HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - The California-based Kagele Brothers have made some shrewd moves in recent times. They got in on a 2-year-old named Southern Image at an auction two years ago, and last year, they decided to send $100,000 claim Pie N Burger to the Midwest to trainer Cole Norman.

The decisions are paying dividends. Southern Image won the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap last Saturday, and Pie N Burger will be favored to win his fifth stakes for Norman when he runs in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park.

Private Horde, making his first start since a ninth-place finish in the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Sprint, appeared to set a track record Wednesday night at Turfway Park, but the mark will not be recognized because of a timer malfunction, according to Bob Elliston, the track's president.

After racing to a comfortable two-length win as the 1-2 favorite in a $40,000 allowance, Private Horde momentarily had the track record for 6 1/2 furlongs by finishing in 1:13.95 over a racing strip that yielded fast times throughout the program.

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. - Two uncoupled entries headline Sunday's $50,000-added Santa Teresa Handicap for fillies and mares going 6 1/2 furlong at Sunland Park. One of these seperate betting interests comes from the barn of America's leading trainer, Steve Asmussen, and the other ships in from Phoenix for trainer Dan Morgan.

ALBANY, Calif. - Turf racing at Golden Gate Fields usually means big fields and tight finishes, and Sunday's $125,000 Grade 3 Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Handicap should fit the model.

Nine will run the 1 1/8 miles on the Lakeside Turf Course in this meet's premier race for older horses.

While it is a solid field, only the Wally Dollase-trained Mananan McLir has a graded stakes victory in the U.S., the Grade 2 American Derby at Arlington in 2002.

Tronare, trained by Kristin Mulhall, was a Group 2 winner in his native Chile, but is looking for his first U.S. victory.

ALBANY, Calif. - Will lightning strike twice for Kristin Mulhall?

Last fall, she sent the Chilean-bred Mister Acpen to Bay Meadows, where he won the Grade 3 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Handicap for his first U.S. stakes victory.

On Sunday, she sends the Chilean-bred Tronare to Golden Gate Fields to run in the Grade 3, $125,000 Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Handicap in search of his first U.S. win.

Roberto Gonzalez, who rode Mister Acpen to victory, will ride Tronare.

"He's been running well, and this looks like it could be the right spot for him," Mulhall said.

NEW ORLEANS - Robby Albarado rode six winners Thursday at Fair Grounds, equaling the track's single-day record. Albarado became the seventh jockey to win six races in a day here. Eddie Martin accomplished the feat earlier this meet.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Rick Violette will try to walk a fine line when he sends out Read the Footnotes as the favorite against nine other 3-year-olds, including Tapit and Value Plus, in Saturday's $1 million .

ARCADIA, Calif. - Halfbridled, the undefeated champion 2-year-old filly of 2003, has drawn the rail for her first start of the year in Saturday's $300,000 .

But it may take more than a tough post to prevent her from making a fifth trip to the winner's circle.

Owned by Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, Halfbridled clinched her 2003 championship with a win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, overcoming an outside post in a field of 14 to score a convincing win.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Jockey Corey Nakatani received a 30-day suspension from Santa Anita stewards Thursday for causing interference that resulted in a spill in the sixth race March 6.

Nakatani was cited for a "wanton act that resulted in a racing accident," according to a one-page ruling signed by stewards Ingrid Fermin, Pete Pedersen, and Tom Ward.

The suspension covers racing from March 18 to April 28, but Nakatani said he would immediately launch an appeal. An appeal would allow Nakatani to continue riding until the case is heard.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - It has been a while since the Swale Stakes has had an impact on the Triple Crown series. Nick Zito hopes to change that this year.

Zito will have one eye on Kentucky and another on south Florida when he saddles Eurosilver in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Swale, a seven-furlong race that highlights the undercard on Florida Derby Day at Gulfstream Park.

, the Spectacular Bid winner who finished a troubled fourth in the Hutcheson. Saratoga County, Dashboard Drummer, and Caiman complete the field.