The Enquirer and wire reports

Sky Mesa and Toccet, leading juveniles of last year, head a list of 142 nominations to the $500,000 Grade II Lane's End Stakes on March 22 at Turfway Park. Other nominations include recent stakes winners Lion Tamer, Badge of Silver and Nothing to Lose. The Lane's End is a stepping stone to the May 3 Kentucky Derby.

On Sunday, weather forced cancellation of racing for the ninth straight day.

The $50,000 Dust Commander, originally scheduled for Feb. 15 and redrawn for Sunday, will not be rescheduled with the $50,000 Tejano Run Stakes for older horses coming up March 15.

Live racing is scheduled to resume Wednesday with a 5:30 p.m. first post.

Buddy Gil wins $114,550 Santa Anita Park feature

ARCADIA, Calif. - Buddy Gil posted an upset win by two lengths Sunday in the $114,550 Baldwin Stakes at Santa Anita.

Buddy Gil, ridden by Gary Stevens, covered 61/2 furlongs on the turf in 1:12.56. The Kentucky-bred was the second longest shot in the field and paid $55.40, $22.80 and $12.40.

King Robyn returned $11.00 and $7.40. Flirt With Fortune paid $4.80 to show.

Buddy Gill earned $68,730 in the field of 11 3-year-olds and won for the third time in seven starts. Sunday's race brought his career earnings to $129,455.

Big Bad George takes victory by a neck

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Big Bad George beat Sand Ridge by a neck to win the Oaklawn Park's $36,000 feature race on Sunday.

Big Bad George, with Terry Thompson aboard, entered the stretch of the six-furlong race for older horses in second place, just a half-length behind favorite Honor Me, who faded to finish fourth.

Thompson had to fight off Sand Ridge to claim the victory with a time of 1:11.37. The 6-year-old winner, trained by Robert Holthus, is a son of Groovy, out of Bucktooth.

Big Bad George was worth $11.60, $6 and $3.40 in first, while Sand Ridge paid $4.80 and $3.20 and U.S. Jets, another 23/4 lengths back in third, paid $2.60 to show.

Aqueduct trainer Edward R. Barker suspended, fined

NEW YORK - Trainer Edward R. Barker was suspended seven days and fined $1,000 after Aqueduct stewards found the banned substance Ambroxol in the post-race urine of a horse in his care.

The finding was made after Boeing finished second in the 10th race at Aqueduct on Nov. 29, 2002.

Barker waived his right to appeal the ruling and had his suspension reduced from 15 days to seven. Barker, who will serve the suspension from Feb. 24 through March 2, was also denied the privileges of using Aqueduct grounds during his suspension.

Boeing was declared unplaced in the revised order of finish of the Nov. 29 race.