NEWS - Thursday, August 31, 2006

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Woodbine Debuts New Polytrack Surface
Demi Song bounced his way into Canadian Thoroughbred record books at Woodbine Aug. 30 when the gelding won the first race over the track's new Polytrack surface. Blood-Horse

MassCap Cancelled for Second Straight Year
For the second year in a row, Suffolk Downs will not run the Massachusetts Handicap, the grade II race which had been scheduled for Sept. 30, track management announced Wednesday. Blood-Horse

Thoroughbred adoption center to be built at Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes has secured funding that will enable the Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program to build an adoption facility on grounds of the Farmington, New York, track. Thoroughbred Times

Bluegrass Cat returns to the Blue Grass
Grade 1-winning millionaire Bluegrass Cat, who was retired after running second to Bernardini in the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course, returned to Bill Casner's and Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. Thoroughbred Times