MIAMI - It was raining heavily when entries were drawn early Thursday afternoon for Saturday's $50,000 Cool Air Handicap, and as a result the race, at five furlongs for Florida-breds, is likely to be switched to the main track.

For trainer Happy Alter, it doesn't matter which surface the Cool Air will be run at Calder. Alter sends out the speedy Flying Birdie, whom he claimed for himself for $57,500 at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 4.

"I guess I'd prefer the race be run on the turf as long as it was a safe turf course," said Alter. "But either way I like my chances."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Sam-Son Farm and trainer Mark Frostad are planning a major invasion of Arlington Park on Aug. 18, with candidates for all three Grade 1 turf stakes on the Illinois racetrack's biggest day of the year.

Quiet Resolve, Canada's reigning horse of the year and champion turf male, is intended for the Arlington Million, a 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds and upward.

Only to You is bound for the $700,000 Beverly D, a 1 3/16-mile race for fillies and mares, while Strut the Stage is slated for the $400,000 Secretariat, a 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Trainers Peter Davis and Ardell Sayler saddle four of the five 3-year-olds in Saturday's fourth running of the $20,000 North Dakota Stallion Stakes at Assiniboia Downs. The 1 1/16-mile race is for horses eligible through the North Dakota Thoroughbred Association.

Davis sends out the entry of Northern Cheyenne and Tonshi.

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - Royal Brittany, an impressive 4 1/2-length winner in the filly division of the Saskatchewan Futurity at Marquis Downs on July 22, heads a field of seven 2-year-olds in Saturday's Larry Lashyn Futurity. The six-furlong feature offers a purse of $6,000.

Royal Brittany is owned by Ed, Don, and Ken Heuchert and trained by Fern Zdunick, who won all three stakes on that July 22 card.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Jockey Eldrige Lindsay was fined $200 by the Ontario Racing Commission stewards for failing to carry out his riding commitments at Fort Erie on July 30. He was named aboard two runners, Personal Prize in the sixth race and Raise the Maize in the 10th. Both finished out of the money. Raise the Maize went off as the favorite but came home fourth.

Unrullah Bull, who since being claimed for $25,000 four starts ago has won two allowance races and placed in a stakes, will start as the 117-pound highweight Saturday in the $75,000 Ark-La-Tex Handicap at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, La.

The field for the 1 1/8-mile race also includes by Rebridled, who won last year's Ark-La-Tex but was disqualified for interference and placed second; Big Numbers; L.A. Spider Legs; Devil Me Care and Gold Cure.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Saturday's Grade 3, $142,625 Royal North Handicap features an intriguing match-up between Heliotrope, last year's champion turf female in Canada, and 2000 Royal North winner Confessional.

Heliotrope has become a fan favorite at Woodbine, mainly because she gives her all every time she runs. She won her seasonal debut in the allowance prep for the Nassau Stakes, but came up a half-length short over soft ground in the 1 1/16-mile Nassau.

Ramon Dominguez was overjoyed when he won the $250,000 Kent Breeders' Cup at Delaware Park on July 22, describing it as the biggest victory of his young career. Just over an hour later, however, it was Dominguez's second-greatest thrill.

Two races after riding Navesink to victory in the Grade 3 Kent, Dominguez pulled off an even greater achievement, guiding longshot Irving's Baby to victory in the Grade 3, $600,000 Delaware Handicap.

EDMONTON, Alberta - While Fancy As no doubt is the dominant 3-year-old in Alberta and possibly western Canada, a local contender has emerged on the road to the $150,000 Canadian Derby in the form of Sixthirtyjoe.

Sixthirtyjoe, owned and trained by Deanne Davies, has established himself as the No. 1 local threat to Fancy As for the Aug. 25 Canadian Derby.

AUBURN, Wash. - The second leg of the Harley Hoppe and Associates Marathon Championship Series goes as the featured eighth race at Emerald Downs on Friday. The 1 1/4-mile race has drawn a field of nine to race under $10,000 starter allowance conditions for a purse of $10,400.