LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Giant Gizmo splashed to a 3 3/ 4-length victory Friday in the Grade 3, $166,050 Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs, but the race was marred by the injury suffered by Chelokee, who broke his right front cannon bone in the stretch run.

It was an eerie, almost surreal occurance, because Chelokee, 4, is trained by Michael Matz. Matz trained Barbaro, who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby and then broke down two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes. There was Matz, in the mud and rain at Churchill Downs, watching helplessly as Chelokee was loaded onto a horse ambulance.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In a race that, on paper, appeared highly competitive from flagfall to finish, Zee Zee dominated the $168,600 Edgewood Stakes by taking command at once, then gliding home a 1 3/4-length winner over seven other 3-year-old fillies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Bouncing back from arguably the worst performance of her career, Ginger Punch had her Eclipse Award-winning form on display Friday at Churchill Downs when she drew off to an easy 3 3/4-length victory over Leah's Secret in the $340,200 Louisville Stakes.

Although Friday's Grade 3, $126,400 Aegon Turf Sprint at Churchill was contested at five furlongs on turf, it was essentially over at the start. Mr. Nightlinger, the 9-5 favorite, left the gate quickly, shooting straight to the lead, while 3-1 second choice Indian Ashton broke three lengths behind the field.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - After coming within a length of winning her first stakes in each of her last two starts, Just for Keeps finally broke through on Thursday, outfinishing a stubborn Cat on a Cloud to win the $110,400 Mamzelle Stakes by one-half length at Churchill Downs.

Cat on a Cloud, who set solid early fractions, held second by 1 3/4 lengths over Taletobetold. It was a neck back to 2-1 favorite Smitty's Sunshine, who won this race last year. Trisha's Silver, Kindling, Initforthekandy, and Miss Greenley completed the order of finish.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Ronny Werner expressed concern heading into Thursday's Grade 3, $163,000 Kentucky Stakes at Churchill Downs that his juvenile colt, Run Away and Hide, could regress racing on 13 days' rest off a quick debut victory at Keeneland on April. 18.

Local betting support for Hawthorne Race Course continued to erode, but all-sources average daily handle on Hawthorne races actually increased during the spring meet that ended Monday.

Attempting to avert further strife between jockeys and horsemen in Chicago, the Illinois Racing Board has put forward a stewards' directive to help clarify how much riders will be paid for losing mounts in races at Arlington Park.

Negotiations between Churchill Downs and its horsemen over the availability of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby undercard races on account-wagering sites remained in a stalemate early Thursday afternoon, according to officials for both sides.

The stalemate will likely result in a blackout of the cards on Friday and Saturday, with the exception of the Oaks, the Derby, and the race preceding the Derby, the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - El Roblar has won stakes over turf and dirt. The only problem for owner Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables and trainer Richard Mandella is considerable time seems to go by between such milestones.

When El Roblar starts in Saturday's $100,000 Inglewood Handicap at Hollywood Park, he will be seeking his third career stakes win and first since the Grade 3 Ack Ack Handicap last June.

In an injury-plagued career, the 6-year-old El Roblar has had only one start since the Ack Ack, a third in the Grade 2 Potrero Grande Handicap at Santa Anita on April 5.