SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • KING RICHARD ON A ROLL AT SANTA ANITA 24/7 • ELLIOTT TO RECEIVE WOOLF AWARD ON SUNDAY • UNIQUE BELLA BREEZES FOR SANTA ANITA OAKS • GORMLEY, ROYAL MO SANTA ANITA DERBY BOUND? • SINGLE PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER AT $317,374 BALTAS HAS NEAR-PERFECT ENTRY...
Posted On 21 Mar 2017
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Toyota Blue Grass Hopeful McCraken Works at Keeneland

By Amy Owens —- Click here for a video of McCraken’s work. LEXINGTON, KY (March 20, 2017) – Whitham Thoroughbreds’ undefeated graded stakes winner McCraken, who arrived at Keeneland on Thursday to begin preparations for the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G2) on April 8,...
Posted On 21 Mar 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Gun Runner Works at Meydan

By Michael Adolphson —- • Gun Runner Works at Meydan • Guest Suite Looking to Upgrade in Louisiana Derby • Cool Arrow Shooting for Return to Form • Daria’s Angel to Step up in Fair Grounds Oaks • Team Casse Pleased with Tour de Force GUN RUNNER WORKS AT MEYDAN Winchell...
Posted On 21 Mar 2017
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FORT MYERS CAN WAIT – OHIO FAMILY GETS TO WATCH THEIR HORSE WIN

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Jason and Molly Davis and their 8-year-old daughter Hannah of Columbus, Ohio scheduled a spring-break vacation to Fort Myers, about two-and-a-half hours south of Tampa Bay Downs. But when they learned their 3-year-old gelding Nice Not Nice...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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Oaklawn Stakes Recaps: Rebel, Azeri, Essex

By Jennifer Hoyt —- MALAGACY STAYS UNDEFEATED IN REBEL STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 17, 2017) – It may have been a different horse, but trainer Todd Pletcher got the same result when he sent an undefeated, yet unproven 3-year-old from South Florida to Oaklawn for...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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Gulfstream Today: Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $765,298

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 17th consecutive program at Gulfstream Park Saturday, leaving a carryover jackpot of $765,298.69 for Sunday’s 13-race program Multiple tickets with all six winners were each worth...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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VALE DORI REPELS STIFF CHALLENGE FROM FINEST CITY TO TAKE GRADE I SANTA MARGARITA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- VALE DORI Benoit Photo VALE DORI REPELS STIFF CHALLENGE FROM FINEST CITY TO TAKE GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES BY 1 ½ LENGTHS; BAFFERT & BEJARANO TEAM FOR 1 1/8 MILES SCORE IN 1:48.81 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 18, 2017)—Challenged from the...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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Aqueduct: Clothes Fall Off drops’em in Correction

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making her third start of the year and first since finishing third in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie in February, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off cruised to victory in the 77th running of the $125,000 Correction for...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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Malagacy takes Rebel; Moves into Derby Picture

Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Malagacy; Oaklawn/Coady Photography Trainer Todd Pletcher pulled off a Bob Baffert trick by taking a relatively inexperienced colt to the Rebel Stakes in Hot Springs, Ark., and he won. Baffert also sent a colt to the Rebel, American...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Farrell Throws Down the Gauntlet

By Michael Adolphson —- • Girvin Breezes with Cool Arrow • Resiliency May Resurface to Louisiana Derby • Workers of Note FARRELL THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET Coffeepot Stables’ Farrell was extremely impressive in her last serious work for the Grade II $400,000 Fair Grounds...
Posted On 19 Mar 2017
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