ALTOONA, Iowa - Jockey Terry Thompson remained upbeat this week despite being denied the opportunity to ride in the Kentucky Derby for the first time when his mount, Sir Cherokee, was scratched after suffering a fracture in his right hind ankle three days before the race.

"If it had to happen, I'm glad it happened this way," said Thompson about the discovery of the injury following Sir Cherokee's gallop the Thursday before the Derby. "He should make a full recovery. Who knows if they hadn't found it when they did? He may have broken down during the race."

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Octavio Bernal arrived at Great Lakes Downs from Tampa Bay Downs on Tuesday and promptly won the first race aboard Master Oliver for trainer Gerald Bennett. Bernal, who was named Tampa's jockey of the month in April, added a win on Milady Larkspur for trainer Larry Penner in the fourth.

* Mary Doser leads the jockey race with 12 winners for the two-week-old meet, three ahead of Freddie Mata. Jeff Faul, riding here for the first time since the inaugural 1999 meeting, is in third place with seven wins.

LINCOLN, Neb. - Lincoln's State Fair Park opens its season Friday evening with an eight-race card. Lincoln has a purse structure very similar to the just-completed Fonner Park meet. Purses start at a low of $3,600 and go up to $6,800 for nonwinners-of-four allowance company.

West Coast trainer Clifford Sise Jr. is bringing a string of 22 horses to Philadelphia Park.

Sise will remain in Southern California and plans to have his son, Robert, oversee the horses he has stabled at Philadelphia. The horses will be given some time to acclimate to their new surroundings and could be ready to race by the end of May.

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Glit gained his 24th win from 48 starts Saturday afternoon and set a track record for two furlongs in the process. Ridden by Jesse Wheat Jr., he beat Don't Hesitate Boy by a nose in 20.80 seconds, returning $5.60.

Glit, an 8-year-old gelding trained by Ralph Martinez, started his career in Florida and was 1 for 10 when he came to the Martinez barn in 1999. Since then he has won 23 of 37 starts, all at Fairmount save for one win at Hoosier Park last fall.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - One trainer and three riders scored doubles on opening day last Sunday as a crowd of close to 5,000 pumped $137,820 through the mutuel windows.

Trainer Gary Danelson and jockey Travis Hightower teamed up to win the fourth race with North Power ($16.80) and the sixth race with Quicksideup ($6.40.)

Jockey Tim Gardiner doubled up with Step's Mischief ($11.90) in the third race and Belle's Secret ($6.90) in the fifth, while jockey Juan Crawford scored with both Sunset Lane ($11.80) in the second race and At the Ball ($18) in the ninth.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Trainer Christophe Clement confirmed Tuesday that Dynever, who is based in New York, will be flown to Texas for Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Lone Star Derby.

The 1 1/8-mile race had a field of 13 probables following the Tuesday defection of stakes winner Mychampion, whose connections were unable to arrange satisfactory shipping arrangements from Florida.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Allen Jerkens may be the hottest trainer this side of Bobby Frankel.

After beginning the Aqueduct spring meet 1 for 11, Jerkens won with 14 of his last 30 starters to finish as the meet's leading trainer. He also won two of the last four stakes run at Aqueduct, with Saint Verre (the Fort Marcy) and Spite the Devil (the Withers).

Racing has switched to Belmont Park this week, but Jerkens hopes the change of venue won't change his luck when he sends out House Party and Shine Again in a pair of weekend stakes.

All-sources handle on races at Tampa Bay Downs was up 22 percent to a record $2,550,096 daily average for the 93-day meet that ended on Sunday, according to figures released by the track.

Peter Berube, Tampa Bay's general manager, credited an average field size of 9.3 horses during the meet for the handle gains. He also said that Tampa adjusted its live racing schedule to fill holes in the national simulcast market, such as running on three Mondays in January when Gulfstream Park was dark.

ELMONT, N.Y. - Bronze Autumn has done her best work in seven-furlong races following an extended layoff. Trainer Todd Pletcher would like to see that trend continue Thursday when Bronze Autumn makes her 4-year-old debut in a third-level allowance race at Belmont Park.

Bronze Autumn, a daughter of Mr. Greeley, went terribly off-form last fall, finishing eighth in the Pennsylvania Oaks at Philadelphia Park in September and last of five in the off-the-turf Pebbles Handicap in the Belmont mud in October.