LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When Steve Asmussen has his Hall of Fame plaque enscribed in the near future, it probably won’t include how many times he won the Churchill Downs training title. There’s just too much other stuff to cram onto limited bronze, such as his deeds with Curlin and Rachel Alexandra and his thousands of victories at tracks throughout North America.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Robby Albarado knows all too well about being listed on the program on a horse, then being replaced, having suffered the indignity of losing Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom in that way.

A similar scenario unfolded here Thursday involving Albarado and trainer Mike Maker, although the circumstances apparently were not what they seemed – and the mount lost by Albarado wound up being defeated as an odds-on choice.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Anthony’s Cross, who won the Grade 2 Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita in February, was sent to Calumet Farm in Kentucky earlier this week for a 30-day break.

Trainer Eoin Harty said he hopes to have Anthony’s Cross ready for the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 27.

“I gave up on chasing the Triple Crown,” Harty said. “I was fighting it. Hopefully I can get him ready for the Travers.”

Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner, will definitely run in the $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 11, trainer Graham Motion confirmed on Friday.

"We feel like we're definitely going as long as the horse is good," Motion said Friday. "We want to be there. The horse seems to be doing really good. I'm so pleased with how he bounced out of it the last couple of days. All systems go."

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CINCINNATI – Trophy Boy will try to remain undefeated when he faces six other Ohio bred 3-year-old colts and geldings in the $50,000 Green Carpet at River Downs on Sunday. The Green carpet is scheduled to be run at 1 1/16 miles on turf.

Trophy Boy won at first asking at Beulah Park on March 14 in gate-to-wire fashion in a statebred maiden event. In his second and most recent start, Trophy Boy won the H.B. Noonan at Beulah on April 16 by five lengths, again having led every step of the way.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Raging Star entered his 2010 campaign as a winner of one race and less than $25,000 but exploded with a solid season, compiling a record of 4-3-0 from 12 starts for earnings of $86,298. Those accomplishments will be recognized on June 19 when Raging Star is honored as the claimer of the year at the Toronto Thoroughbred Racing Club’s annual awards day here at Woodbine.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Craig MacPherson is pleased with the way Inhisglory is developing and is looking forward to running the 3-year-old Kentucky-bred in the $50,000 River Rock Casino next Sunday at Hastings.

Undefeated Striking Time dominated his 2-year-old rivals at Marquis Downs last year and he will get a real class test when he tackles a solid field of allowance horses running in a $32,000 optional claiming race at Northlands Park Sunday. The six-furlong race for 3-year-olds drew six horses and goes as the seventh race.

AUBURN, Wash. – Elusive Noise and Awesome Woman, speedy newcomers in the 3-year-old filly division at Emerald Downs, will put unbeaten records on the line Sunday in the $50,000 Seattle Handicap. A total of seven horses were entered for the 6 1/2-furlong Seattle, a preliminary step on the road to the nine-furlong Washington Oaks in August. The Seattle is race 6 on a nice-race card that begins at 2 p.m. Pacific.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Pop Artist and Arkhill look like the main players in a $25,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds and up that will serve as Sunday’s feature at Hastings. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew five horses and goes as the third race.

Pop Artist will be looking to make it three wins in a row for the same price and he easily handled Arkhill in their last two meetings. Nonetheless, Arkhill is taking the blinkers off for the first time in his 21-race career and he looked very sharp when he worked three furlongs in a rapid 34 seconds May 19.