MIAMI − Trippi's Sailor is perfect in three starts on grass. Each of those victories came at five furlongs, however, and even her trainer, Steve DiMauro, said he isn't sure what to expect when he stretches Trippi's Sailor out to 1 1/16 miles for the first time in Sunday's $55,000 Noble Robyn overnight stakes at Calder.

MIAMI - What do Omar's Tiger and Sky Venture have in common? Both horses showed speed and faded late behind the graded stakes winner Bim Bam earlier this month in the Lord Juban Stakes and both will return on Saturday's card at Calder in much softer allowance spots.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - The King Edward was shortened to one mile this year as part of Woodbine's tinkering with its turf stakes program. Sunday's first edition of the Grade 2, $300,000 King Edward at the new distance certainly won't be short on competitiveness as a field of nine was entered for the race Thursday.

Get Stormy, a Belmont shipper who is riding the crest of a six-race win streak, will attract plenty of attention as he goes postward under jockey Javier Castellano.

In the summer of 2005, after years of resistance, Anthony Bonomo Sr., a casual racing fan, finally relented to his wife's desire to take a trip to Saratoga. So enthralled was he by the experience that before returning to his Long Island home, Bonomo, an insurance attorney, privately purchased two horses and formed Brooklyn Boyz Stables.

WHO'S HOT

Eurico Da Silva made his way back to the top of the rider standings during the week of June 16-20, winning aboard 6 of 24 mounts. He and Patrick Husbands were tied with 52 wins apiece.

Emile Ramsammy was 6 for 28, and Chantal Sutherland was 5 for 26. Two U.S.-based jockeys fared well last weekend: Jeffrey Sanchez was 2 for 4, and Stewart Elliott was 2 for 3.

JERSEY SHORE PARTY

Partyallnightlong posted his second consecutive impressive win last weekend, capturing a first-level allowance sprint for statebreds by 6 1/4 lengths while not being asked to run at any point in the lane. Clearly, he's too good for statebred allowance runners, and trainer Eddie Broome is eager to find out exactly how good he is, so long as the son of Put It Back is ready when the time comes.

WHO'S HOT

New shooter Alex Gonzalez stepped right into the riding colony here as a bug boy and made an impression, winning four times in his first few days since moving south after the recently concluded Golden Gate meeting.

Gonzalez, 18, won 61 races this year at Golden Gate. He is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Martin Garcia and Joel Rosario, who also used Northern California as a springboard to this circuit.

WHO'S HOT

This has been the spring of the apprentice at Calder. Nine bug riders had mounts on Sunday's program, and the two who have separated themselves from the pack have been Luis Saez and Angel Moreno.

Saez has been a hot item since the meet began. He sits atop the jockey standings with a comfortable lead over defending champ Manoel Cruz after riding seven more winners during the week ending June 20.

WHO'S HOT

Dale Romans became the second trainer to win 500 races at Churchill when Skipadate won the eighth race Thursday under a rallying, inside trip from jockey Francisco Torres.

Bill Mott is the only trainer who has won more races at Churchill. Through last week, he had 631 wins.

Considering the challenge of racing at Churchill, which along with Keeneland offers the best racing in the state, winning 500 races is quite an accomplishment. And Romans is only 43.

WHO'S HOT

Nick Zito's 3-year-olds

Ice Box, Jackson Bend, and Fly Down gave the ever-quotable trainer in-the-money finishes in each of the Triple Crown races, right or wrong?

But we're not talking about them; we're talking about sit-up-and-take-notice performances by five other Zito-trained 3-year-olds since Memorial Day, those coming in chronological order from Miner's Reserve, Shirley She Can, Wake Maker, Our Dark Knight, and Gallant Fields.