Tom Watson's hopes of improving on his runner-up spot in the British Open last week were hurt after a 70 that left him six shots behind Norman.
Bill Haas, the winner at Congressional last week, had a 68, while Phil Mickelson followed up on his runner-up finish at the United States Open with a 74.
The impression Jones has made on his runners is striking.
He will use William Buick on his runners on Wednesday at Kempton and Lingfield, where Barzalona has a single ride for Simon Dow.
The 2016 campaign begins in Qatar on Sunday, with Rossi looking to improve on his runner-up spot to Jorge Lorenzo last year.
O'Brien had a disappointing evening at Meydan in Dubai on Saturday, where all six of his runners on the World Cup night card failed to reach the frame, including Ruler Of The World, last year's Derby winner, in the feature event.
There has been speculation that Eskendereya had been ailing ever since he ran in front wraps in the Wood Memorial on April 3. Pletcher said then that he had put the bandages on as protection because another of his runners earlier on the card had burned his heels on the Aqueduct racetrack.
Not surprisingly, many of his runners went on to study science and engineering in college.
Three weeks on from his runner-up finish behind Tiger Woods at St Andrews - and seven days after his withdrawal from the Johnnie Walker Championship with a hand injury - the seven-times European No1 recorded an enormously disappointing 77 over the beefed-up Baltusrol.
The sometime narrator, Alby Starvation, is a down-on-his-luck amphetamine runner whose main triumphs in life thus far have been to amass a large collection of comics and to cure himself of the ailments brought on by a serious milk allergy.
There he became a track coach — a terrible one at first, who was too focussed on getting his runners to use obscure gadgets and sleep in altitude tents.
