MIAMI, Fla. - Trainer Ron Spatz maintained all along that Mountain Forum would be a better horse once he got on the turf, and his assessment proved accurate when the colt rallied to a neck victory over 25-1 Breakfast in Maui in Saturday's $60,000 Fabulous Frolic Stakes, a one-mile turf race for 2-year-olds.

The Fabulous Frolic shared billing on Saturday's card with the $60,000 Lulu's Ransom Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at a mile on turf, which was won by August Storm. A New Jersey invader, August Storm scored a three-length victory as the favorite over the 21-1 Social Place.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The twists of racing seemingly never cease. Niall O'Callaghan merely wanted to bring Tijiyr back to the races in an allowance earlier this week, but when the race came up too tough, O'Callaghan settled instead for the Grade 3 River City Handicap at Churchill Downs.

On Sunday, when Tijiyr makes his first start in over five months in the $150,000-added River City, O'Callaghan is optimistic that he will have made the right call.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - After running against the likes of Affirmed Success, Crash Course, and Forbidden Apple this year, Union One should find the company more to his liking Sunday when he runs in the $100,000 Cormorant Stakes at Aqueduct.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The last time trainers Simon Bray and Laura de Seroux made news together was late August, when the Allen Paulson Living Trust yanked nine of its runners from Bray - including Grade 1 winners Astra and Startac - and transferred them to de Seroux.

While neither trainer has won a stakes since the controversial transfer, that could change Sunday at Hollywood Park. Bray and de Seroux start 118-pound co-highweights Fighting Falcon and Agol Lack, respectively, in the $70,000 Steinlen Handicap at 1 1/16 miles on turf. Ten second-tier runners entered.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Platel easily handled Miss Noire in a recent 5 1/2-furlong allowance, the only time they met, but the result could be different Sunday at Woodbine, when they clash again at seven furlongs in the Glorious Song Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

The speedy Platel has won 3 of 4 starts for trainer Vito Armata, who is looking to put the finishing touches on a career year during the final weeks of this long meeting.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Canadian invader Actxotic will accept a highweight assignment of 122 pounds when she takes on nine other fillies and mares in Sunday's five-furlong, $7,500-added Diane Kem Handicap at Portland Meadows.

Trainer Michael Dickinson was fined $250 by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board after an overage of the anti-bleeding medication Lasix was found in Fleet Renee following her victory in the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont on June 30.

Under the board's rules, Fleet Renee is not disqualified from first place nor do her connections have to forfeit any of the purse money.

MIAMI - Best of the Rest, who showed that when healthy he's still one of the top handicap performers around with his easy victory in the Spend a Buck Handicap at Calder on Oct. 13, may make his next start in the Cigar Mile trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said Friday.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - A return to Aqueduct, a turn back to a flat mile, and a reunion with Shaun Bridgmohan could make Bay Dragon a value play in Sunday's $100,000 Perfect Arc Division of the New York Stallion Stakes for fillies and mares.

The Perfect Arc is one of four stakes scheduled Sunday at Aqueduct restricted to progeny of New York stallions.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - With little fanfare, trainer Christopher Paasch achieved a milestone last month when Roman Dancer and Ponche de Leona won stakes on consecutive days at Santa Anita.

The occasion was overshadowed by the presence of the Breeders' Cup a week later and the minor stature of the stakes the

pair won - Roman Dancer won the Sunny Slope Stakes and Ponche de Leona the Anoakia.