ELMONT, N.Y. - On the day before the Belmont Stakes, a race in which he probably would have been the third betting choice, Peter Pan Stakes winner Oratory worked a leisurely five furlongs at Belmont Park.

In his first work since his emphatic Peter Pan score last month, Oratory worked five furlongs Friday morning in 1:02.03 over Belmont's main track. His connections are eyeing the second half of the year for Oratory, who earned a 114 Beyer Speed Figure in winning the Peter Pan in a stakes-record time of 1:46.35.

ALBANY, Calif. - The furthest thought from Russell Baze's mind as he moved up aboard Cowboy Badgett in Wednesday's third race at Golden Gate Fields was that he was about to be, in his words, "planted like a tulip."

Without warning, Cowboy Badgett snapped his left ankle at the quarter pole and tossed Baze, who moments later appeared to be stepped on by Count Anomar. Baze suffered a complete fracture of his left collarbone. X-rays revealed no further problems, but Baze said Thursday his left ankle was still a bit sore.

A longtime member of the starting gate crew at Penn National Race Course was killed in an accident on the track during Wednesday night's racing program.

The worker, identified by Pennsylvania State Police as William Stewart, 46, of Elizabethtown, Pa., died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in an accident involving the gate shortly after the start of the fourth race.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Saturday would mark a very opportune time for Eurosilver to step up and maximize his considerable potential. As one of at least eight horses expected for the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs next Saturday, Eurosilver will be trying to leapfrog into the upper echelon of the handicap division.

"He's got the attributes to do it," said Ian Wilkes, assistant to Eurosilver's trainer, Carl Nafzger. "Now he just needs to step up and do it."

MIAMI - Trainer Marty Wolfson will resist the temptation to ship his graded-stakes-placed Pampered Princess out of town this summer in search of more lucrative opportunities. The incentive to stay home is heightened by spots like Sunday's $40,000 Charon Stakes, a restricted event that Pampered Princess figures to win as easily as she did the Emergency Nurse Stakes under similar conditions here five weeks earlier.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Will he be the next Trickey Crew?

Brick Crew sure looked a lot like Trickey Crew, his older half-brother, when he barreled down the stretch to win his debut by neck last weekend at Lone Star Park. In overcoming a slow break and wide trip in the five-furlong race for 2-year-olds, he showed some of the same talent displayed by Trickey Crew.

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Sunday's allowance headliner at Louisiana Downs carries considerably more intrigue than your typical nonwinners-of-two. A diverse group of 11 will line up to go six furlongs in pursuit of the $25,000 purse.

The track's perennial leading trainer, Cole Norman, will send out two of the major contenders, Outsmoken and Royal Saint, who are uncoupled in the wagering.

The undefeated 2-year-old Leading Spirit and the return of All American Futurity winner DM Shicago headline a strong pair of stakes for Quarter Horses on Sunday's program at Ruidoso Downs.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The red-hot Miss Marvic returns to Assiniboia Downs in search of her first stakes win in Sunday's $40,000 La Verendrye for older fillies and mares at six furlongs.

After two losses to begin her career here in 2003, Miss Marvic won her maiden in her 2004 seasonal bow at Stampede Park before returning to Assiniboia Downs and winning 4 of 7 last summer, including three in a row during the later stages of the season.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - For All We Know, one of trainer John Ward's strong contingent of 3-year-old fillies stabled at Arlington Park, was to have shipped two weeks ago to New York for a prep race followed by a start in the June 25 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park. But Ward called an audible, fearing the effects of a long van trip in hot weather, and kept For All We Know at Arlington, where she cruised to an easy five-length win in a second-level allowance race on Thursday.