• Bill O’Donnell holds court
• Striking similarities — David Miller and Billy Haughton
• Talent Soup has potential
• Anything but Irrelevant
• Five plays for the neophyte: Elevator Pitching
• Brent Holland wins 5,000th race
• Stable That God Loves is back
• Royally-bred Rainbow Room wins pari-mutuel debut

photo: The Magic Man (above) said he is honored to retire at the same time as his friend and former rival John Campbell | Dave Landry