Stable Notes

• FIFTH COMMANDMENT MAKES SECOND ATTEMPT DOWN THE HILL

• HRTV FEATURE ON CHANTAL SUTHERLAND PREMIERES SUNDAY

CASSIDY EXPECTS IMPROVEMENT FROM FIFTH COMMANDMENT IN WISHING WELL

Adhering to the adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” Jim Cassidy will saddle Fifth Commandment in a bid to win Sunday’s $70,000 Wishing Well Stakes at about 6 ½ furlongs on turf.

Fifth Commandment was 10th and last, beaten 14 lengths in the Grade III Monrovia Stakes at about 6 ½ furlongs on the turf on Jan. 2.

• THREE R’S HELP BEJARANO REACH RACING’S APEX

• ‘LUCK’ PICK 6 SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA AND GULFSTREAM PARK

• SUGARINTHEMORNING IN SWEET FORM FOR GRADE I SANTA MONICA

• PROMISING EDEN’S MOON FAVORED IN GRADE III SANTA YSABEL

• NORTHERN INVADER ANTARES WORLD SET FOR VALENTINE DANCER

• VETERAN TRAINER MORENO SEEKS BETTER LUCK IN CRYSTAL WATER STAKES

STUDENT OF THE GAME BEJARANO IMPRESSES TRAINER MACHOWSKY

It takes more than skill and luck to be a top jockey.

• ZENYATTA-ESQUE CARACORTADO HEADS STRONG SUNSHINE MILLIONS CARD

• ‘LUCK’ PICK SIX SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA AND GULFSTREAM PARK

• SATURDAY’S SANTA MONICA FIRST GRADED STAKES, RUMOR HAS IT

• KILLER GRACES SHARP FOR GRADE III SANTA YSABEL STAKES

CARACORTADO EYES BREATHTAKING REPEAT IN SENSATIONAL STAR

Caracortado, whose last-to-first victory in the Daytona Stakes was beyond Zenyetta-esque, creating a buzz in racing that is still audible, will attempt to repeat that effort in Saturday’s $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds at about 6 ½ furlon

• ESPINOZA KEEPS HIS ‘PROMISE’ IN GRADE I SANTA MONICA

• CALHOUN HAS BEAT THE BLUES EN ROUTE FOR SANTA MONICA

• CARACORTADO SET FOR SATURDAY’S SENSATIONAL STAR STAKES

• ‘LUCK’ HORSES ADJUST TO THEIR ROLES FOR HBO SERIES

• CONFIDENCE TRIGGERS ROSARIO’S ‘GRAND SLAM’

ESPINOZA SEEKS THIRD IN ROW ON IMPROVING TEDDY’S PROMISE

Victor Espinoza has ridden Teddy’s Promise twice, winning each time, first in an overnight race at Hollywood Park on Nov. 15 at odds of 11-10, then in the Grade I La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Dec.

• UNBEATEN CAL-BRED TIZ FLIRTATIOUS TACKLES OPEN FOES IN GRADE II LA CAŇADA

• GRADE II SAN CARLOS NOW AN OPTION FOR SCRATCHED AMAZOMBIE

• VANN BELVOIR FINDS A HAPPY HOME AT SANTA ANITA

ROSARIO CONFIDENT ON TIZ FLIRTATIOUS FOR GRADE II LA CAŇADA

With two California-bred horses winning top honors against international competition at last Monday’s Eclipse Awards ceremony, Thoroughbreds from the Golden State proved they take a back seat to no one.

Joel Rosario hopes that successful trend continues on a lesser plateau Sunday when he rides unbeaten California-b

• EUROEARS, M ONE RIFLE SET FOR GRADE II PALOS VERDES

• LOVE THEWAY YOUARE SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN LA CAŇADA

• CARACORTADO RETURNS IN SENSATIONAL STAR NEXT SATURDAY

OUTSIDE PALOS VERDES POST GOOD FOR EUROEARS IN RACING FINALE

While the focus is on Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Amazombie and his scheduled 2012 debut in Saturday’s Grade II Palos Verdes Stakes, others in the field of eight going six furlongs for a guaranteed purse of $150,000 are on the back burner, relatively speaking.

Two such steeds are Euroears and M One Rifle, like Amazombie each a G

• ACCLAMATION AND AMAZOMBIE: CALIFORNIA’S ‘A TEAM’

• FLORES-PUYPE DUO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LA CAŇADA STAKES

• BAFFERT DUO DRILLS FOR UPCOMING STAKES RACES

AMAZOMBIE SET FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE II PALOS VERDES, WEATHER PERMITTING

Less than 72 hours after being honored with Thoroughbred racing’s greatest award, it was business as usual for two of California’s most devoted horsemen.

Both Bill Spawr and Don Warren were back at their Santa Anita headquarters Thursday morning, directing operations for their charges at Barn 37 and 66, respectively, Spawr focusing on A

• COURTSIDE SEEKS GRADED STATUS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II PALOS VERDES

• PENDER CONFIDENT OF JERANIMO FOR TODAY’S GRADE II SAN GABRIEL

• GREAT HOT SET FOR ADDED DISTANCE OF LA CAŇADA STAKES

SPRINT SPECIALIST COURTSIDE SET FOR GRADE II PALOS VERDES

Courtside is scheduled to make his first graded stakes start when he runs in Saturday’s Grade II Palos Verdes Stakes for 4-year-olds and up at six furlongs.

Joel Rosario thinks he’s up to the task.

“He’s easy to handle and his specialty is sprinting,” said Rosario, who has ridden the gray son of Cindago in eig

• TALAMO HAS AMMO FOR GRADE II PALOS VERDES IN M ONE RIFLE

• GARCIA REUNITED WITH JERANIMO IN MONDAY’S SAN GABRIEL

• UNSINKABLE PEDROZA ESCAPES INJURY IN SATURDAY MISHAP

TALAMO, M ONE RIFLE TAKE ON AMAZOMBIE IN PALOS VERDES

Joe Talamo is scheduled to ride M One Rifle against Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and Eclipse Award finalist Amazombie in next Saturday’s Grade II Palos Verdes Stakes for older horses at six furlongs, and is excited about the opportunity.

“He loves this race track,” Talamo said of the 6-year-old son of One Man Army who won the Grade I

• PACE QUESTION: WHO’S ON FIRST IN MONDAY’S SAN GABRIEL?

• ECLIPSE FINALIST AMAZOMBIE WORKS FOR 2012 DEBUT

PACE APPEARS LACKING IN GRADE II SAN GABRIEL STAKES

With no established front-runners in Monday’s Grade II San Gabriel Stakes, the question is, who will set the pace in the mile and one eighth turf race?

Could it be favored Jeranimo, or will it be The Usual Q.T., who will be making his first start in more than seven months?

“We’ve got some speed if we want to use it, but it’s a mile and an eighth,” said Jim Cassidy, trainer of The Usual Q.T.