ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Ginger Gold and Silver Nithi, the winners of the first two jewels of the Canadian triple tiara, clash Monday in the final leg of the series, the $250,000 Wonder Where Stakes, a 1 1/4-mile turf race.

Monday's Woodbine card also features the Victoriana Stakes and a simulcast of the Manitoba Derby from Assiniboia Downs.

Ginger Gold, last year's Canadian champion

2-year-old filly, won the June 8 Labatt Woodbine Oaks with determination. She dueled through rapid fractions in the 1 1/8-mile Oaks, and held off a closing Silver Nithi.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - B.C. Cup Day, featuring eight races restricted to B.C.-breds, seven of them stakes, is scheduled for this Monday afternoon at Hastings with the first post set for 2:23 pm.

Clearly the highlight of the day will be the match-up between Lord Nelson and Kid Katabatic in the $65,000 B.C. Cup Classic. The six other added money races are worth $50,000 each.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - One of the reasons Kid Katabatic is still competitive in stakes company as a 9-year-old is the way he's been handled by his owner-trainer Shauna Ferguson. As she puts it, she's babied him throughout his career. The Kid has started only 37 times and any time that he showed any signs of wear and tear, Ferguson would stop on him. Given his advanced age, and the way Ferguson treats him, it's very possible that this Monday's B.C. Cup Classic could be his last race.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Slowly but surely, the prospective field for Monday's Victoriana Stakes diminished this week.

First it was Nymphenburg, the defending champion in the race, who was forced into retirement by injury.

Then Devastating, a multiple stakes winner, was taken out of consideration and pointed toward Saratoga's upcoming Ballerina.

Finally, Classic Ingrid, a stakes-placed filly in good form, suffered an untimely physical setback.

Boots On Sunday dug down deep and held off Ski Bum by a neck to win his second straight $30,000 J.R. Straus Memorial on Friday at Retama Park before an opening night crowd of 4,569.

It was another length back in third to Two Punch Sonny.

Boots On Sunday broke well as the 3-5 favorite, and dueled with Wild Axe through an opening quarter in 22.24 seconds. He took command of the race soon afterward, and was game in deep stretch when challenged first by Two Punch Sonny on his outside, then by Ski Bum to his inside.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. ? Federal Highway, making his first start around two turns overcame a troubled trip and re-rallied after falling behind late to defeat Blue Slew's Shoes by a nose to win the $53,540 James F. Lyttle Memorial Handicap on Friday at the Sonoma County Fair.

Favored Federal Highway ($4.40) bumped with Rio's Chase after the break and raced four wide around both turns in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds. The winning time was 1:42.95.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - The roller-coaster ride of those following the progress of the prospective field for Sunday's Grade 1 Haskell Invitational is over. War Emblem, the nation's top 3-year-old, will be the heavy favorite in the $1 million Haskell, the marquee race of the

78-day Monmouth Park meet.

EDMONTON, Alberta - Optimism remains high for the upcoming Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society preferred yearling sale at Northlands Park despite alarm bells ringing in other areas of the livestock industry on the prairies because of drought.

"We are anticipating at least being able to match last year's excellent sale when our average went from the previous year's $6,140 to $8,040," said Rennie Gellner, manager of the Alberta division of the CTHS.

The sale is scheduled for Aug. 25, a dark day following the Canadian Derby.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Extra sensory perception might be needed to pick the winner of the feature race at Hastings Park Sunday, a $15,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles.

All seven horses look like they have a shot at the win, and it's hard to separate the horses moving up off of sharp wins and the ones coming down after dull efforts.

AUBURN, Wash. - The Governor's Handicap, traditionally regarded as the final local prep for the Grade 3 Longacres Mile, has drawn a field of seven, going 6 1/2 furlongs for a purse of $60,000 at Emerald Downs Sunday.

No fewer than 14 horses have exited the Governor's and won the Mile in past years, and several in Sunday's field have their sights set on the Mile's $250,000 purse. Certainly among them are the field's highweights, Makors Mark and Radar Contact, whose reputations ensure that they will attract strong attention in the mutuels.