ARCADIA, Calif. - It may only be the first of January, but trainer Eoin Harty has big expectations for Well Armed in 2008. He fully expects the 5-year-old Well Armed to be part of the major races of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, notably the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 1.

To get there, Well Armed must run well in Saturday's $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap at 1 1/16 miles, his American stakes debut. Well Armed is one of seven older horses that have been entered in the Grade 2 San Pasqual, the first major race of the meeting for older males on the main track.

What do jockeys like Jerry Bailey, Jose Santos, Alex Solis and, more recently, Eibar Coa and Javier Castellano have in common? They all won riding titles at Calder Race Course before going on to bigger and better things on the national stage.

The next jockey whose name might appear on that list is Elvis Trujillo, who comes off the biggest year of his career in 2007 and enters the 2008 Gulfstream meeting as a rising star in an already star-studded riding colony.

OLDSMAR, Fla. - Tampa Bay Downs featured the potential stars of the future last Saturday by running all 11 races for 2-year-olds. The card was highlighted by the Sandpiper and Inaugural stakes, which were punctuated by blanket finishes, game winners, and some noteworthy efforts in defeat.

The six-furlong Sandpiper for fillies turned out to be a case of some good placement and luck on the part of jockey Carlos Montalvo and Unfolding Wish, while some others in the field weren't so fortunate.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The eventual winner of the Kentucky Derby has wintered in south Florida the last two years, and three of the last five. So it comes as little surprise that the Florida search for Derby contenders already is in high gear for 2008, especially with the Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and likely divisional champion War Pass having taken up residence at the Palm Meadows training center just north of Gulfstream Park.

ALBANY, Calif. - Trainer Frances Henderson entered New Year's Day on an 0-for-157 losing streak that has lasted more than two years. If the 43-race maiden From Above didn't win Tuesday, she has a good chance to end the winless streak Thursday with Two Thirds Victory, who has five rivals in a maiden race for 3-year-old fillies at one mile on the Tapeta main track. Although she is 0 for 9, Two Thirds Victory has run second the last two times she faced maidens, at 7 1/2 furlongs and one mile on the turf.

Trainer Gary Contessa set a record for wins in one year on the New York Racing Association circuit Saturday when Silver Prospector won the first race at Aqueduct. The win was the 157th of 2007 at a NYRA track for Contessa, breaking the mark of 156 set by Frank Martin in 1974.

Contessa, who won his 158th race when Whistlin won the seventh, worked for Martin for five years before venturing out on his own in 1985.