CHICAGO – Boyce and Block – two of the better-known trainers on the Chicago Thoroughbred racing circuit. Their horses ran one-two last weekend in the Illini Princess Stakes over the Hawthorne turf course, and both barns run Illinois-breds in the turf stake race Oct. 15 at Hawthorne.

STICKNEY, Illinois -- A bulky 3-year-old colt named American Mayhem has come this week to Chicago for the first time in his life. No worries – his trainer can show him the ropes.