CALGARY, Alberta – The $50,000 Herald Gold Plate, rescheduled after being washed out last weekend, and the $75,000 Penny Ridge form a stakes doubleheader here Sunday on the closing day of the Stampede Park meeting.

Footprint faces just three foes in the 1 1/16-mile Herald Gold Plate for 3-year-olds and upward, and looks to be loose on the lead under Real Simard. Alberta’s 2007 horse of the year, Footprint has taken up where he left off last season, with an allowance tally and a victory in the Teeworth Plate.

A memorial service for Dr. Graham Gardiner was set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Southminster United Church, 6801 Hager St., Niagara Falls.

Gardiner died Wednesday following a lengthy illness. He was 73.

A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Clinic in Guelph, Gardiner served as the Ontario Racing Commission veterinarian at Fort Erie for more than 30 years.

Prior to his tenure at the racetrack, he owned and operated Bridgeview Pet Care.

Gardiner is survived by Betty, his wife of 51 years, sons Gerry and Greg, and daughter Brenda.

FARMINGTON, N.M. - Jockey Jimmy Ray Coates suffered several broken bones when his horse fell into the path of another horse in the second race at SunRay Park on Thursday.  He broke a femur, shoulder and collarbone, according to state steward Bob Allison.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Surf Cat, a six-time stakes winner, will be ridden for the first time by David Flores in the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on June 28, trainer Bruce Headley said on Thursday.

Flores replaces Alex Solis, who has ridden the 6-year-old Surf Cat in 17 of his 19 career starts and all of his stakes wins.

Solis was aboard Surf Cat when he won the Grade 2 Mervyn Leroy Handicap here on April 26 and for a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Californian Stakes here on May 31.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - London Snow never got a chance to get into a groove in 2007.

But after opening up her current campaign with an impressive victory, she will be looking to get back to the stakes winner's circle in Saturday's six-furlong Ballade for Ontario-sired fillies and mares.

"This spring, she's been real healthy," said John Charalambous, who trains London Snow for Kirk Bradden Stables Inc. "She's holding her weight well."

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Terry Dubois became the first trainer other than Troy Taylor or Terry Jordan to win a stakes race at Hastings this year when she won the $53,786 John Longden 6000 with Spaghetti Mouse last Saturday.

With seven stakes wins on his resume, including the Grade 3 British Columbia Derby in 2005, Spaghetti Mouse is no stranger to the winner's circle. On the other hand, Dubois was not only winning her first stakes race, it was her first official win as a trainer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - No one could blame trainer Helen Pitts for casting a wistful eye a few stalls down the paddock when she goes to saddle Einstein for the $1 million Stephen Foster Handicap on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

This will mark the first time Pitts has run a horse against Curlin, the superstar she unveiled Feb. 3, 2007, at Gulfstream Park. Since winning that career debut by 12 3/4 lengths, Curlin has earned nearly $8.8 million, one Horse of the Year title, and the admiration of countless fans around the world.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Big Brown wore No. 1 as the 3-10 favorite in the Belmont Stakes last weekend. Curlin will wear No. 1 when he is bet down to similarly heavy favoritism Saturday in the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Trainer Steve Asmussen hopes the comparisons stop right there. Curlin, making his first start since winning the $6 million Dubai World Cup on March 29, “needs to show us he’s the same horse we’ve known all along,” said Asmussen. “He needs to run, and I believe I’ve got him ready. Now he needs to go out and show us.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - It didn't take long for Not Bourbon to get back to business after winning the 1o1/8-mile Plate Trial here on Sunday.

With regular rider Jono Jones in the irons, Not Bourbon breezed five furlongs in 59.40 seconds here Wednesday morning as he continues preparations for the 1o1/4-mile Queen's Plate on June 22.

"It didn't go exactly as I wanted it to," said Roger Attfield, who trains Not Bourbon for owner and breeder Charles Fipke. "He went too fast early."

Attfield said he caught Not Bourbon through an opening three furlongs in about 33 seconds.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Brass Hat traveled halfway around the world to finish second to a Dubai World Cup winner. It happened in March 2006, when Electrocutionist surged past Brass Hat to win the world’s richest race by 1 1/2 lengths.

Brass Hat later was accused of a medication violation and ultimately was disqualified from the runner-up’s share of $1.2 million in a decision that still rubs trainer Buff Bradley the wrong way.