HORSEPLAY STORY OF ALL-TIME: "How two guys turned $8 into $2.7 million playing the Breeders' Cup pick-6." Read it here.

Weekend headlines:
• Hawthorne pick-6 carryover for Friday's card more    than $51,000. Post time 1:10 p.m.
• Bulletin re Breeders' Cup on TV: No TV network,    except for high-definition TSN (TSN HD), will be    carrying the Breeders' Cup from Churchill Downs in    Canada on Saturday, Nov. 4. However, Assiniboia    Downs will fill the void by televising the full ESPN    feed from the U.S. in-house at the track from
   11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The races themselves will still be    shown at home, without colour commentary, on the    racing channels: MTS 194 & 195 and Shaw 88.

Weekend simulcast highlights: The best thoroughbred and harness racing from around North America and Australia continues daily from about 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Full schedule. Note: Richest day in Canadian racing goes Saturday night at Woodbine harness at 6:20 p.m. It's the Breeders' Crown: eight races with young pacers and trotters vying for $5 million in purses. Churchill Downs, site of this year's Breeders' Cup on Nov. 4, opens its fall meet on Sunday.

Where to see races: (1) At the track on giant TVs and in free private carrels with your own TV (2) at off-track locations and (3) at home on MTS channels 194, 195 and Shaw 88. Open a phone account. Where to buy programs off-track. Secrets to reading a program to pick winners. Bettor's Blog posts prime plays each day.

Daily specials: Ask your server about the Daily Specials and Gourmet Soup. Served all day.

Other weekend fun at the Downs: Friday 6:35 p.m., almost-live racing from Lone Star with show parlay challenge and after-races poker. Saturday 6:30 p.m. almost-live racing from Meadowlands, with Vegas countdown and $300-top-prize Texas hold'em finale after races. Sunday 12:10 p.m. almost-live from Woodbine: putt for dough and earn chances to go to Queen's Plate. More.