AUBURN, Wash. - Horatio, a lightly-raced son of Sea Hero with a withering stretch kick, took advantage of a brisk pace to defeat 11 other 2-year-olds in Saturday's

1 1/16-mile, $100,000 Gottstein Futurity at Emerald Downs.

Under Javier Matias, the Dave Forster-trained Horatio came from far back to grab the lead with a furlong remaining, then drew out to score by nearly three lengths over Melcapwalker in 1:46.40. Moloch, part of a three-horse entry that was favored at 7-5, got up for third.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Reno Rumble struck a blow for the older generation Sunday at Arlington, powering past the pacesetting Fan Club's Mister in the shadow of the wire to win the $45,000 Tex's Zing Handicap.

The 7-year-old Reno Rumble is more than twice the age of the 3-year-old Fan Club's Mister, who was making his first start against older horses. Fan Club's Mister, a Grade 2 winner at Arlington this summer, lost by a nose Sunday in a head-bobbing finish.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Champs Elysees made the most of her first stakes appearance in Saturday's $150,000 River Cities Breeders' Cup, kicking clear from odds-on favorite Watch late to prevail by1 1/2 lengths. Euryanthe finished a fast-closing third, just a head behind Watch, while second choice Nanie's Dinner faded to finish fourth.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Alinga, ridden by Brice Blanc, held off the late charges of Blushing Ballerina and Walts Wharf to win the $50,650 Carmel Handicap for fillies and mares at Bay Meadows Saturday.

Gifted Daughter set a modest pace in the 1 1/16-mile turf race, with Alinga in closest pursuit, followed by Super Tuesday and Walts Wharf. Blushing Ballerina was well back in seventh place.

Officials of Breeders' Cup Limited on Monday affirmed plans to hold the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on Oct. 27 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

"Currently, there are no insurmountable obstacles to running the World Thoroughbred Championships in New York," said Breeders' Cup President D.G. Van Clief Jr in a released statement. "Like all other sports organizations we are closely monitoring the situation and are taking every precaution to ensure the security of our patrons and our event participants."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Moonlight Affair rallied stoutly in the stretch under a patent ride from Todd Kabel to take the $129,375 La Prevoyante Stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine.

Moonlight Affair trailed the six-horse field early, while Devastating set uncontested fractions of :23.99 and :47.50 in the one-mile turf event. Moonlight Affair was angled five-wide for the drive, and split horses at the eighth pole before drawing off to score by 1 3/4 lengths.

AUBURN, Wash. - Emerald Downs will close its 91-day meeting on Monday with one of the most attractive match-ups of the season, a head-to-head clash between Makors Mark and Kittys Link in the $60,000 Washington Championship at 1 1/16-miles.

Makors Mark, who will carry a highweight package of 123 pounds with Gary Baze aboard, figures to go off as the favorite in a field of seven older Washington-breds.

PHOENIX, Ariz. - For some horses it's a matter of maturity. For others it's finding their niche. It appears Dena's Diamond has found both, and the resulting strong form sends her into Monday's featured CTBA Marian Stakes at Fairplex as the likely favorite. The 1 1/16-mile event for 3-year-old California-bred fillies offers a purse of $50,000 and has lured a field of

five.

Nasty Storm did all the chasing Saturday before finally wearing down odds-on Hidden Assets to capture the $75,000 Weekend Delight Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.

Ridden by Jon Court, Nasty Storm overtook Hidden Assets inside the sixteenth pole in the six-furlong Weekend Delight, then edged away to prevail by a length. She returned $6.20 as second choice in a field of six fillies and mares after finishing in 1:09.94 over a fast track.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Lightly trained or not, Snow Dance was by far the best horse in Saturday in the Grade 3, $150,000 Pucker Up Stakes at Arlington.

While trainer John Ward said before the Pucker Up that Snow Dance's primary goal this fall is the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes next month at Keeneland, and that he had not pushed her to make the Pucker Up, Snow Dance still had no trouble disposing of 12 rivals in the nine-furlong turf race.