OZONE PARK, N.Y. - As a trainer for Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum's Darley Stable, trainer Tom Albertrani understands that it is his job to develop horses that might eventually be transferred to Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation and another trainer.
In late 2007, Albertrani won maiden races with the colt Numaany and the filly Musical Note, both of whom were quickly transferred to Godolphin and either have gone or will soon be headed to Dubai.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - With the possible exceptions of being Canadian and a showman of chickens and ducks, Reade Baker is not unlike any of the other trainers who will saddle a Kentucky Derby hopeful Saturday in the Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Baker is hoping that Notgivinmyloveaway, one of 10 entered in the seven-furlong Hutcheson, will pass what shapes up as a rugged test in Gulfstream's first milestone in the annual Florida Derby series for 3-year-olds.
NEW ORLEANS - Steve Asmussen sealed his victory in the national trainers' race for 2007 in fine style Monday, winning the Louisiana Futurity and finishing with 488 victories for the year, three more than runner-up Scott Lake.
"I'm delighted about it," Asmussen said. "It takes the whole barn to do it. It's quite an impressive thing. We had three more than Mr. Lake, who had a great year. Congratulations to him."
Trainer Henry Dominguez won last year's $600,000 WinStar Derby with Song of Navarone, and he developed a couple of candidates for this year's running over on Sunday when he sent out Rapper S S and Capetown Royal to finish first and third in the $100,000 Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park.
"The goal for both of them is the WinStar Derby," Dominguez said.
ARCADIA, Calif.-After a two-day carryover of $587,644, the pick six returned $54,636.80 to 27 ticket holders on Tuesday at Santa Anita.
Bettors added $1,598,097 to the pool on Tuesday, and many were still alive after La Tormenta ($3.60) won the first leg.
The other winners of the pick six races were Crown of Thorns ($18.60), Siamese Cat ($8.40), Sunday Dress ($6.40), Alexandra Rose ($15) and Stormin Jack ($13.20).
La Tormenta and Sunday Dress were the only winning favorites.
Control System ($4.50) continued her mastery of Aqueduct's inner track as well as her older rival Oprah Winney by rolling to a 3 1/2-length victory in the $79,325 Interborough Handicap at Aqueduct. Karakorum Starlet got up for second by six lengths over Oprah Winney.
It was the second straight time Control System defeated Oprah Winney, having whipped her in last month's Garland of Roses Handicap. It was Control System's third stakes victory in as many tries over Aqueduct's inner track, as she also won the Grade 3 Cicada in March.
Following in the same path as another promising young 3-year-old named Barbaro two winters earlier, Cowboy Cal rallied to a decisive two-length victory over stablemate Why Tonto in the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby at Calder.
Cowboy Cal came into the Grade 3 Tropical Park Derby off a similarly easy victory in the Laurel Futurity. Barbaro also closed out his 2-year-old campaign winning the Laurel Futurity and began his 3-year-old season with an easy win in the 2006 Tropical Park Derby.
In Summation reverted to his form of last summer in Tuesday's $108,900 El Conejo Handicap at Santa Anita, winning his fourth stakes in the last 12 months and easily beating the heavily favored Idiot Proof.
In Summation ($8.20) ran 5 1/2 furlongs in 1:01.27, a record for Santa Anita's synthetic track, which was installed last summer.
Idiot Proof, the runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Monmouth Park in October, led briefly in the stretch but faded to finish third, 3 1/4 lengths behind In Summation as the 3-5 favorite in the field of five.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - From a quality standpoint, Gulfstream Park is coming off one of the best seasons in track history. Five reigning Breeders' Cup winners, including 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor, raced at Gulfstream in 2007, as did Curlin, the likely successor to that title.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Aside from Street Sense, no 3-year-old commanded more attention coming into 2007 than Nobiz Like Shobiz. That placed trainer Barclay Tagg squarely, albeit somewhat uncomfortably, in the spotlight as he guided Nobiz Like Shobiz along the Kentucky Derby trail from his winter base at Gulfstream Park.
