STANTON, Del. - As Allamerican Bertie was being led into the winner's circle after her convincing victory Saturday in the $250,300 Delaware Oaks, co-owner Elaine Klein was overcome by a sudden rush of delight.

"We're going to Saratoga with her!" she exclaimed.

The 6 1/4-length score by Allamerican Bertie is her ticket to the Alabama Stakes, a Grade 1 race to be run Aug. 17 at Saratoga. Ridden by veteran Larry Melancon, Allamerican Bertie took command from Alternate on the backstretch of the Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, then steadily pulled away to her first stakes win.

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Owner-trainer Nancy H. Alberts' strategy worked to the letter in Saturday's $300,000, Grade 2 . Magic Weisner, trained by Alberts, prompted the pacesetting Wiseman's Ferry all the way - never letting him open up more than a two-length advantage - then dug in gamely under Richard Migliore to win the nine-furlong race by a neck.

It was 1 1/2 lengths back from Wiseman's Ferry to third-place finisher The Judge Sez Who, who was three-quarters of a length in front of Peekskill. Only 2 1/2 lengths separated the competitive four-horse field.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Norman Miller eats, sleeps, and breathes Bonapaw. Saturday, just after Bonapaw won the Hanshin Cup, Miller had to give him a bath.

"I guess I can leave him in good hands now," said Miller, jogging back to the winner's circle after hosing down a sweaty Bonapaw in the tunnel beneath the Arlington stands.

In the winner's circle, Miller could relish what he said earlier in the week would be the "greatest moment in my life."

Highlighted by Tic N Tin's 5 3/4-length win in the featured $25,000 Shecky Greene Handicap, jockey Tommy Pompell won seven races on Fairmount Park's 10-race card Friday night.

Pompell won the first three races on the program. He rode B. J.'s Miss Belle ($12.40) to victory in the first, won the second on Basinbob ($3.60), and the third on Binabee ($5). Pompell's longest-priced winner of the night was in the fifth when he guided Three C's to a $16.20 win.

SHAKOPEE, Minn. - Canterbury Park canceled the last five races of its nine-race card on Saturday after the jockey colony elected not to complete the card.

Heavy rains fell over the Twin Cities metro area Friday night and the first four races were completed over a sloppy track. Citing unsafe track conditions, the jockeys requested a meeting with track officials before the fifth race. A subsequent announcement was made by Canterbury Park canceling races five through nine.

Pick 6 wagers were refunded.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Farno entered the $50,000 Tyro Stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday as a maiden and left as a stakes winner.

Farno had solid runner-up finishes in the two quickest juvenile races of the meet behind Wildcat Heir and Valid Video, but those two passed on the Tyro.

MIAMI - Jose Rivera II made the most of the first mount he accepted in more than a week when he guided Island Skipper to a surprising 2 1/2-length victory over Sebastian Light and six other 3-year-olds in Saturday's $50,000 Roman Brother Stakes at Calder.

The Roman Brother was originally scheduled to be run at 1 1/16 miles on the turf but went at the same distance over the main track.

Ifufeelfroggyleap took the lead at the start, set all of the pace, and then held on by a nose to win the $40,000 Tah Dah Stakes at River Downs in Cincinnati on Friday. An Ohio-bred

2-year-old filly, Ifufeelfroggyleap just lasted over Da Dance, with Not-yourunofthemill another neck back in third. Part of a favored entry with sixth-place finisher Kiosk, Ifufeelfroggyleap ($5.40) covered 5 1/2 furlongs over a fast track in 1:07.60. The winner was ridden by Julio Felix and is trained by Tim Hamm, who also saddled Notyour-unofthemill.

OMAHA, Neb. - Temperatures nearing 100 degrees couldn't dampen the enthusiasm for Horsemen's Park's three-day summer festival as an estimated 9,000 to 10,000 fans turned out Friday for opening night's four-race card.

Hot weather and large crowds have been the norm since Horse-men's Park's inaugural meeting in 1998, and on Friday the main simulcasting facility, which comfortably seats 3,000 fans, was standing-room only before Friday's first race at 6 p.m. Central.

MIAMI - Trainer David Fawkes had been pointing Junior Deputy to Calder's July 13 Smile Sprint Handicap since the colt finished third in Oaklawn's Grade 3 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap nearly three months ago. But after waiting all that time for an opportunity to compete for a $400,000 purse over his home track, Junior Deputy was eliminated leaving the gate in the Smile, lunging at the start before trailing the field to finish 14 lengths behind Orientate, the front-running winner.