicap last summer, will try to defend her title when she faces eight rivals at Woodbine on Sunday.

The Grade 2 Canadian, a 1 1/8-mile turf race for fillies and mares, has a purse of $281,250 and is the major local prep for the $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, a Grade 1 race here Sept. 29.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Beausox will be going for her third win in as many local starts when she faces four other 3-year-old fillies in Sunday's $30,000 Assiniboia Oaks at 1 1/16 miles.

Trained by Karline Hunter, Beausox won the Jacky Hardy Stakes in her first start here Aug. 5 and then beat many of the same horses in an allowance race Aug. 27.

Rohan Singh will ride Beausox, who breaks from post 3.

AUBURN, Wash. - Latter Day Paula's current run of bad luck began in last year's Belle Roberts Handicap, the nine-furlong, $60,000 stakes for fillies and mares that will be renewed on Sunday.

"She broke a little slowly from the rail post that day and ended up having to check most of the way around the first turn," trainer Terry Gillihan said. "She got shuffled all the way back to last, but then she circled the field and got up for second. It was a race we thought she might have won with a little better racing luck."

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Hackendiffy seeks his third stakes win Sunday at Thistledown when he matches strides with nine Ohio-bred 2-year-olds over 1 1/16 miles in the $75,000 Juvenile Stakes.

Hackendiffy, a grey or roan son of Willowy Ambassador-Angel Puss, by Wolf Power, is a half-bother to U S S Tinosa, who won both this race and the Best of Ohio Juvenile last year.

U S S Tinosa further distinguished himself by winning the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita and finishing second in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes. In his last start, U S S Tinosa finished sixth in the Preakness.

Darlin Dixie, a two-turn stakes winner with a sprint-oriented pedigree, cuts way back in distance Sunday for the $30,000 Adena Springs Matchmaker Turf Sprint at Remington Park in Oklahoma City.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Trainer Cliff Delima hopes El Dorado Shooter is ready to fire after three bullet drills in preparation for his return to the races in Sunday's $60,000-added Big Jag Handicap at Bay Meadows.

"He'll give them hell for a while," said Delima about the 5-year-old gelding, who will make his first start since finishing last in the Ken Maddy Sprint Handicap at Golden Gate Fields on Feb. 23.

El Dorado Shooter has won eight of 14 starts and was northern California's top sprinter early in 2001 when he won the Montclair, Ken Maddy, and Danville handicaps.