BARGAIN BUYS AMONG TOP CONTENDERS ON COTILLION FESTIVAL CARD

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The most lucrative stakes schedule in track history begins Saturday with 2-year-olds of both sexes set to compete in a pair of $100,000, 6-furlong races. The 32nd running of the Inaugural Stakes, for 2-year-old males, is the seventh race on...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Friday, December 2

By Michael Adolphson —- • Cambodia Wins Like a Good Thing • Mo Tom Returns to Fair Grounds after Freshening • Keep Talking Doing Well • $1.35M Colt Tour De Force Debuts Sunday • Work Tab CAMBODIA WINS LIKE A GOOD THING Winter Quarter Farm’s Cambodia dismantled a field of...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream/Claiming Crown Notes

By David Joseph —- Change of Scenery Right Prescription for G3 Winner Doctor J Dub (Video Link) Returning Champion Royal Posse a ‘Jewel’ of Consistency Class and Cash Takes Win Streak into $125,00 Emerald Multiple Stakes Winner Rose Brier Pointed to G2 Ft. Lauderdale...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Aqueduct: a field of five juveniles set to go in King’s Swan

By Rick Francis —- NYRA Photo Five two-year-old colts and geldings are set to go in the King’s Swan Stakes; it’s carded as race 3, note the early post. Race 3), 6 Furlongs King’s Swan S. Purse $100,000 FOR TWO-YEAR OLDS. Post Time: (...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Del Mar Stable Notes

Dan Smith —- EAST COAST INVASION FOR WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES IS COMPLETE The stakes barn was a bustling place Thursday morning as the result of an influx of horses from New York which arrived Tuesday and, having settled in, are all being prepared for the Grade I events on...
Posted On 02 Dec 2016
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, December 1

By Michael Adolphson —- • Valadorna to Winter at Fair Grounds • Morley and Family Giving New Orleans a Go • Terra Promessa Tops Work Tab VALADORNA TO WINTER AT FAIR GROUNDS Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Valadorna will winter in New Orleans at Fair Grounds...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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Thursday: Jensen seeks third win in Fair Grounds Feature

By Rick Francis —- RACE 8) 6 Furlongs. OC 40000n2x Post Time: 5:53/( 4:53)/ 3:53/ 2:53 Exacta / $0.50 Trifecta / $0.10 Superfecta / Daily Double King Bandit (1), Orlando/Hernandez, C; competitive 7-year-old exits a win at Evangeline facing allowance company; has hit the...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream: John Jones Puts Win Streak on the Line in Saturday’s $200,000 Jewel

By David Joseph —- John Jones Puts Win Streak on the Line in Saturday’s $200,000 Jewel Set for Clash with Royal Posse in $1.1 Million Claiming Crown Centerpiece Goodtimehadbyall Back Again to Stake Claim in $110,000 Iron Horse HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The claiming of John...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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Gulfstream: History-Making Championship Meet Gets Under Way Dec. 3

By David Joseph —- $12 million Pegasus World Cup, World’s Richest Race, on Jan. 28 $1 Million Florida Derby Highlights $2.45 Million April 1 Program Record Stakes Purse Disbursement of $25 Million Includes 93 Stakes Triple Crown Contenders Prepare for 3-Year-Old Season $1...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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Aqueduct Stakes Preview: Bar of Gold looks to strike it rich in G3 Go for Wand

By Brian Bohl —- Chester and Mary Broman’s Bar of Gold will be looking to build on an impressive win in headlining a seven-horse field in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at one mile at Aqueduct...
Posted On 01 Dec 2016
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