Keeneland Barn Notes — Friday, April 21

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. Today Keeneland will offer a record Pick 6 carryover of $859,584.52. The sequence begins with the fifth race with a post time of 3:08 p.m....
Posted On 21 Apr 2023
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LAST SAMURAI LOOKS TO COMPLETE SWEEP IN OAKLAWN HANDICAP; COX HAS TWO CHANCES IN BATH HOUSE ROW

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography LAST SAMURAI LOOKS TO COMPLETE SWEEP IN OAKLAWN HANDICAP HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, April 20, 2023) – Willis Horton Racing’s Last Samurai can become just the third horse to sweep Oaklawn’s three most lucrative two-turn...
Posted On 21 Apr 2023
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Keeneland Barn Notes — Thursday, April 20

By Amy Owens —- THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* RAISE CAIN WORKS 5 FURLONGS IN KENTUCKY DERBY TUNEUP INTERSTATEDAYDREAM CAN GIVE COX MILESTONE WIN IN BAIRD DOUBLEDOGDARE...
Posted On 21 Apr 2023
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Santa Anita Stable Notes Thursday, April 20, 2023

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 PARNELLI IS READY TO FIRE IN SATURDAY’S GII CALIFORNIAN JOCKEY TYLER BAZE IS RETURNING TO SANTA ANITA NEXT MONTH KORINER HAS HIGH HOPES FOR BOSS SULLY ON THE STRETCHOUT SLOW DOWN ANDY RETURNS TO WORK AFTER BREEDERS’ CUP RUN...
Posted On 21 Apr 2023
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Asmussen Set to Break Holthus’ Win Record at Oaklawn

Oaklawn Barn Notes by Robert Yates ==== Photo Credit: Coady Photography Asmussen Set to Break Holthus’ Win Record at Oaklawn Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen is poised to become Oaklawn’s all-time winningest trainer after winning two races last Sunday. Asmussen won the second race...
Posted On 21 Apr 2023
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Aqueduct: Saturday Stakes Previews

Lifetime of Chance set for stakes debut in NYSSS Times Square —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – D.J. Stable’s Lifetime of Chance, a 16-length maiden winner last out, will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at 6...
Posted On 20 Apr 2023
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SANTOS PLANS MOVE TO CANTERBURY FOLLOWING BRIEF OLDSMAR RETURN

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Ademar Santos has had his share of injuries during a 14-year riding career. So after fracturing both shoulder blades, breaking four ribs and suffering a bruised neck on Jan. 29 in a morning training accident, he knew what the road to...
Posted On 20 Apr 2023
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Keeneland Barn Notes — Wednesday, April 19

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet runs through Friday, April 28. First post is 1 p.m. ET. ************************* DEFENDING CHAMPION CHANNEL MAKER HEADLINES FIELD OF 10 FOR SATURDAY’S ELKHORN BEN ALI ATTRACTS EVENLY MATCHED FIELD OF SEVEN...
Posted On 20 Apr 2023
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Correll’s Corner: Derby In’s & Out’s

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – With about two weeks left until the 149th Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., these are the colts that are currently in the 20-horse field and the six that are...
Posted On 20 Apr 2023
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TAMPA BAY: RAUL MENA RETURNS TO RIDING AFTER FOUR-MONTH LAYOFF

By Mke Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Raul Mena felt more tired than he’d expected after riding Antonov to a third-place finish in today’s Tampa Bay Downs opener, the jockey’s first race since fracturing his left femur in an accident in a turf race here on Dec. 7. Outside of his...
Posted On 17 Apr 2023
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