The sometimes unusual economics of modern-day racing have come into sharp focus this week with the battle pitting Keeneland Racecourse against nearly every simulcasting site on the eastern seaboard.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Quiet Resolve nearly jumped up and stunned the racing world last fall. Dismissed at almost 42-1 in the Breeders' Cup Turf, he finished only a half-length behind the victorious Kalanisi.

Six races later, Quiet Resolve has been something of a disappointment for his owner-breeder Sam-Son Farm, having won just once. But when Quiet Resolve, a 6-year-old gelding, starts Sunday as a contender in the $500,000, Grade 2 Shadwell Keeneland Turf Mile, he may be peaking right in time for the World Thoroughbred Championships.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Thady Quill and Redattore are the top contenders in Sunday's $250,000 Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita. Both are stakes winners this year, have excellent current form, and come from barns with Hall of Fame trainers.

The similarities end there. If they run as expected in Sunday's prep to the Breeders' Cup Mile at Belmont Park on Oct. 27, they are likely to go their separate ways this fall.

ELMONT, N.Y. - If not for his affinity for Belmont Park, Delaware Township might not even be considered for this year's Breeders' Cup Sprint. But since he does some of his best work over the spacious Belmont oval, Delaware Township will try to strengthen his Breeders' Cup credentials Sunday when he heads a short field in the $250,000 Forest Hills Handicap at six furlongs.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - The $500,000 Overbrook Spinster Stakes, the definitive Midwest test for North America's fillies and mares, has so many possble outcomes that even the trainers involved will feel some degree of relief after it has been run.

"What're you going to do?" asked David Vance, who will saddle 3-year-old Unbridled Elaine in a rugged field of 10. "This is the time of year you do your deal."

MIAMI - Nobody will be busier during next Saturday's Festival of the Sun program than trainer Ralph Ziadie, who will saddle eight horses in five of the six stakes scheduled during the $1.5 million program.

Past You, second in the Bustles and Bows Stakes at Pomona in her last race, looks to have found a good spot to gain her first stakes victory as she takes on five rivals in Sunday's $50,000-added Courtship Stakes. The six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies will be run as the eighth race on the nine-race Sunday program.

Skipjack should get all the pace he needs up front to fuel his late run Sunday in the $30,000 Norman Stakes at Remington Park, thanks to the presence of sprinters Pogamoggan, Abbi's Choice and Red Work in the one-mile turf race for 3-year-olds, which has drawn 11.

ANDERSON, Ind. - Older Indiana-bred sprinters close out Derby weekend at Hoosier Park with a field of seven going six furlongs in the $40,000-added William Henry Harrison Stakes.

Special Express and J D's Diamond, the one-two finishers in this race a year ago, both return in search of last year's winning ways. The pair share identical marks of four wins from 15 starts but have gotten there via different routes.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Kiss a Native, the country's champion 3-year-old of 2000, will clash with this year's probable champion 3-year-old, Win City, and three other accomplished runners in Sunday's $160,950 Durham Cup Handicap at Woodbine.

A Fleets Dancer, the 120-pound highweight, could be favored in the 1 1/8-mile fixture because of the company he has been keeping. He took the Grade 3 Dominion Day Handicap here July 1, and has since placed in three graded stakes in the U.S.

Robert Landry has the call on A Fleets Dancer for trainer Roger Attfield.