BOSSIER CITY, La. - Halo Cat upset 2-5 favorite Beau's Town by 4.25 lengths Friday in the $50,000 Kings Court Stakes, opening day feature at Louisiana Downs. It was another 3.25 lengths back in third to Ski Bum.

Halo Cat($9.20) was prominent throughout the Kings Court, then drew clear in the stretch under Gerard Melancon. He covered six furlongs over a fast track in 1:09.40.

The win was the fourth straight victory for Halo Cat, who won two Lone Star Park allowances and the $30,000 Manor Downs Sprint Classic leading into the Kings Court.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - To assess the chances of a European import making his United States debut, one starts by analyzing the home team. The reviews are not always positive.

Six U.S.-based runners and one foreigner entered the Grade 3 Cinema Handicap for 3-year-old grass runners, to be run Sunday at Hollywood Park, and it takes no imagination to poke holes in the locals' form.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher hadn't intended for Collymore Hal to have such a big gap between starts, but when dealing with 2-year-olds Pletcher knows just about anything can happen.

Fortunately for him, Collymore Hall had nothing more serious than a virus. A Concerto filly, she came down with the bug shortly after winning her career debut by 6 1/2 lengths at Keeneland on April 25.

Collymore Hall returns to the races on Sunday at Belmont Park in the $100,000-added Astoria, meeting seven other juvenile fillies in the 5 1/2-furlong race.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Unbeaten Fleet of Foot will attempt to take her game to the next level Sunday at Woodbine when she tries stakes company for the first time in the Ontario Damsel, a 6 1/2-furlong turf dash for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies.

Fleet of Foot, a daughter of Gone West, is just one of a seemingly unlimited number of blue-blooded Sam-Son Farm runners. She made short work of her rivals when she debuted in a May 15 maiden event, winning by two comfortable lengths.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - He has conquered the starter allowance ranks and climbed right up the allowance ladder. Can Talknow, who just last fall raced in a $5,000 claiming race, possibly be good enough to win Sunday's Dr. Fager, a $42,000 overnight handicap?

At this point, anything seems possible.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - On paper, Sunday's $40,000-added Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes at the Alameda County Fair seems to be a one-horse race.

But even though My Honey Bunny comes in with the best credentials, trainer Mike Harrington knows his 2-year-old filly has her work cut out for her in the five-furlong race.

My Honey Bunny has a win and two thirds in three starts. In her second start, she won a $40,000 maiden claiming race by seven lengths. In her last start on June 2, she was third in the $98,775 Cinderella Stakes at Hollywood Park.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Fred Hilts has been appointed race secretary for the rest of the Thoroughbred season at Northlands Park.

Hilts succeeds Alan Bott, who resigned this spring, citing irreconcilable differences with Larry Carter, executive director of the Alberta Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.

Bott will continue to serve as race secretary for the Standardbred division here.

"I have accepted the job until the end of the season, then both sides will weigh our options," said Hilts, adding that no contract has been signed.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Elana D'Amour looks like a standout in Sunday's $35,000 Emerald Downs Handicap at Hastings Park. The 6 1/2-furlong feature drew six other horses, but if Elana D'Amour runs her usual race, the rest of the field will be running for second money.

AUBURN, Wash. - Did Acure for Geri get good because she was switched to the turf, or because she was sent long?

The answer, important as it may be for handicapping Sunday's 1 1/16-mile Irish Day Handicap at Emerald Downs, is thoroughly ambiguous.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Sea of Tranquility won the $50,000 Jersey Breeders' Handicap only two weeks ago, but he is geared up to run again in the Skip Away Stakes on Sunday. Just ask trainer Richard Paulus for proof.