Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018

By Tom Luicci —- BRAD COX-TRAINED SASSY SIENNA LOOKING TO REBOUND IN SATURDAY’S GRADE 3 MONMOUTH OAKS AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Brad Cox has gone over it his mind several times, trying to figure out why Sassy Sienna, so consistently good all winter, threw in a...
Posted On 17 Aug 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes August 16, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 22 PRIME ATTRACTION COULD PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC A glance at all the “1”s and “2”s in the past performance lines for Prime Attraction leads to the logical conclusion that Prime Attraction will be in the vanguard, if not leading...
Posted On 17 Aug 2018
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Arlington International Racecourse Barn Notes: Thursday, August 16, 2018

By Ryan Martin —- Almanaar Possible for Grade I Shadwell Turf Mile Secret Message Flatters Success of BSW Bloodstock ALMANAAR POSSIBLE FOR GRADE I SHADWELL TURF MILE Following a runner-up finish in the Grade I Arlington Million on August 11 behind stablemate Robert Bruce...
Posted On 17 Aug 2018
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Saratoga Race Course Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • A Raving Beauty tops Brown’s Thursday turf workers, Rushing Fall back in action in Saturday’s G2 Lake Placid • Catholic Boy ‘makes life easy,’ on target for G1 Travers • Piedi Bianchi looks to tackle serious test in G1 Alabama •...
Posted On 17 Aug 2018
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Gulfstream: Weekend Mischief Up to No Good in Saturday’s Barely Even

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Weekend Mischief will be up to no good at Gulfstream Park Saturday as far as her rivals in the $75,000 Barely Even are concerned. The Arindel homebred is scheduled to seek her third straight victory when she faces eight other...
Posted On 17 Aug 2018
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Daddy Is a Legend looks for second Spa win this meet in G2 Lake Placid

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jim and Susan Hill’s Daddy Is a Legend will go for her second graded stakes win at Saratoga Race Course in as many months when she competes against six other 3-year-old fillies in the 35th running of the Grade 2,...
Posted On 16 Aug 2018
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Del Mar Stable Notes August 15, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire DAY 21 EIGHT ENTERED IN TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC; ACCELERATE (8-5) IN POST 5 Accelerate will break from post position No. 5 in a field of eight in quest of completing the “California Triple” in Saturday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic. Trained by John...
Posted On 16 Aug 2018
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Midnight Bisou looks to soar in G1 Alabama

NYRA RELEASE —- Midnight Bisou; NYRA Photo SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Multiple graded stakes winner Midnight Bisou will look to get back on top as she leads a a field of eight in the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama for 3-year-old fillies at 1 ¼ miles, one of two stakes on...
Posted On 16 Aug 2018
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018

By Tom luicci —- TRAINER NAVARRO ON VERGE OF SETTING VICTORY RECORD AT MONMOUTH PARK FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR OCEANPORT, N.J. – Jorge Navarro’s training accomplishments at Monmouth Park continue to sound like a broken record. With three horses entered on Thursday’s card,...
Posted On 16 Aug 2018
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Owner Profile: Michael Dubb’s long road to the top

By Tom Pedulla SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Michael Dubb’s path to thoroughbred ownership began in a most improbable way – with a night spent sleeping in his van near Saratoga Race Course because he lacked money for a hotel. Dubb and a friend ventured a couple of...
Posted On 14 Aug 2018
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