1.   It was the second straight Grade I victory for Peaks and Valleys, who overcame nagging foot problems to win the Molson Million in his last start.

2.   Bosra Sham went into retirement Wednesday when Henry Cecil, who described her as the best racehorse he had ever trained, conceded defeat to her nagging foot injury.

3.   Directing the midfield will be Michael Ballack, who is also coming off a breakthrough season but who has been nursing a nagging foot injury.

4.   Forward Sebastijan Cimeratic, of the Italian club Lecce, might also not play because of a nagging foot injury.

5.   He withdrew from the Ryder Cup team with a nagging foot injury.

6.   McGrath hopes the added rest will enable him to overcome a nagging foot injury before the Ashes tour of England beginning in mid-May.

7.   Olazabal would be a cinch, too, except for a nagging foot problem following surgery last winter on a misformed toe.

8.   Still unable to go full speed because of a nagging foot injury, safety Carnell Lake will miss the season opener and maybe more.

9.   Williams has a history of following a bad year with a good one, yet questions about a nagging foot problem followed him into spring training.

10.   Atherton is nursing a nagging foot injury and Andrews is again partnered by John Slade.