SAN MATEO, Calif. ? Things didn't go right at the start for World Light ($8.80), but he was able to rally off the pace to defeat Marcutio by one length to win the $68,450 Half Moon Bay Handicap at Bay Meadows on Sunday.

Jockey Ron Warren Jr. said he was told to put World Light into contention early but got pinched back in the 1 1/16-mile turf race.

"They were going too fast so I didn't want to ask him to keep up because there would be no way he'd be able to finish so I just waited," Warren said.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Finality, a tough-luck second in a pair of graded stakes earlier this summer, finally broke through Sunday at Belmont Park, coming from slightly off the pace under John Velazquez to win the $200,000, Grade 2 by a length over the pace-setting Union Place.

Chiselling, the 2-1 favorite who was boxed in along the rail, got up for third, a neck in front of Macaw.

Bossier City, La. - Dream Walkin' Farms' Big Hubie, who just missed in the Barksdale Handicap here on September after lacking room in midstretch, got a clean trip under Tim Doocy to win Sunday's $100,000 Louisiana Downs Handicap. Dynameaux, making his first start since a poor effort in the Fair Grounds Breeders' Cup in February, finished a game second, only a head behind Big Hubie. Barksdale winner Rebridled turned in a late run to report home third. Favored Chauffe Au Rouge, who disappointed in the Barksdale, once again was found lacking in the late going and finished fifth.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Added Edge remained unbeaten in three starts with an authoritative victory in Sunday's $133,250 Swynford Stakes, a seven-furlong dash for 2-year-olds at Woodbine.

Added Edge stalked entrymate Whispered Warning through fractions of :22.70 and :44.79 seconds over a wet-fast track. He joined Whispered Warning on the lead midway on the turn, and drew off inside the eighth pole to prevail by four and three-quarter lengths.

Canasta rallied for the place, while Whispered Warning easily held third in the four-horse field. The final time was 1:23.33 seconds.

FORT ERIE, Ontario - Forever Grand, who was third in this year's Queen Plate, tops the festivities at Fort Erie on Tuesday as the track hosts four stakes that were formerly held at Woodbine.

The $60,000 events are restricted to runners who were offered for sale at one of Woodbine's open yearling sales or 2-year-olds-in-training sales.

The Harry J. Addison Jr. is for colts and geldings, 3 years old and up, and the Harry A. Hindmarsh is for fillies and mares, 3 and up. Both races will be run at 1 1/16 miles.

In five tries on turf, including two stakes races this season, X Country has been unable to do better than one third-place finish. He is also winless when he has been asked to race when the main track is wet.

Put him on a fast track, however, and the 4-year-old X Country is a model of consistency, collecting six wins and five seconds in 17 starts.

Tuesday's $75,000 Fall Handicap at Mountaineer Park will be run on dirt, and if the weather is good the seven rivals X Country faces in the 1 1/8-mile race could be in deep trouble.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Cruising Kat pulled off a shocking upset in the $222,386 Grade 2 British Columbia Derby at Hastings Park Saturday afternoon. Sent off at over 40-1, Cruising Kat came from well back to score a three-quarter length victory over another longshot, 57-1 Blowin In The Wind. Cruising Kat paid $82.80 for the win and helped key a $9,994.10 Superfecta that required only the first three horses.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Bonapaw used his brilliant speed Saturday to win his first Grade 1 race and become a millionaire. But his connections are in no hurry to give some of that money back to make the 6-year-old gelding eligible for next month's Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Without ever feeling the leather of jockey Gerard Melancon's whip, Bonapaw led from the start and cruised to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $300,000 Vosburgh Stakes before 8,542 at Belmont Park. After running a half-mile in a relatively easy 45.10 seconds, Bonapaw covered the seven furlongs in 1:22.34 and returned $5.10.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Tates Creek took advantage of a swift pace and a turn back in distance to post a one-length win in Saturday's Grade 3, $114,400 Noble Damsel Handicap at Belmont Park.

Taken well back off a hot pace by Jerry Bailey, Tates Creek rallied four wide in the stretch and ran down Amonita inside the sixteenth pole to record her seventh victory from 11 career starts. Her final time of 1:32.79 for the mile established a stakes record for the Noble Damsel, which was run at 1 1/16 miles before 1997.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Essence of Dubai recaptured his best form Saturday when he led throughout to win the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby at Louisiana Downs by 3 1/2 lengths over Walk in the Snow. It was another head back in third to A.P. Five Hundred.

Essence of Dubai, sent off as a slight favorite over Private Emblem, broke sharply and went wide into the first turn. He put up fractions of 23.77 seconds for the opening quarter, 47.96 for the half-mile mark, and 1:12.42 for six furlongs, with Walk in the Snow and A.P. Five Hundred in close pursuit.