OCEANPORT, N.J. - At six furlongs, Max's Pal is tough to beat. And with the way Max's Pal worked out last Saturday, it seems like the 4-year-old colt is primed for a huge effort in this Saturday's $75,000 six-furlong Longfellow Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Max's Pal, trained by Ben Perkins Jr., worked out for the first time since his runaway victory in the $150,000 James B. Moseley Breeders' Cup on June 2 at Suffolk Downs. Max's Pal, a son of Marquetry, worked four furlongs in 47.80 seconds on a fast track. The bullet workout was tied for the fastest of the morning.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Lady's Jewel benefited from a patient ride by Robert Skelly to upset the $37,556 Liberation Stakes on Sunday at Hastings Park. Sent off as the longest price in the six-horse field, Lady's Jewel returned a handsome $44.80 for the win. She outfinished Queen Of My Nights to win by three parts of a length. It was another neck back to 3-5 favorite Castle Mountain.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Queen's Plate week began with a bang at Woodbine on Monday morning as Win City and Dancethruthedawn, the favorites for Sunday's $1 million race, turned in solid final drills over a fast main track.

Win City had regular rider Constant Montpellier in the irons as he breezed five furlongs in 1:01, getting his first three furlongs in 35.80 seconds and galloping out six furlongs in 1:15.

"He did it very easily, as usual," said Montpellier, who has piloted Win City to consecutive stakes scores in the Queenston, Marine, and Plate Trial.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Guided Tour was late joining the field for the Grade 2, $831,000 Stephen Foster Handicap, becoming an 11th-hour entry only after trainer Niall O'Callaghan convinced owner Morton Fink that the gelding had a decent chance.

Saturday, Guided Tour certainly wasn't late to the finish line in the Foster. After a terrific inside trip under veteran jockey Larry Melancon, Guided Tour overtook heavily favored Captain Steve near the wire to pull off an upset at 15-1.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Saturday was a bittersweet day for trainer Joe Orseno.

Champion Perfect Sting got on a van bound for owner Frank Stronach's farm in Ocala, Fla. to recuperate from a tendon injury she suffered in the Manhattan Handicap on Belmont Stakes Day.

On a happier note, Orseno watched last year's 2-year-old champion Macho Uno and last year's Preakness winner Red Bullet unload from the same van that ferried Perfect Sting to Adena Springs South.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The purse for the Grade 1 Swaps Stakes on July 15 at Hollywood Park will be raised by $100,000, to $600,000 if Triple Crown stars Monarchos or Point Given start in the race.

At least one must start for the purse hike to go into effect. The promotion was announced Saturday by Hollywood Park and the Thoroughbred Owners of California, which controls purses at the state's Thoroughbred tracks.

Live racing will resume at Rockingham Park at the end of this week after horsemen and the track signed a purse contract Sunday following a weeklong dispute.

The dispute, which centered on the division of revenue from simulcasting, will still cost Rockingham two live racing cards, on Monday and Wednesday, because horsemen boycotted the entry box over the weekend. Rockingham began taking entries for Friday's card on Monday.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Jockey Russell Baze won two races on Sunday, closing day of the 2001 Bay Meadows spring meeting, to wrap up his 25th Bay Meadows title by a 95-89 margin over Jason Lumpkins.

The victories put Baze in fourth place on the all-time victory list for jockeys, with 7,397 winners, compared with 7,396 for David Gall, who is retired. Baze trails only Laffit Pincay Jr. (9,157 through Saturday), Bill Shoemaker (8,833) and Pat Day (8,025). Pincay and Day are still active.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Captain Steve, second as the heavy favorite in the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs Saturday, could make his next start in the $1 million Hollywood Gold Cup on July 1, although "I'm going to have to take a really good look at him later this week," trainer Bob Baffert said Monday.

Baffert, en route to California said Captain Steve "wasn't that knocked out" after finishing second to longshot Guided Tour in the Foster. "He ran like a horse that needed the race."

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Trainer , who won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes with Point Given, was suspended for 60 days by the California Horse Racing Board on Sunday, the result of a positive test for a trace level of morphine found in one of his starters at Hollywood Park in May 2000.

Baffert and his attorney, Neil Papiano, said they plan to appeal the suspension, which would run June 25 through Aug. 23.