ALBANY, Calif. - Heavenly Humor showed the depth of leading trainer Jerry Hollendorfer's 3-year-old filly band as she scored a five-length victory over Smoke Break in the $60,000 Miss California Stakes on Saturday at Golden Gate Fields.

Heavenly Humor broke well and got over quickly to save ground behind a brisk early pace. She appeared to be in tight nearing the quarter pole but took advantage of an opening entering the stretch to split Smoke Break and pacesetting Little Foxy Baby. She then pulled away down the stretch.

A pace duel flattened Arcus in his last start. In the $75,000 Crescent City Derby at Fair Grounds, Arcus ($28.80) had things his way on the lead, and the more jockey Shane Laviolette asked, the more Arcus gave.

Walk This Way, the favorite, and Old Lee both made runs in the stretch, but Arcus had enough resolve to hold on for a 1 1/2-length win, covering 1 1/16 miles in 1:48.04.

Jockey Erick Rodriguez came into the program at Laurel Park mired in a 1-for-44 slump to begin 2004. Rodriguez's bad luck looked as if it might continue when Bronze Abe won a pace duel with Bamba in the featured What a Summer Stakes only to give up the lead at top of the stretch.

Neither Rodriguez nor his mount gave up, however. Bronze Abe ($5.80) re-rallied and surged past Bamba in the final furlong to get up by a half-length in the $73,500 stakes for filly and mare sprinters. She covered six furlongs in 1:10.53.

After shaking loose to an uncontested early lead, Stoneway had no difficulty outlasting nine opponents in the $50,000 Cincinnati Trophy for 3-year-old fillies at Turfway Park.

Stoneway ($27.40) assumed command from the opening strides under jockey Mike Rowland, and set reasonable fractions of 22.67 and 46 seconds over a rain-soaked surface labeled wet-fast. She opened a five-length lead in midstretch and held on by two lengths. She raced 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:19.67.

ALBANY, Calif. - There aren't many sharper horses in northern California than Burning Brite, who may be the one to beat in a $25,000 claimer for fillies and mares at six furlongs Monday at Golden Gate Fields.

Burning Brite, a 5-year-old mare and a half-sister to Cal Cup winner Moscow Burning, has won two of her past three starts.

Those victories came for $6,250 and $8,000. She was third in her last start for $20,000 on Jan. 1 and moves up again for trainer Bill Delia and owner George Luna.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Dennis Manning pointed Valid Video for the inaugural Sunshine Millions Dash at Gulfstream Park last winter for several months and was rewarded with a game victory over the highly regarded California invader Excessivepleasure.

One year later, Manning has set his sights firmly on the Sunshine Millions Sprint and is confident he will get a similar effort from Valid Video here this Saturday.

"I'm not sure he can beat horses like Shake You Down or Midas Eyes, but I'll guarantee my horse will step up to the race real big," said Manning.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Seattle Fitz gamely fought off challenges from Rogue Agent on the rail and Evening Attire to his outside to win Saturday's $110,100 .

Seattle Fitz was a nose winner over Evening Attire in the Grade 3 Aqueduct. Rogue Agent, the pacesetter, finished third, 1 1/4 lengths behind Evening Attire. Lord ofthe Thunder, Boston Park, Peekskill, Abreeze, and Classic Endeavor completed the order of finish in the 1 1/16-mile race.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - The largest payout in the 18-year history of the pick six wager in New York was paid on Saturday at Aqueduct with two winning tickets worth $1,120,287 each.

Saturday's pick six included a near-record carryover of $761,021. The amount wagered into the pick-six pool on Saturday - $2,630,316 - was a non-Breeders' Cup record at a New York track.

The previous record for a pick-six payoff in New York was $767,998 at Aqueduct on April 9, 1990. The pick six was first bet in New York on Sept. 4, 1985 at Belmont Park.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - The first month of the season at Tampa Bay Downs has produced some stunning results and an assortment of intriguing facts and figures.

OLDSMAR Fla. - Finding room along the inner rail in the stretch, Misguided Left stuck a head in front inside the final furlong and then refused to let Wire Bound get by en route to a neck victory in Saturday's $60,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

Under a good ride by Jesus Castanon, Misguided Left returned $12.60 as the third choice in the field of nine 3-year-olds and covered the seven furlongs over a racing strip labeled fast in 1:25.94.