NEW YORK - Horseplayers will be able to make proposition bets on the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in a series of new wagers unveiled Tuesday by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Breeders' Cup Limited.

Head2Head asks fans to predict which of two designated horses will beat the other in a given race. The horses involved in each of the eight Breeders' Cup races will be announced at the Oct. 23 post position draw for the Breeders' Cup, to be held on Oct. 26 at Arlington Park.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - On his first mount the day he lost his bug last Dec. 13, Julian Pimentel won aboard a horse trained by Buddy Carlesimo at Aqueduct. So much for the complications that arrive when an apprentice loses his weight allowance and becomes a journeyman.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Multiple Choice tops a field of tough sprinters in Thursday's allowance feature at Belmont Park.

The 6 1/2-furlong race, which offers a $54,000 purse, drew seven older males.

Multiple Choice, who will be ridden by Javier Castellano, is the one to beat in this competitive field. Trained by Jimmy Jerkens, the 4-year-old hasn't competed since winning a similar race at Aqueduct on April 11.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - After losses by a head and a neck, Eric Da Bomb deserves a break. He will get one Thursday in the race 7 feature at Hollywood Park. Seven entered the one-other-than, 1 1/16-mile allowance, and the expected scratch of front-runner Big Apple softens the pace scenario and favors a horse with tactical speed such as Eric Da Bomb.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The old saying that "one man's trash is another man's treasure" seems applicable to flea markets, yard sales, and, yes, even claiming races.

Only six days before the eighth-race co-feature will be run Thursday at Churchill Downs, trainer Neil Howard put Bubba's Colors on the proverbial racetrack trash heap. Howard had grown weary of seeing Bubba's Colors, a 4-year-old by A.P. Indy out of Two Altazano, continually squander his wonderful pedigree, so he ran the colt in a never-won-two claimer for $25,000.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - The just-concluded Bay Meadows spring meeting brought an increase in overall handle, but a dip in ontrack handle and attendance. And the old standbys, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and jockey Russell Baze, dominated the standings again.

The track's average daily handle rose 8 percent to $4,288,918, thanks to a 21 percent rise in out-of-state wagering, to $1,914,770. Average daily handle rose 1 percent at northern California simulcast facilities, to $1,525,770. Ontrack handle decreased by 4 percent, to $848,428.

ELMONT, N.Y. - With five weeks remaining in the Belmont meet, there is a five-way tussle for leading rider honors as a quintet of jockeys are within four wins of each other. The battle contains the usual suspects - Jerry Bailey, John Velazquez, Jorge Chavez, and Edgar Prado - and one surprising name: Jose Santos.

Through Sunday, Santos had ridden 24 winners, tying him for third place with Chavez, who won three races Sunday while Santos was out of town. That duo is three wins behind Bailey and Velazquez, who are tied with 27 wins apiece. Prado has 23.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner War Emblem took his first spin around a California racetrack on Tuesday, galloping 1 3/8 miles at Santa Anita. No plans have been made for the lean-framed colt, according to trainer Bob Baffert.

"We're just going to play it by ear, see how's he's doing," Baffert said. "He's pretty light."

AUBURN, Wash. - The fortunes of riders Karen Knapp and Oscar Mancilla diverged last weekend. Knapp got another dose of well deserved success and Mancilla endured more bad luck.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Corey Lanerie can't lose over the next few days. And he might win big.

Lanerie has been invited to test his riding skills on Friday night against some of the best in the business in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association All-Star Jockey Championship at Lone Star Park. On Thursday, Lanerie, who plays 18 holes of golf four times a week, gets to compete in a charity tournament that will benefit the Disabled Jockeys' Endowment.