CHICAGO - Phase three of Arlington's marathon 4 1/2-month meet begins this week. Gone is the Summer Festival, with its heightened purse structure, the dramatic build-up to the Arlington Million, and a steady stream of live runners from Kentucky.

September meets at Turfway Park and Kentucky Downs will take some Kentucky-based horses from Arlington's meet, and gradually, by October, when Keeneland opens, racing will look here very much like it does when the Chicago scene shifts to Hawthorne in November.

ALTOONA, Iowa - Chicago Six, under a ground saving trip from jockey Alfredo Juarez Jr., rallied to score a half-length victory over Neon Shadow in Monday's $100,000 Prairie Meadows Handicap.

Juarez settled Chicago Six ($4.40) in third position about six lengths off pacesetting Frazee's Folly, who ran a half-mile in 47.10 seconds. Chicago Six saved ground to the stretch and came through inside of Neon Shadow in the final 100 yards to earn the victory while clocking the 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.60.

Trainer Donnie Von Hemel continued his dominance of the Remington Park stakes program when he sent out Best of K C to win the $150,000 Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial Breeders' Cup. A day earlier, Von Hemel, who has won more than 100 stakes at Remington Park, captured the $50,000 Ricks Memorial Handicap with Darlin Dixie.

Hail to Bag ran his record to 4 for 4 in the $50,000 Lafayette Stakes at Evangeline Downs.

Rapide, four times runner-up in as many starts, finished second to Hail to Bag for the second time. Longshot Doeny Rain ran third. Courvoisier, undefeated in three previous starts, finished seventh.

Hail to Bag ($3.20), owned by trainer Doris Hebert and Brittlyn Stable, broke in good order under Steve Bourque from post 1 and quickly opened up daylight on the field. He set early fractions of 22 and 45 seconds and was in front by 3 1/2 lengths going into the stretch.

COLUMBUS, Neb.- With a strong front-running performance, Mr Zooha registered his first career stakes victory in the $7,817 Labor Day Handicap at the Columbus Races.

Ridden by Alex Granda, Mr Zooha shook off the challenge of Citibid on the far turn and kicked clear again turning for home to get the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:18.80 over the fast track.

Mr Zooha has won 6 of his 11 starts this year, good for earnings of over $28,000. Sent off the 2-1 second choice in a field of six, Mr Zooha returned $6.60 to win.

In South America, Painter was an early sensation, winning his first six career starts, including three Group 1 stakes. In the nearly two years since he first raced in the United States, however, Painter has been a huge disappointment, unable to win a single race.

After failing in Southern California for trainer Ron McAnally, the now 5-year-old Painter is attempting to resurrect his once-promising career in Florida under the care of Frank Gomez.

AUBURN, Wash. - "I like this race," said trainer Dave Forster after Monday's renewal of the $60,000 Belle Roberts Handicap at Emerald Downs, and why wouldn't he?

New Jersey racing fans will miss a chance to see a two-time former European champion in her comeback race at The Meadowlands after trainer Michael Dickinson scratched Preseli from the Thursday night feature.

A competitive field of seven is still scheduled to go to post in the one-mile turf allowance, but the defection of Preseli robs the $50,000 race of some of its intrigue, especially considering Dickinson's plan to enter the 4-year-old filly in some of the fall's best races.

The John Bassett-trained pair of Ausual Suspect and Tres Seis took the top two spots in the Grade 1 $1,954,649 All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Monday afternoon.

The only other trainer to saddle the first- and second-place finishers in the All American Futurity was Jack Brooks in 1982.

DEL MAR, Calif. - In a race filled with horses with fancy pedigrees and heralding from barns that race throughout the world, it was the plucky California-bred Romanceishope who found his consistency and tenacity rewarded in Monday's Grade 2, $300,000 Del Mar Derby.

Romanceishope rallied boldly in the final quarter-mile to reel in Indygo Shiner, who had burst clear turning for home, and prevail by one length. Indygo Shiner finished a neck in front of third-place Blue Steller, one of several horses who encountered trouble in a roughly run race.