BOSSIER CITY, La. - Sky Mart rallied up the rail to overtake Prince Slew and secure a length win in the $67,000 Louisiana Breeders' Derby, the richest of four statebred stakes at Louisiana Downs during the first half of the track's two-day Breeders' Festival. It was another seven lengths back in third to Herecomesdafuzz.

Sky Mart raced about five lengths behind the leaders early, moved up on the turn, then rallied along the rail through the stretch to win the 1 1/16-mile race for trainer Cole Norman.

Confucius Say won the $250,000 West Virginia Breeders' Classic by 4 1/2 lengths, which could have been more had jockey Larry Reynolds asked him for run through the stretch. Confucius Say is now 7 for 14 lifetime, with all seven of his victories at Charles Town.

In the $150,000 Cavada Breeders Classic, the feature race for fillies and mares, Longfield Stars gave jockey Travis Dunkelberger his second stakes win on the program and fourth of the day.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Sharp Performance weaved his way to a 4 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $150,000 Lawrence Realization at Belmont Park. Tiger Trap finished second, two lengths ahead of Whitmore's Conn. Megantic and Topdown completed the order of finish.

Berchtesgaden dumped jockey Richard Migliore leaving the gate, while Rapid Ryan was scratched in the paddock for wearing non-regulation shoes.

ARCADIA, Calif. - A bob of the head was the difference between No Slip and Sligo Bay in the $150,000 Oak Tree Derby at Santa Anita. The pair traded leads in the final few strides, but No Slip had his head down at the finish. The official margin was a nose after 1 1/8 miles on turf.

MIAMI - Booklet dominated the In Reality, the final leg of the open division of the Florida Stallion Series, with a 4 1/4-length victory over Rulebook and 12 other 2-year-old colts and geldings at Calder on Saturday.

Carey's Gold finished third in his quest to become only the sixth horse to sweep the Stallion Series.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Some may call them crazy. But they really like this fox.

Debbie and Dennis Petrisak were thisclose to selling their undefeated New York-bred 2-year-old filly Shesastonecoldfox to Prestonwood Farm over the weekend. Instead of consummating the deal Monday with Art Preston - who flew to New York from Texas on Sunday - the Petrisaks were waiting for the Breeders' Cup offices to open to deliver personally their $10,000 pre-entry fee for the $1 million Juvenile Fillies on Oct. 27.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Madame Red had finished last of five as the odds-on favorite at Woodbine in the Sept. 30 prep for Sunday's La Lorgnette Stakes.

But when the chips were down in the La Lorgnette, Madame Red totally dominated her rivals, giving trainer Bob Tiller his 11th stakes win of the meeting.

Tiller, who trains La Lorgnette for the Norseman Racing Stable of Howard Walton, said he couldn't find anything physically wrong with her after the poor effort in the prep.

CHICAGO - The puzzle presented in Curious Conundrum's form may not be so hard to assemble after all. The fact that she suffered a bad loss in her last start is dwarfed by the fact that she moves from a pair of graded stakes into a soft-looking second-level allowance race. When the pieces finally fit together, Curious Conundrum looks like the horse to beat in Arlington's Wednesday feature.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Until Craig Perret rode 14-1 shot Dancing Missile to victory in the last race, the two leading jockeys at the Keeneland fall meet had kept everything for themselves on Sunday's card.

Pat Day had four winners, and so did Robby Albarado. If either Day, riding 4-1 Storm Craft, or Albarado, aboard 7-1 Homem Ra, had been able to win the finale, it would have been the first time in Keeneland history that two jockeys had teamed to sweep a nine-race card. But Storm Craft finished third, and Homem Ra was 10th.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - A sharp Devil Valentine should be tough at a short price in Wednesday's $108,600 Deputy Minister Stakes, a seven-furlong dash for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds.

Devil Valentine looked like a serious Queen's Plate prospect last fall, winning the Kingarvie Stakes and running second in the important Coronation Futurity. But he was a big disappointment after coming off the shelf in May, finishing well back in two stakes.