FINISH LINES Chief Seattle was withdrawn from the Belmont by Godolphin Stable, but his stablemate Curule will be entered when post positions are assigned today.
Van Gaal, who won domestic titles in his first seasons in charge of both Barcelona and Bayern Munich, has been set a target of a top-three finish by chief executive Ed Woodward.
"We're hopeful and confident Rand will have a top-tier finish," Doug Stafford, Paul's chief strategist told me.
Saturday was the end to a miserable week for Woody Stephens, who had his Mercedes stolen from his winter Florida home the other day and then saw another of his 3-year-olds, Creme Fraiche, finish second to Chief's Crown in the Swale Stakes that immediately preceded the Florida Derby.
After finishing second to Chief's Crown in the Bluegrass, Floating Reserve finished eighth in both the Kentucky Derby and Silver Screen Handicap.
Jurors weighing the fate of Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund chief, finished another day of deliberations on Monday without reaching a verdict after listening to a dozen secretly recorded tapes of him discussing what prosecutors call insider information.
"There will not be a finite day on which this is finished," said Jonathan Ling, chief executive of Fletcher Building Ltd. "There will be new buildings going up" in the central business district, Mr. Ling said, "on empty blocks probably for 10, 15 or 20 years".
He began as a casual sub, finished up as chief sub and ended his Guardian days as a football reporter, his high-water mark being providing the match coverage of Manchester United's injury-time European Cup win against Bayern Munich at Camp Nou in 1999.
His work at Enron largely finished (he was chief executive until December), he is now running embattled Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
ANYONE who might have admired the gleaming finish of an Indian Chief I recently rode would not be faulted for praising the quality of its restoration.
