Stable Notes

• ODDS FAVOR GOMEZ ON SANTA ANITA DERBY DAY

• BUSY SATURDAY FOR LOUISVILLE COACH PITINO

• CHAMP BEHOLDER ON OUTSIDE FOR SANTA ANITA OAKS

• UNBRIDLED’S NOTE EYES POTRERO GRANDE UPSET

GOMEZ GETS SECOND CHANCE WITH BAFFERT IN SANTA ANITA DERBY

Garrett Gomez is sitting pretty Saturday.

• POWER BROKER WORKS FOR SATURDAY’S SANTA ANITA DERBY

• WHITE MAKES FLASHBACK SANTA ANITA DERBY FAVORITE

• FROM CASINO TO RACE TRACK, MIKE CURTIS PAID HIS DUES

FOUNDATION SOLID FOR POWER BROKER IN SANTA ANITA DERBY

Power Broker, one of three likely starters for Bob Baffert in next Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby, worked four furlongs in company Sunday morning in 47.40 for the West Coast’s major steppingstone to the Kentucky Derby on May 4. Martin Garcia was up.

• CLOCKER LIKES TALENTED FLASHBACK IN SANTA ANITA DERBY

• HRTV’S ‘THE RIVALRY’ STARTS TOMORROW AT 5:30 P.M.

• ON LINE VOTING BEGINS FOR HRTV FILM FESTIVAL

FLASHBACK COULD WORK MONDAY FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY

Despite incurring his first loss when caught in what some perceived to be an unnecessary pace duel in the San Felipe Stakes on March 9, Flashback no doubt will be favored when he runs in next Saturday’s Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, a major steppingstone to the Kentucky Derby on May 4.

One such expert who readily gives the gra

• GOLDENCENTS ‘JONNY ON THE SPOT’ FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY

• DAVID FLORES ONE TO BEAT IN RIDERS’ 5K RUN, BISONO SAYS

• SHARP BAY AREA SHIPPER MARKS MINE SET FOR EVENING JEWEL

• MOJICA GRADUALLY MAKING HIS MARK AT SANTA ANITA

GOLDENCENTS FIRES A BULLET FOR RICH SANTA ANITA DERBY

On a picture-perfect Friday morning, Sham Stakes winner Goldencents had his final major drill for the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby a week from Saturday, going six furlongs on a fast main track in a bullet 1:14 flat.

It was the fastest of nine moves at t

• STEVENS SAVORS NINE SANTA ANITA DERBY SUCCESSES

• TRAINER ROLLS DICE IN SATURDAY’S RICH CAL-BRED STAKES

• GOMEZ TO THROW OUT FIRST BALL FOR DODGERS

RECORD NINE SANTA ANITA DERBY WINS BY STEVENS ONE FOR THE AGES

Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak; Ted Williams batting .406; Wilt Chamberlain scoring 100 points in a game; Woody Stephens winning five Belmont Stakes in a row; and Kelso being named Horse of the Year five straight times.

Add one more to the list of sports records not likely to be broken: Gary Stevens winning the Santa A

• HOLLENDORFER HOPES HEAR THE GHOST ADDS TO HIS RESUME

• SAL GONZALEZ JR. WINS FIRST RACE AT SANTA SINCE 1993

• JOCKEY JOE STEINER SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY 5K RUN

• WASHINGTON INVADER RAISED A SECRET HERE FOR ECHO EDDIE

HEAR THE GHOST WORKS TOWARDS SANTA ANITA DERBY

Jerry Hollendorfer has precious little missing from a remarkable resume compiled over more than three decades as a trainer.

• QUIET OASIS RETURNS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II SANTA ANA STAKES

• GAME ON DUDE, MIZDIRECTION TOP PLETHORA OF WORKERS

• GRATEFUL MALDONADO PROVES HE’S NO ONE-HIT WONDER

CLASSY QUIET OASIS ENDS LAYOFF IN SUNDAY’S SANTA ANA

Ben Cecil exercised the last of his remaining options with Quiet Oasis when she runs in Sunday’s Grade II, $150,000 Santa Ana Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on turf.

“This isn’t where I wanted to run her, but I entered in three different allowance races and nothing went,” the trainer said.

• DAUGHTER WANTS TO WIN SANTA ANITA DERBY FOR DAD, GOLDEN EAGLE

• ABSENCE MAKES MITCHELL GROW FONDER OF DHAAMER FOR TOKYO CITY

• ADDED DISTANCE NO CONCERN FOR A JEALOUS WOMAN, MEZAS SAY

• JOCKEYS DELGADO, MOJICA SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY 5K RUN

STORM FIGHTER ON COURSE FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY APRIL 6

Karen Headley has more reasons than prestige and money to win the Santa Anita Derby on April 6 with Storm Fighter.

• BC MARATHON WINNER CALIDOSCOPIO RETURNS IN TOKYO CITY CUP

• LADY OF SHAMROCK ON BREEDERS’ CUP TRAIL AGAIN SUNDAY

• AGE NO BARRIER ON TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL, STEVENS SAYS

• RACING INDUSTRY RALLIES BEHIND INJURED JOY SCOTT

PUYPE CONFIDENT ROUTE, LAYOFF WON’T HINDER CALIDOSCOPIO

It would behoove anyone who doubts that Mike Puype can get a horse ready to win off a long layoff to look at his success with Mizdirection.

The 46-year-old trainer registered his most noteworthy achievement when he sent out the now 5-year-old mare to defeat males after a five-

• THREE-YEAR-OLD PICTURE FUZZY AFTER REBEL STAKES

• GUTIERREZ, ESPINOZA ENJOY BIG DAY AT SANTA ANITA

• LEPAROUX TO RIDE AT KEENELAND STARTING APRIL 5

• CASSIDY’S ‘RETIREMENT’ GREATLY EXAGGERATED

BAFFERT IN ON THE ACTION AS USUAL WITH DERBY HOPEFULS

With the Santa Anita Derby three weeks away and the Kentucky Derby just over six, the focus on 3-year-olds with Triple Crown aspirations comes into sharper focus by the minute, specifically in the aftermath of yesterday’s Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

That’s where 28-1 outsider Will Take Charge and 7-2 shot Oxbo