VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Chris Loseth and Hastings Park were made for each other. Loseth, who has an excellent chance of notching his 200th Hastings stakes win on Sunday, is the perfect rider for the just-over-five-furlong oval.

In order to be successful riding at a smaller track, a jockey needs to be aggressive, and Loseth has been riding that way since he got started in 1974. He's been the leading rider at Hastings Park eight times and is the all-time leader in wins here with 2,671 going into the weekend. His 199 stakes wins also tops the all-time list at Hastings.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Bragging rights are at stake as Kalookan Queen and Go Go, two of the top sprinting females in the nation, meet for the fifth time in Sunday's $150,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap at Del Mar.

In four meetings over the last 14 months, each has finished in front of the other twice. Go Go and Kalookan Queen were 1-2 in the Desert Stormer Handicap at Hollywood Park in 2001, while Go Go won the 2001 A Gleam Handicap with Kalookan Queen only fourth.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Milwaukee Brew is a millionaire with something to prove in Sunday's $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar.

A 5-year-old with two major stakes wins in Southern California this year ? the Santa Anita Handicap and Californian Stakes ? Milwaukee Brew is seeking to restore his reputation after a third-place finish in the Hollywood Gold Cup on July 14.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Advancing Storm and Wild Snitch have been raising eyebrows since winning their maiden races impressively 18 days ago, but the the top two 2-year-old fillies here at Monmouth Park have to yet cross paths. But that soon will change.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Neil Howard kept his word.

Though Howard said he didn't have the stock worthy of stabling at Saratoga for the entire six weeks, he said he would ship in at least one horse to run. That horse will be Quick Tip, who arrived in Saratoga from Chicago last Tuesday to run in Monday's $100,000, Grade 3 Glens Falls Handicap.

"I told you I'd make an appearance," Howard said Friday from Arlington.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Consistency and a competitive spirit appear to be the common denominators among the six fillies and mares who will clash Sunday in the $39,000 feature race at Arlington Park.

The six-furlong race attracted such hard-trying sprinters as Savannah Hanna, Emily Ring, and Dare She Goes, all of whom have earned numerous paychecks besides the winner's shares that have brought them to the threshold of breaking through this third-level allowance condition.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher and his veterinarian on Friday said they may never know the exact reasons why two of Pletcher's horses died within eight days of each other, or if the deaths are even related.

Pletcher lost two top horses when Freedom's Daughter, a stakes winning 2-year-old filly, died on Aug. 12 because of a disease called colitis X, Aand Warners, a talented 3-year-old colt, died on Aug. 20 from laminitis.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Summer Colony left no doubt as to who is the best older filly or mare on the East Coast - and perhaps the country - with a convincing 4 1/2-length victory in Friday's $400,000 Personal Ensign Handicap at Saratoga.

Transcendental rallied for second - her third straight runner-up finish in a Grade 1 stakes - two lengths ahead of Dancethruthedawn, who was coming off a win in the Grade 1 Go for Wand.

FORT ERIE, Ontario ? Yatsko, owned and trained by Ralph Biamonte, will be after his third consecutive stakes score on Sunday at Fort Erie in the rescheduled $60,000 Peninsula Stakes.

The seven-furlong turf event, for Canadian-breds who have started at least twice at the present meeting, was set to go last Tuesday, but that day's card was canceled after a soft area was discovered on the track surface.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Lush Soldier lost the battle, running second in the Ontario Colleen prep here Aug. 9.

But David Bell, who trains Lush Soldier for John Franks, is hoping the filly can win the war when she goes for the bigger money in the Colleen itself Sunday at Woodbine.

"Last time, she had the outside post," said Bell. "She'd had a long time between races and there wasn't much speed in there."