MIAMI - The Calder jockey colony was short four members over the weekend, a group that included four-time local champion Manoel Cruz, after the state's Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering denied the riders their appeals of suspensions handed down by the stewards here last month.

Joining Cruz on the sidelines Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were Ray Fuentes, Pedro Monterrey Jr., and Daniel Coa. Monterrey was the hardest hit, getting eight days overall for a pair of riding infractions. The others will serve just the three days apiece.

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Trainer John Tammaro III has a turf-to-dirt strategy mapped out for Rough Road Ahead that could take the chestnut colt all the way to the $1 million Haskell Invitational.

The plan starts Sunday at Monmouth Park with the $60,000 Anderson Fowler Stakes for 3-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Bustin Stones, the undefeated New York-bred Grade 1-winning sprinter, began working toward the second half of his campaign on Friday by breezing an easy half-mile in 50.16 seconds over the Belmont Park training track.

It was his first workout in nearly two months. Bustin Stones was forced to skip the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap on Memorial Day after he missed some training time in early May due to an illness. His return target is now the Grade 2, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga on July 26.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Charlie Wade was a horseman from a bygone era, a do-it-yourselfer who bred, owned, and trained his entire stable. As he grew older, Wade called on Roger Thomas for assistance, and Thomas complied, working tirelessly as a stablehand for Wade for the last 10 years or so.

When Wade died in early May at age 90, five of his horses were willed to Thomas. One of them was Water Gap, an 8-year-old mare who already had raced 76 times.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Trainer Craig MacPherson is hoping that the roll he's on will continue with Alarico in the $50,000 CTHS Sales Stakes at Hastings on Sunday. MacPherson got off to a slow start at Hastings this year, winning just once from his first 22 starters.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Plans for Storm Mesa are reset. After being considered probable for the Delaware Oaks, she is instead headed to Prairie Meadows for her next start in a decision reached Thursday, said her trainer, Bret Calhoun.

"We changed gears and we're going to the Iowa Oaks," he said.

Calhoun said travel arrangements factored into the decision. He said a flight could be secured to Prairie Meadows, but not to Delaware Park. Calhoun said he also believes Storm Mesa will handle the Prairie Meadows surface better than she would the main track at Delaware.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Mark Casse has taken home back-to-back Sovereign Awards as Canada's outstanding trainer while sending out a slew of stakes winners and a 2007 Horse of the Year in Sealy Hill.

But one prize that is high on Casse's wish list is the Queen's Plate, and he will send out Took the Time and Palmers in pursuit of that goal here at Woodbine on Sunday.

"We've been pretty fortunate so far, to win some big races in Canada, but this one's eluded us," said Casse. "It's a top priority, definitely."

Baja Jazz draws a post that could give her an edge over probable favorite Zoomin Doll in the Grade 1, $279,855 Retama Park Quarter Horse Futurity. The 350-yard race is the richest stakes of the meet and closes out the Quarter Horse season at the San Antonio-area track.

Baja Jazz will break from gate 8 in the Retama Futurity, while Zoomin Doll drew gate 4. The two met in trials for the race June 8, with Zoomin Doll setting the fastest qualifying time for the series from post 7, and Baja Jazz finishing second to her by a half-length from post 4.

Goodbye Norma Jean, claimed for $40,000 at Santa Anita five months ago, looks for her second straight stakes win in the $50,000 Dr. O.G. Fischer Memorial Handicap at SunRay Park. The seven-furlong Fischer is slotted as the ninth race and is one of two stakes on a card that begins at 2:15 p.m. Mountain. The eighth race is the $50,000 Marathon Handicap, an 870-yard race for Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds.

Cimply Done will be out to turn the tables on Flomont in the $110,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Sale Futurity at Ruidoso Downs on Sunday. The five-furlong race drew a field of 10 New Mexico-breds.

Flomont could go favored after using stalk-and-pounce tactics to win his trial for the race June 9. He defeated a field that included Cimply Done, the 3-5 favorite that afternoon, who finished third after setting a quick pace.