ETOBICOKE, Ontario - American shippers Louve Mysterieuse and Miesque's Approval should be tough in Sunday's supporting features at Woodbine, the Grade 2 Canadian Handicap and the Grade 2 Summer Stakes.

Louve Mysterieuse ships in from California for the $235,000 Canadian, a 1 1/8-mile turf event for fillies and mares. A French import, Louve Mysterieuse hasn't been worse than fourth in six starts this year for trainer Neil Drysdale, who sent her out to win an optional claimer at Santa Anita in February.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Alberta's top 3-year-old filly will meet Saskatchewan's top 3-year-old filly in Sunday's Assiniboia Oaks at Assiniboia Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race has attracted a field of seven and will carry a purse of $30,000.

Representing Alberta will be Little Lolitta, who is trained by Don Gilkyson.

Little Lolitta has won 5 of 9 lifetime starts, including victories this year in the Sonoma and Northlands Oaks at Northlands Park as well as a dead heat for the win in the Lilac at Stampede Park.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - For a horse bidding to become the Atto Mile's first two-time winner, besides being locally based and Canada's reigning horse of the year, Quiet Resolve certainly isn't getting much respect.

Quiet Resolve, now 6, was making his stakes debut when part of a Sam-Son Farm entry sent off at 44-1 in the 1999 Atto Mile, but he wound up taking home the top prize being placed first upon Hawksley Hill's disqualification.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The odds would seem to be against Numerous Times in Sunday's Atto Mile.

Although undefeated in five career starts for The Committee Stable and trainer Sid Attard, the 4-year-old Numerous Times will be making his stakes debut in the Atto in particularly testing company.

But then Numerous Times has prevailed in a much tougher battle, as he won his fight for life after coming down with enteritis here last fall.

ELMONT, N.Y. - In a move that deviates from past years, Beautiful Pleasure will run in next Saturday's $300,000 Ruffian Handicap at Belmont rather than wait for next month's richer Beldame.

In the last two years, after running in both Grade 1 stakes at Saratoga, Beautiful Pleasure skipped the Grade 1 Ruffian to run in the Beldame. This year, she may take the reverse approach en route to a third straight appearance in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, part of the World Thoroughbred Championships, to be run here on Oct. 27.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Trainer Jimmy Jerkens is hoping that an extra two weeks of rest and a return to Belmont Park helps Dat You Miz Blue return to her winning ways when she heads a six-horse field entered in Sunday's $100,000 Floral Park Handicap at Belmont Park.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - It is kind of like the London Philharmonic showing up to play your Fourth of July picnic. For a mere $45,000, a field filled with graded stakes-winning and placed fillies and mares popped up in the Mariah's Storm Handicap at Arlington Sunday.

Several will use the Mariah's Storm as a prep for the Grade 3 Arlington Matron here Oct. 5, the most important dirt race of the meet for older fillies and mares. Like the Matron, the Mariah's Storm is run over nine furlongs.

When the racing world last paid much attention to her, Kris Prather was winning race after race during the dead of winter at Turfway Park.

Half a year later, Prather is in Florence, Ky., once again. Idled by knee injuries suffered in a starting-gate accident at Turfway March 17, and a shoulder injury incurred in Louisville in June, Prather only recently returned to full active duty, winning with 9 of 29 starters at Ellis Park.

At Del Mar, it's surf and turf. At Hollywood, it's turkey and turf.

Hollywood Park will once again celebrate the Thanksgiving Day holiday with its Turf Festival, carding six graded grass stakes worth a total of $2.1 million over the three days following Thanksgiving during this year's fall meet. Hollywood is scheduled to open on Nov. 7 and run through Dec. 17.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - White Cloud, who just missed in a similar spot, has a slight edge over six foes in a $34,000 allowance at 1 1/16 miles on the grass at Bay Meadows Sunday.

All seven entrants have a reasonable chance to win this second-level allowance race, but they have to beat White Cloud. Trained by Allen Severinsen, White Cloud's rally fell a neck short as the 6-5 favorite here Aug. 15.

That was his third start following a five-month layoff, so the 5-year-old White Cloud is sharp and fresh.