JAMAICA, N.Y. - The Valley Stream Stakes for juvenile fillies at Aqueduct has not been known for producing future stars. But it would not surprise many if more than one of the six entered for Sunday's $75,000 Valley Stream for 2-year-old fillies, being run for the first time as a Grade 3 race, were to show up in Grade 1 races next year.

In just a few starts, Forest Heiress, Proper Gamble, A New Twist, and On Parade have shown enough talent to be pegged as horses with a future. Cherokee Girl and Vesta complete the field.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Late-running Feathers goes for her fourth consecutive victory Sunday in the Grade 3 $137,875 Bessarabian Handicap for fillies and mares at Woodbine.

Feathers, who won her first stakes in the 2000 Bessarabian, was absent from late April until early September because of a virus. She won a Fort Erie allowance in her first start back, and then won a classified allowance here.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - There is something for everyone in the $100,000 Moccasin Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park on Sunday.

Want a front-runner going seven furlongs? Bay Meadows stakes winner Cinnful Bride fits the bill. "She's a speed filly, we'll see how far she goes," trainer Caesar Dominguez said. "At Hollywood Park, speed has been holding."

Want a late-runner? Runaway Pro suits. "She's not a speed horse," trainer Mike Mitchell admitted. "But if there's a lot of speed that's stopping at the eighth pole . . . I think I have her ready."

PORTLAND, Ore. - Tiny Rocket Dash puts his six-race winning streak on the line at Portland Meadows on Sunday in a field of 10 in the $10,000 Oregon-bred Juvenile Quarter Horse Championship at 400 yards.

FORT ERIE, Ont. - For the second consecutive year, Fort Erie had significant gains in both ontrack and offtrack mutuel handle. The 116-day season ended Tuesday.

Ontrack wagering totaled $20,212,100, up 11 percent from last year's $18,303,198. There was $73,540,917 bet offtrack, a 28 percent jump from $57,684,820.

Last year, the first full season 1,200 slot machines were in place at the track, wagering had increased 9 percent ontrack and 37 percent offtrack.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - With many horsemen having their stall allotments cut in south Florida or deciding to ship elsewhere this winter, a cloud of uncertainty is hanging over Gulfstream Park as it prepares to open its meet on Jan. 3.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Mike Bell, the trainer who worked closely with the legendary Ruffian as Frank Whiteley's assistant, is dispersing his stable this winter to work with 2-year-olds in Camden, S.C.

Bell, whose old-school methods long ago earned him the admiration of many of his backstretch colleagues, said Friday at his Churchill Downs barn that he will work with about a dozen 2-year-olds at the Camden Training Center instead of maintaining a string of horses at his customary winter base at the Fair Grounds.

JAMAICA, N.Y. - Last month, trainer Ben Feliciano Jr. had the option of shipping his talented sprinter Sassy Hound to New York for the Sport Page Handicap or staying home in Maryland to run in the Lite the Fuse.

He chose to stay in Maryland. It proved to be a mistake when, a few jumps out of the gate, Sassy Hound stumbled, spotting Disco Rico several lengths, and Sassy Hound ended up finishing third.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Manndar, who fractured the sesamoid bones in his left front ankle in a workout at Hollywood Park on Thursday morning, is scheduled to have surgery to fuse the joint on Monday, according to Manndar's trainer, Beau Greely.

"It will be fused together. Some screws will be put in," Greely said.

The surgery will be performed by Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith, one of the nation's most respected surgeons, at his clinic in Cypress, Calif. "We're lucky that he's in town this week," Greely said.

GROVE CITY, Ohio - All eyes will be on Watch Me Fire when he heads a field of seven Ohio-accredited 2-year-olds in the $40,000 1 1/16-mile Ohio Freshman Stakes at Beulah Park on Sunday.

Watch Me Fire most recently finished second after setting a hot pace as the 6-5 favorite in the $75,000 Best of Ohio Juvenile Championship at Sunday's distance on Oct. 8. Trained by Bill Napier, he has a record of 2-2-0 from eight starts, including a victory in the Loyalty Stakes at Thistledown in August.