JAMAICA, N.Y. - A frightening-looking spill in Friday's seventh race at Aqueduct sent jockeys Heberto Castillo Jr. and Roberto Villafan to the hospital.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Bedanken fought off a late surge by Born to Dance to win the $50,000 Dixie Belle Stakes before an opening day crowd of 18,142 at sunny Oaklawn Park on Friday.

For Rubies finished third, while 3-5 favorite Brown Eyed Beauty finished an even fourth.

Bedanken raced about two lengths behind the pace early in the six-furlong race for 3-year-old fillies. Ridden by Don Pettinger, she took the lead in the stretch and outgamed the ourushing Born to Dance, prevailing by a nose. Bedanken covered the distance over a fast track in 1:12.40, and returned $14.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Veil of Avalon proved she is as courageous as she is talented, outgaming a valiant Snow Dance to score a well-deserved nose decision in Friday's $100,000 De La Rose Handicap at Gulfstream Park.

Wander Mom finished a neck behind the top pair in one of the most exciting finishes of the meet.

"From where I was watching I didn't think she won," said Christophe Clement, who trains Veil of Avalon for John F. Newsome. "The good news is that she made it. The bad news is that we'll have to meet Snow Dance again somewhere down the road."

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It appears unlikely that Lido Palace will make it to Gulfstream Park to run in the Grade 1 Donn Handicap on Feb. 9, trainer Bobby Frankel said Friday.

Frankel said he cannot line up transportation to get his multiple Grade 1 winning colt to south Florida without it "costing me a fortune," he said.

"It doesn't look good," Frankel said from California. "It's too much of an ordeal. There's no way I can get there. I'm pretty much out of it, unless something changes in the next day or two."

PORTLAND, Ore. - Flying Huey and Knight Cover pretty much dominated the handicap ranks at Portland Meadows in the latter half of the last decade, winning 29 races and 19 stakes between them. They finished one-two in seven of their eight head-to-head meetings, with Flying Huey, trained by Delmer Webb, winning four of those match-ups and Knight Cover, trained by Steve Fisher, prevailing in three.

When they retired - Flying Huey last March and Knight Cover in November - it seemed like more than the end of a rivalry. It was the end of an era.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Remington Rock, second to San Pedro in the $75,000 Louisiana Handicap last out at Fair Grounds, has a seasoning edge over most of his rivals in the featured eighth race Sunday at Oaklawn Park.

The one-mile allowance has drawn a competitive field of six horses, including the Cole Norman-trained duo of Royal Spy and Unrullah Bull, who are both returning from layoffs. The race, which carries a purse of $36,000, should produce starters for the $75,000 Essex Handicap on Feb. 23.

ARCADIA, Calif. - California bettors will be able to participate in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager for the first time this year, but the timing of the second leg of the three-event bet may conflict with one of the leading preps run at Santa Anita.

The Future Wager is offered on three weekends during the winter and spring: Feb. 14-17, March 14-17, and April 4-7. Each pool will close at 2:30 p.m., Pacific on the final day of each weekend, which could pose a problem on March 17, the day of the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - By winning last Saturday's $109,200 Aqueduct Handicap, Evening Attire captured his third consecutive graded race and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 112, tops in the country so far this year dirt races longer than a mile.

ALBANY, Calif. - The return of jockey Jason Lumpkins spices up Sunday's nine-race card at Golden Gate Fields.

Lumpkins, 32, gave perennial leading rider Russell Baze one of his toughest races before Baze won his 25th title at Bay Meadows last spring. Lumpkins led Baze, 52-44, after 34 days of the 56-day spring meeting before Baze rallied to retain his crown, 95-89.

Lumpkins moved his tack to Mountaineer Park in West Virginia in July because of legal reasons he would not disclose. He said at the time that he planned to return to California this year.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Many of the 11 fillies entered in Sunday's $75,000-added Busanda at Aqueduct are coming off wins in first-level allowance races. If you're looking for 3-year-old fillies with proven stakes ability, True Sensation and Treasure Coast Gem are the only stakes winners in the wide-open Busanda field.

True Sensation, who is based at Laurel, won the 1 1/8-mile Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship in her last start on Dec. 29. It was True Sensation's second consecutive win since trainer Hamilton Smith put blinkers on his filly.