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Vaulted into the Western Bulldogs captaincy, softly spoken defender Easton Wood will be a picture of calm as the side prepare for Saturdays AFL grand final.Thats the aim, at least, for one of the few Bulldogs who have previously experienced going deep into a finals campaign.I think my role, and for any players whove been there before, the whole thing is as much as you can, (keep it) business as usual and show that youre still enjoying things, Wood told AAP.Just be as genuine and normal as you can be, and be that steadying and calming influence.After debuting in 2009, Wood had his first taste of finals footy the following year at age 21 after midfielder Shaun Higgins was ruled out with a thyroid problem.The Bulldogs won their semi-final against Sydney but went down to St Kilda the following week and didnt make it back to the finals for another five years.My first two finals, I was so young, Wood said.Ive actually got a very poor memory of both the games I played then. It really seems like a blur.I think one of the first things I noticed back then as a young player was how difficult it was to hear on the ground. Obviously, thats something Im pretty used to now ... therell be 100,000 screaming fans and itll just be one of those things you embrace.After an injury-plagued start to his career, 27-year-old Wood has found continuity in recent years and stepped up his role as a backline general in the absence of injured captain Bob Murphy.Wood was sensational in the Bulldogs preliminary final win over Greater Wester Sydney, gathering intercept marks and lighting up Spotless Stadium with a massive hanger over the Giants Rhys Palmer.But he reckons it was no different to the pressure acts performed by each of his teammates at different times in the season.You take your moments and execute what youre here to do, Wood said.Our strength has been what our 22 players have been able to contribute each week. 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Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career.There is no indication that reverse psychology works on a racehorse, at least not like the way it does on, say, a 5-year-old, or a recalcitrant boyfriend.You can stroll past the stall of an unruly colt waving the surgical implements of castration, and he wont bat an eye. Dont eat ? see if I care is rarely deployed as a training tool.After four straight losses as the heavy choice, the 3-year-old Tizbud filly Chao Chum had Gary Stute wishing he had more hair to pull. Her maiden win last July was visually impressive, and her subsequent starts were never embarrassing, with three seconds and a third. But she was burning money like mad. Stute was beginning to wonder if he was seeing things.I even tried training her two different ways for two of her allowance losses, Stute said. I tried old school and then went new school, but it didnt make any difference. I said to hell with it. Id been running her in those allowance races and Cal-bred races thinking she couldnt lose, so I put her in a race I didnt think she could win.The race was last Sundays $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes at Del Mar, a seven-furlong main-track event that looked like a slam dunk for Nick Alexanders Enola Gray. The daughter of Grazen won a similar race at Del Mar last summer by a pole, with a speed figure that caught everyones eye. Accordingly, Enola Gray was held at a dime on the dollar for the Betty Grable.Then horse racing happened, and Chao Chum beat Enola Gray by a conclusive length and a quarter after dogging the choice from the start. Kent Desormeaux rode the winner, after Tiago Pereira had been aboard all six of her previous races.The other kid rode her fine, Stute said. But theres just something about Desormeaux. Hes got those magic hands, and some horses really respond to that magic. Hopefully, shes one of them.Theres something magic about Del Mar, as well, no matter what time of year it opens for business, although the brief fall meet, now in its third season, is still a promotional work in progress, thrashing around between holiday themes and the residue of horse racings show biz glow.Only at Del Mar would there be a race named for Betty Grable, the leggy hoofer, WWII pinup, and wife of bandleader Harry James, whose colt Big Noise won the 1951 Del Mar Futurity under Hall of Famer Ralph Neves. The glamour couple were denizens of the summer seaside meet, when Harry would give his all-star band time off and Betty would dope out the races every day in the clubhouse.Of course, theres nostalgia, then theres ancient history. Del Mars naming committeee came closer to this century with the $75,000 Let It Ride Stakes on opening Saturday, conjuring memories of the classic racetrack flick from 1989 that has supplied wiseguys with all the material theyll ever need.dddddddddddd The Exchange Rate colt Defiantly won the mile on the grass for owner Mick Ruis and trainer Craig Dollase, with Gary Stevens doing the driving.If nothing else, the fall Del Mar meet gives players on both sides of the rail a chance for a deep breath. With the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita this year, the California season had the feel of coming to a loud and dramatic end, especially after the epic Classic between Arrogate and California Chrome left everyone limp and pleading, No mas.These last two months, split between Del Mar and Los Alamitos, put decent enough purses on the table for those who step up. Trainer Mike Puype, who deserves another headline horse now that two-time Breeders Cup winner Mizdirection is a memory, came on strong with three winners from six starters opening weekend. It was no surprise to see Flavien Prat fast from the gate with four wins, but the pleasant surprise was an opening-day double from Santiago Gonzalez, who was third in the Del Mar summer standings but went cold at Santa Anita in the fall.No one deserved to celebrate more than Stute. The cigar-chomping son and former assistant of perennial Hall of Fame candidate Mel Stute has been through some dry years. By his calculations, the victory of Chao Chum was the trainers first stakes win since the 2010 San Fernando with Papa Clem.I havent had many opportunities, Stute said with a self-effacing burst of his infectious laugh. Between six and eight horses has been my barn the last couple of years. Thats gets old, and it can get you pretty sour. When I became a trainer I didnt think about the part where you had to beg owners for horses.Chao Chum was bred and is owned by a partnership of Thai businessmen whove had horses with Mel Stute in the past. Her Betty Grable victory has Gary Stute thinking he might have a player in the division, with a race like the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes in late December coming into the picture.Going into the race the other day, the La Brea never crossed my mind, Stute said. Shed let me down so much, and I never planned on her running that good. I was getting kind of depressed. Now, Ive got to at least nominate her. She might be as good as I thought she was after all. 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