Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Sunday, December 31, 2017

By Ryan Martin —- * Gun Runner, Seeking The Soul Resume Pegasus World Cup Preparations * Mr. Misunderstood, Hallie Belle Look Ahead Following Saturday’s Stakes Victories GUN RUNNER, SEEKING THE SOUL RESUME PEGASUS WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS Gun Runner; All photos by Hodges...
Posted On 31 Dec 2017
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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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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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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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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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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Top 3-Year-Old Prospect High North Preparing for 2018 Debut Shortleaf Stable’s High North is under consideration for three races early in the 2018 Oaklawn meeting, including the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 15, trainer Brad Cox said...
Posted On 29 Dec 2017
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FAIR GROUNDS NOTES: FAIR GROUNDS HORSEMEN REMEMBER LATE VAN BERG

By Ryan Martin —- Jack Van Berg; Benoit Photo * Fair Grounds Horsemen Remember Late Van Berg • Valadorna Exits Tiffany Lass Triumph In Good Order; Will Target Houston Ladies Classic • Farrell Likely To Scratch From Saturday’s Pago Hop; Uncontested Could Still Run • Geroux...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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INSPIRED BY GREATNESS, “ROOKIE” HANDICAPPER WINS 10 DAYS OF FESTIVUS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Ken Hamilton considers his victory in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge” Handicapping Contest an ideal way to cap his rookie year as a horse player. “I used to watch the Triple Crown races when I was a kid in the 1960s and ’70s,” said the El...
Posted On 28 Dec 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2017

By Ed Golden —- • ASCANIO HOPES TO PRESENT FRANKEL TROPHY • SANTA ANITA WILL RESUME RACING THIS FRIDAY • HOPPERTUNITY SEEKS THIRD SAN ANTONIO WIN • SANTA ANITA OFFERS UBER DISCOUNT TO FANS Bobby Frankel (l), Humberto Ascanio; Benoit Photo ASCANIO ‘OK’ AFTER ‘TUMBLE’ AT...
Posted On 27 Dec 2017
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