Top East Coast sprinter Disco Rico makes his first start since winning the Grade 3 Maryland Breeders' Cup Handicap in Friday's $100,000 Paterson Handicap at The Meadowlands.

Say Florida Sandy, another tough sprinter from the East, is entered in the six-furlong Paterson, but is also among the entries in Friday's $75,000-added Gen. Douglas MacArthur Handicap at Belmont Park, where, if he starts, he would be a heavy favorite.

Five entered the Paterson. Disco Rico and Say Florida Sandy were each assigned highweight of 123 pounds, six to nine more pounds than their rivals.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - J J Thedotcom Man will try to make it 2 for 2 locally in the featured seventh race when racing resumes Friday at Assiniboia Downs.

Nine 3-three-year olds are entered in the six-furlong race for conditioned claimers.

Opposing J J Thedotcom Man will be Bye Bird, Lord Patton, High Storada, Kenyawin, Swissarmy-knife, Prowess Cat, and the Ardell Sayler-trained entry of Disco Mania and Northern Ace.

Post times for Friday and Saturday racing have been moved to 7 p.m. for the remainder of the meeting.

Torevell horses take two stakes

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - The Labor Day weekend produced plenty of highlights: Jockey Tim Moccasin's record string of wins reached new heights; a filly, Swing in Satin, won the Prairie Lily Sales Stakes; the local yearling sale produced an increase; and Beau Ring turned in a track record-equaling performance in the Toon's Mile.

French Assault and Victory Road will both advance to graded stakes for their next starts after winning the $100,000 El Joven and $100,000 La Senorita last Saturday night at Retama Park near San Antonio. The one-mile races, which are among the nation's first two-turn stakes of the year for 2-year-olds, were taken off the turf because of wet weather. The races highlight the meet at Retama.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - No one in Sunday's Atto Mile has had more ups and downs in the race than trainer Neil Drysdale.

He sent out Labeeb to win a thrilling 1998 edition of the Mile. His Hawksley Hill finished first in 1999, but was disqualified and placed fourth when the stewards ruled that his rider, Pat Day, had hit one of his rivals with his whip.

Drysdale was back last year with Kahal, who got caught in a speed duel and faded to finish 11th in a field of 13.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Irish Prize, the probable favorite for the Grade 1 Atto Mile, checked in to Woodbine Wednesday morning and will be saddled by trainer Neil Drysdale in Sunday's $1 million (Canadian) race.

Affirmed Success and Brahms, who are likely to be the second and third choices in a field of 14, arrived from New York Wednesday afternoon.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - On the Game, one of the more promising 3-year-olds at Woodbine, will experiment around two turns in Friday's 1 1/8-mile headliner, a $62,500 optional claimer.

Greatballsoffire should be favored as she seeks her third win in a row in the supporting feature on the card, a $62,500 claimer for fillies and mares.

On the Game was bet down to 3-5 when he debuted in a six-furlong maiden special here July 12. He came from just off the pace while running greenly to prevail by 5 1/4 lengths in 1:10.60, which was good for a Beyer Speed Figure of 99.

A change in venue awaits Maryland racing fans Thursday when Laurel Park's fall meet opens at Pimlico.

The Maryland Jockey Club was forced to relocate Laurel Park's 24-day meet to Pimlico because of repairs needed in Laurel Park's grandstand, where chunks of glass were breaking free from the building's glass enclosure.

Lou Raffetto Jr., the MJC's chief operating officer, said he is "cautiously optimistic" Laurel Park's structural problems will be corrected and the track will reopen on Oct. 17 for the remainder of the year.

Joe Petalino, who was an assistant to trainer Jack Van Berg when Alysheba won the Grade 1 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La., in 1987, will have his first starter in the race when it is renewed Sept. 23. The Petalino-trained Rare Cure earned a fees-paid berth into the $500,000 Super Derby on Monday when he won the $50,000 Prelude.

"We got invited, so we're planning on going to the Super Derby," said Petalino.

DEL MAR, Calif. - Point Given might be the leading contender for Horse of the Year, but he can no longer answer any challenges to that title. That is why this weekend's comeback race is so crucial for Tiznow, the reigning Horse of the Year, who on Tuesday flew from California to New York for his long-awaited return to racing in Saturday's $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park.