The Enquirer and wire reports

Jim Morgan, 69, and Perry Ouzts, 49, won the leading trainer and rider title, respectively, for the first half of the spring-summer meet.

Morgan, kingpin of Ohio racing from Bellbrook, saddled 17 winners from 42 starters with $150,000 earnings during the 61-day meet.

Ouzts (pronounced OOTS) had 67 winners from 349 mounts with $435,346 for his RD record 18th riding title. Ouzts, who began riding at the Cincinnati track in 1973, has 4,300-plus wins.

"The publicity department promised me a Bobblehead Day if I reach 5,000 wins or ride here for 35 years," Ouzts said, smiling. "I think I can do both."

--Jack Murray

KONA GOLD RETIRED: The gelding Kona Gold, 9, the nation's champion sprinter of 2000 who finished fifth in Saturday's Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup Handicap at Del Mar, has been retired.

DEL MAR: Prestonwood Farm's Special Ring, ridden by David Flores, ran the fastest 1 1/8 miles on the grass in track history in 1:45 4/5 with a wire-to-wire 5-length victory in the $400,000 Eddie Read Handicap.

SARATOGA: The trainer Bobby Frankel and jockey Jerry Bailey once more asserted their dominance on New York stakes racing as Sightseek roared to an effortless, 11-length victory in the $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap. It was Sightseek's third straight Grade I victory,