MIAMI - Albertus Maximus, who went to the sidelines due to a tendon injury following his sixth-place finish in the Dubai World Cup on March 29, is back on the work tab. Albertus Maximus breezed an easy three furlongs in 40.20 seconds over the turf at Palm Meadows on Monday, his second work since embarking on the comeback trail.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rachel Alexandra, the superstar filly who has been taking it easy on the Churchill Downs backstretch for the last seven weeks, has returned to the racetrack for the first time since arriving here Oct. 7 from Saratoga.

Owned primarily by the Stonestreet Stables of Jess Jackson and trained by Steve Asmussen, Rachel Alexandra jogged a very easy mile Monday and Tuesday, both times going late in the morning when traffic is very light on the main track.

Quality Road, who went through an extensive schooling session at Aqueduct without incident last Saturday, took another step on Monday toward a possible start in Saturday's Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile by working a half-mile in 50.88 seconds over the training track at Belmont Park.

Exercise rider Hector Ramos was aboard for the work, which was termed breezing.

"I thought he worked well and he came out of it well," said Todd Pletcher, who trains Quality Road for Edward Evans. "I'll have a discussion with Mr. Evans and we'll make a decision [Tuesday]."

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Give Joe Talamo a high five.

The 19-year-old riding phenom won five races on Sunday to double his previous total for the entire meet and vault into second place in the Hollywood Park jockeys' standings, one behind Joel Rosario, who leads with 11.

The five wins equaled the career best for Talamo, who won five races once at Fair Grounds while an apprentice.

"I never even thought I could win five today," Talamo said after Sunday's final race. "I was hoping for a couple."

ETOBICOKE, Ontario -

Field Commission, a 4-year-old trained by Danny Vella, had won graded sprint stakes here on dirt and turf while El Brujo, a 3-year-old conditioned by Malcolm Pierce, had bagged four sprint stakes against his own age group, including back-to-back Grade 3's in Kentucky.

But when the air had cleared following the six-furlong Kennedy Road it was Smokey Fire, a 4-year-old gelding who was making his stakes debut, who emerged a three-quarter-length winner at 6-1 with Field Commission second and El Brujo 4 1/4 lengths back in seventh.

thLOUISVILLE, Ky. - A couple of millionaire mares who know their way around a racetrack will be whetting the fans' appetites for a terrific final few days of racing at Churchill Downs when they clash Thursday in the 94th running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Falls City Handicap.

Swift Temper and Unbridled Belle drew alongside each other in posts 4 and 5 as the 122-pound highweights in a field of just six fillies and mares entered in the 1 1/8-mile Falls City.

Northern California fans will probably have their last chance to say goodbye to their latest millionaire on Friday when Bold Chieftain runs in the $50,000 San Quentin at Golden Gate Fields.

Bold Chieftain made history in his last start when he became the first horse to win the California Cup Classic twice. His victory in the Oct. 3 race at Santa Anita pushed him to $1,083,411 in career earnings.

Pleasant Storm established himself as an Oklahoma-bred to watch on Sunday, when he closed from next to last to win the $60,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile at Remington Park and remain undefeated in two starts. He won by a widening two lengths over Hollywood Ice, while it was another half-length back in third to Right Squall.

Pleasant Storm ($11.20) had one horse beat early in the six-furlong race, began to move at about the three-eighths pole. and went on to cover the distance on a fast track in 1:10.93. Bryan McNeil rode the winner for Vickie Fixley and trainer Joe Petalino.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - In less than a week, jockey Joe Talamo went from the sick bed to the top of the heap. He won five races on Sunday's card at Hollywood Park, including riding Bickersons to a front-running victory in the $100,000 for 2-year-old fillies.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Tribal Belle seemingly wrapped up the Sovereign Award for Canada's champion female sprinter with her victory in Sunday's $156,500 at Woodbine.

Tribal Belle ($3.60) tracked the leaders on the outside in the seven-furlong sprint, as 37-1 shot Silver Z set fractions of 22.39 and 45.30 seconds.

Tribal Belle hit the front exiting the turn, and then held a game Silver Z at bay through the stretch to prevail by a half-length, in a time of 1:22.29. Smart Surprise rallied wide to edge out Glitter Rox for third in the 10-horse field.