MIAMI, Fla. - One Eyed Joker, whose 3-year-old campaign started at Calder on New Year's Day with a sixth place finish in the Tropical Oaks, ended over the same course 12 months later on a happier note with a half length victory over Tour Of The Cat in Saturday's $100,000 Pete Axthelm Stakes. Eibar Coa rode the winner then completed a sweep of the afternoon's co-features by guiding Extend to an upset win in the $100,000 Stage Door Betty Handicap.

MIAMI - Three months ago the connections of On the Game thought enough of him to test him against the likes of Western Pride and Macho Uno in the Grade 2 Ohio Derby. On Monday the 3-year-old On the Game finds himself in a much cushier spot when he makes his local debut going a mile in an optional claiming race.

On the Game won three of his first four starts, all at his home base at Woodbine, to earn himself a berth in the Ohio Derby. But he found the competition a bit too much to handle, finishing sixth and last after flashing early speed.

It doesn't matter if the setting is Maryland, Pennsylvania, or Delaware. No matter where Lorline runs, she's almost always the favorite.

A 5-year-old mare trained by Michael Dickinson, Lorline has been the public choice in seven of her last 10 starts, including each of her four most recent races. Returning off a seven-week layoff, Lorline is likely to be favored again in Monday's $25,000 Deck the Halls Handicap, a six-furlong overnight race for fillies and mares at Philadelphia Park. First post for the Christmas Eve card is 12:15 p.m., 10 minutes earlier than usual.

NEW ORLEANS - Hail to Bag won the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile by almost three lengths for his fifth straight win. The best horses chasing him that day are resting now. So you figure it out - how tough will Hail to Bag be in Sunday's Louisiana Futurity at Fair Grounds?

The undefeated Hail to Bag will be an overwhelming favorite in the six-furlong colts and geldings division of the Futurity, which attracted seven Louisiana-breds who will run for about a $65,000 purse if all start.

PORTLAND, Ore. - A full field of 12 sprinters, 3 and up, will vie under $4,000 starter allowance conditions in Sunday's highly contentious six-furlong feature at Portland Meadows.

MIAMI - Kipperscope, who has been nearly invincible in five-furlong turf sprints this season, will get his last chance in 2001 to enhance his reputation as Calder's speed king, taking on nine rivals in Sunday's $35,000 Go to Will Handicap.

Kris Prather is going to celebrate New Year's Eve her way.

Prather, the apprentice rider who posted spectacular numbers last winter at Turfway Park before being injured, is scheduled to return to action at the Florence, Ky., track, on Dec. 31.

Prather has been sidelined since August to allow her surgically repaired shoulder to heal properly. The layoff was the second lengthy one of the year for Prather, who also was inactive for some 2 1/2 months after injuring her knees in a starting-gate accident at Turfway on March 17.

MIAMI - Trainer Christophe Clement has won Calder's La Prevoyante Handicap four times and the W.L. McKnight Handicap once. He will attempt to add to those totals on next weekend's Grand Slam II program. The trainer will send out Summer Solstice and perhaps stablemate Step With Style in the Grade 2 La Prevoyante and Honor Glide in the Grade 2 McKnight.

NEW ORLEANS - Trainer Todd Pletcher finally broke through with a win here Thursday, when Getadderit scored by a length in a first-level turf allowance race. It was a long time coming. When Thursday's action ended, Pletcher's record at Fair Grounds was 18-1-5-0, but at least it included a win.

"Nobody likes to start off like that," said George Weaver, Pletcher's longtime assistant who is supervising the Fair Grounds string. "But you can't get all worked up about things and start second-guessing. You just have to stick with your plan."

PORTLAND, Ore. - Rider Karen Knapp waited six years to return to the saddle, which she did shortly after this meeting began on Oct. 2. But by the time last Saturday's Oregon-bred Day program rolled around, she was almost ready to quit.