1.   Blue Burner will be ridden by one-time Derby winner Day because Corey Nakatani is sidelined following a fall at Hollywood Park on Thursday.

2.   Brad Isbister, meanwhile, still is sidelined following hernia surgery, and fellow forwards Mike Stapleton and Shane Doan just returned from eye injuries.

3.   Doohan is sidelined following injuries sustained in a bad spill earlier this season.

4.   Kjus is also sidelined following a bad spill during a downhill practice last week.

5.   It was also the first victory for an Austrian in the giant slalom since ski king Hermann Maier was sidelined following a motorcycle accident last August.