HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Lion Tamer paid quick dividends for new owner Michael Tabor on Saturday, blowing away a decent field of 3-year-olds by six lengths in the Grade 2, $150,000 at Gulfstream Park.

Lion Tamer, a son of Will's Way, was making his first start for Tabor, who purchased him from John Fort's Peachtree Stable for a rumored $1.5 million following his last start. Saturday's victory was Lion Tamer's third straight following a debut loss.

"You'd have to be pleased with it, wouldn't you?" Tabor said. "He galloped out well."

NEW ORLEANS - Belle of Perintown minded her manners in the starting gate this time, but she treated her opponents in the Silverbulletday Stakes quite rudely. Belle of Perintown ($22.40) left the opposition in the dust with a quick move turning for home, running alone through the stretch for an 8 1/4-length win in the Grade 2, $150,000 at Fair Grounds.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Five weeks ago, trainer John Servis came to Aqueduct and won the Grade 3 Affectionately for the second year in a row with Zonk. Servis, who is based at Philadelphia Park, shipped another runner to New York on Saturday to win the $81,825 Dearly Precious Stakes with Ladyecho.

Ladyecho closed strongly in the final sixteenth of the six-furlong Dearly Precious to wear down the loose-on-the-lead pacesetter, Lizzy Cool, and win by a length. Lizzy Cool finished 4 1/4 lengths in front of Reign of Tara in third.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Red n'Gold, who has run some of her biggest races at Oaklawn Park, successfully defended her title in the track's $50,000 Pippin when she drove to a half-length win over Reason to Talk before a crowd of 20,603.

See How She Runs, who was the favorite, finished seventh.

Red n'Gold ($11.80) raced about two lengths off pacesetter Eagle Lake, who ran the opening six furlongs of the 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares in 1:14.13. Red n'Gold overtook Eagle Lake in the stretch, and went on to cover the distance over a track rated muddy in 1:48.10.

ALBANY, Calif. - Lucky Sabre ($3) held off a stubborn Tale of a Dream to win the $58,950 Vallejo Stakes by a neck at Golden Gate Fields.

Jockey Russell Baze began urging Lucky Sabre approaching the second turn and she took the lead and held on after vigorous left-handed whipping down the lane The winning time was 1:36.28.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Lido Palace, who would have been favored in next Saturday's Grade 1 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream, will not make the cross-country trip from California after coming down with a temperature, trainer Bobby Frankel said.

"He got sick,'' Frankel said Saturday from California. "He had a 102 temperature yesterday; his white blood count was high.''

ARCADIA, Calif. - This much is certain about jockey Jerry Bailey's schedule in early March: He will travel to Santa Anita from Florida on March 1 for the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap and return a week later to ride Composure in the Santa Anita Oaks.

Whether Bailey will ride Congaree or Medaglia d'Oro in the Big Cap remains to be seen.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Saturday that Congaree would be pointed to the meeting's richest race. Baffert said Bailey would have the ride.

Bailey's agent, Ron Anderson, said "We have not made a final decision."

ARCADIA, Calif. - Last fall, Sentimental Value won stakes on a firm turf course at Santa Anita and a sloppy main track at Hollywood Park.

Sentimental Value has not started on a wet turf course, the sort of conditions that could be present for Monday's $150,000 Buena Vista Handicap at Santa Anita.

"I'm hoping we don't get any more rain," trainer Kristin Mulhall said. "I think she'll be better on the firm with the speed she has."

OLDSMAR Fla. - A new chapter in the relationship between Florida horsemen and management at Tampa Bay Downs will take place April 6 when Florida-breds will take center stage in a series of six races collectively worth $500,000 in purse money.

Florida Cup Day became a reality through an agreement among Tampa Bay Downs management, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners Association, and the local chapter of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.

NEW ORLEANS - So far, San Diego Sue's career has been like produce: good when fresh, but prone to wilting over time.

San Diego Sue won her career debut about 16 months ago at Arlington Park. Then she lost three races, went on the shelf for nine months, and fired fresh off the bench here Jan. 18, winning a first-level turf allowance race by almost three lengths with a sustained rally from the half-mile pole to the finish.