1.   Also, the NTRA will begin distributing Playbill-style fan guides at major races like the Kentucky Derby.

2.   An appearance by Touch Gold will make the Pegasus a major race.

3.   And he was running his fifth major race in two months.

4.   As a result, several major races were moved or rescheduled, notably the Carter, the Withers and the Peter Pan.

5.   Bob Baffert, trainer of Real Quiet, had a terrific weekend, winning several major races at tracks around the country.

6.   ----- Joe Gibbs, former Washington Redskins coach and now a major race car owner, says he has been on private jets twice when cabin pressurization became critical.

7.   A Hall of Famer, Whittingham won more major races than any other trainer on the Southern California circuit, and Drysdale was in his barn for four years.

8.   A potential drug scandal, coinciding with the approach of a major race, has thrown Del Mar horseplayers an unwanted challenge this week.

9.   --A major NASCAR race is being sponsored by the controversial Hooters restaurant chain.

10.   A victory in this major prep race could shoot any of three horses to the top of some Derby handicaps.