21.   Smith was the leading rider at Saratoga when he was injured, but was not likely to hold his lead in the final four days of the meet.

22.   St. Julien was leading rider at Kentucky Downs this summer.

23.   They won the titles of leading rider and leading trainer.

24.   Yutaka Take, the one-time leading rider in Japan, guided Crissy Aya to an allowance victory for owner Doi Mutsuaki.

25.   But the US Postal team member is still the leading non-Spanish rider overall.

26.   Leipheimer retains his fourth place overall and is the leading non-Spanish rider.

27.   The leading riders, with comfortable margins in the overall standings, were content to stay back in the bleak conditions.

28.   Injury doubts exist this year about the participation of several leading riders.

29.   But leading Danish rider Bjarne Riis, moved to tears on Tuesday after the death of his friend, said he thought the riders should have raced normally.