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Trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. had four winners from five starters Friday at Calder. Plesa won with Brackenber (third race, $11), All the Honor (fourth, $8.20), Ma Come Pretendi (sixth, $6.20), and Count Montbrook (ninth, $8.20). . . . Najran, who equaled Dr. Fager's North American record for a mile when he won this year's Westchester Handicap, will enter stud next year at Hopewell Farm near Midway, Ky. A 4-year-old son of Runaway Groom who won 7 of his 15 career starts and earned $483,448, Najran will be syndicated and will stand for a fee of $7,500 live foal. . . . Early Flyer, a Grade 2 winner by Gilded Time, has been retired and will enter stud at Valor Farm in Pilot Point, Texas. He will stand for a fee of $2,500. . . . A benefit auction will be held Saturday at Hoosier Park to raise funds for Cindy Patrick, who was injured Nov. 11 while exercising a horse. More information is available from Harley Greene at (317) 695-5613 or the horsemen's office at Hoosier Park, (765) 683-0143. . . Jockey Carlos Marquez Jr. fractured a thumb in Thursday's first race at Hawthorne when his mount shied at the top of the stretch and tossed him. Marquez took off his remaining mounts Thursday and Friday but was hoping to return for Saturday's program.