Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Saturday, December 30

By Ryan Martin —- Greeley Went West, Divine Bean Set For Rematch in Louisiana Futurity • Wonder Gadot Could Face Colts in Lecomte • Albarado Ships To Aqueduct on New Year’s Day For Jerome • Woodmans Luck Still Going Strong at Age 10 GREELEY WENT WEST, DIVINE BEAN SET FOR...
Posted On 31 Dec 2017
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TAMPA BAY: PAY ANY PRICE, SMILING CAUSEWAY BURN UP THE BLADES IN STAKES ACTION

By Mike Henry —- Pay Any Price; Tampa Bay Downs Photo OLDSMAR – Before he was claimed for $25,000 in July of 2016, according to co-owner Rich Averill, Pay Any Price was his own worst enemy. “He was a complete basket case,” Averill said after the 7-year-old Florida-bred...
Posted On 31 Dec 2017
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Fair Grounds Stakes Recaps: Woodchopper, Pago Pago

By Ryan Martin —- MR. MISUNDERSTOOD CONTINUES TURF DOMINATION IN WOODCHOPPER NEW ORLEANS (December 30, 2017) – Flurry Racing Stables LLC’s Mr. Misunderstood added yet another turf stakes victory to his resume and is now an unbeaten 8-for-8 on the grass after scoring a...
Posted On 31 Dec 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- HE QUALITY SEEMS RED HOT IN BLUE NORTHER ONE FAST BROAD BACK ON TURF FOR TEAM RUIS DESORMEAUX OFF AND WINNING AT SANTA ANITA BLUE NORTHER STAKES COULD MAKE THE GRADE Monday’s Joe Hernandez Stakes is a restricted race offering $75,000 in purse money, but...
Posted On 31 Dec 2017
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Fair Grounds: Stakes Advances: Louisiana Futurity Fillies & Colts/Geldings Divisions

By Ryan Martin —- MINIT TO STARDOM FACES IMPRESSIVE MAIDEN VICTOR CHAMPAGNE DIVA IN LOUISIANA FUTURITY FILLIES DIVISION; GIVEMEAMINIT GOES FOR FIRST CAREER WIN IN COLTS AND GELDINGS DIVISION NEW ORLEANS (December 29, 2017) – On New Year’s Eve, Louisiana-bred 2-year-old...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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LIGHTNING CITY, TURF DASH DRAW SALTY FIELDS; GALLARDO JOCKEY OF MONTH

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Back troubles have prevented owner-trainer Kathleen DeMasi from flying from her Parx Racing base in Pennsylvania to Oldsmar for Saturday’s $100,000 Lightning City Stakes and $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes. But DeMasi believes her entrants, the...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • BALTAS AND BROWN DOMINATE IN GRADE I OAKS • AMERICANIZE RETURNS TO SPRINT ON SATURDAY • LASEEN EYES FIRST U.S. WIN IN FRANKEL STAKES • JACK VAN BERG IS REMEMBERED AT SANTA ANITA BALTAS HAS THREE FOR THE MONEY IN GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS Kathy’s Song moves...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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Firenze Fire looks to ignite 3-year-old campaign in New York’s ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’ in Monday’s Jerome

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Mr. Amore Stable’s Firenze Fire will look to start his 3-year-old season in the same stellar fashion in which he commenced his juvenile campaign, drawing post 5 in the 148th running of the $150,000 Jerome on Monday, New...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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Fair Grounds: Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing

By Ryan Martin —- Florent Geroux aboard Gun Runner; Reed Palmer Photo * Geroux Off All Mounts This Weekend Due To Father’s Passing • Sharp, Beschizza Going For More Success With Into Summer In Pago Hop • Lovell Continues To Aim High With Fault GEROUX OFF ALL MOUNTS THROUGH...
Posted On 30 Dec 2017
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FILLIES AND MARES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES

By Mike Willman —- EASTERN SHIPPERS PENJADE & ELYSEA’S WORLD, ALONG WITH LOCALLY BASED RESPONSIBLEFORLOVE HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES FOR FILLIES & MARES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2017)—Trainer Chad Brown...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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