Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Update on EHV-1 at Fair Grounds

By Michael Adolphson Brian Spencer • Lookin At Lee Aiming for February Return • Pontifical Shows Promise in Debut Win • Gun Runner, Green Mask Top Work Tab LOOKIN AT LEE AIMING FOR FEBRUARY RETURN L and N Racing’s highly regarded Grade I-placed stakes winner Lookin At Lee...
Posted On 08 Jan 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Saint’s Fan on Track for Lecomte

By Michael Adolphson —- • Saint’s Fan on Track for Lecomte • Cox Barn Continues to Conquer • Myositis Mystique Running for a Cause • Work Tab Trainer Dallas Stewart SAINT’S FAN ON TRACK FOR LECOMTE Trainer Dallas Stewart is more than pleased with the progress of Saint’s...
Posted On 07 Jan 2017
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Barn Notes: Jockey Declan Cannon Giving Oaklawn a Try

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Declan Cannon; Coady Photography Jockey Declan Cannon Giving Oaklawn a Try Among the newcomers to the Oaklawn riding colony for the 2017 season that begins Jan. 13 is Declan Cannon, who won 11 races at the Churchill Downs fall meet to tie for sixth in...
Posted On 07 Jan 2017
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ENDEAVOUR PREP IS SUNDAY; CRIMSON TIDE, TIGERS FANS ADMITTED FREE

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Stakes-winning mare Lots o’ Lex, the third-place finisher in the 2015 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, heads a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in Sunday’s Endeavour Prep, an allowance/$100,000 optional claiming event...
Posted On 07 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES (FRIDAY JANUARY 6, 2017)

By Ed Golden —- • SHAM STAKES LURES TRIPLE CROWN HOPEFULS • RING WEEKEND HOLDS FORM FOR SAN GABRIEL • TVG’S ‘THE STARTING GATE’ TO DEBUT SATURDAY • SANTA YNEZ HAS A GRADE I QUALITY: BAFFERT • MIDNIGHT STORM LIKELY TO WAIT FOR BIG ’CAP • CHAMP SONGBIRD DUE AT SANTA ANITA...
Posted On 07 Jan 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Running Mate Bullets for Lecomte

By Michael Adolphson —- • Running Mate Bullets for Lecomte • Track Record Setter Blarp Tops Salty Friday Feature • Amoss-Geroux Combination Proving Tough • I’m a Chatterbox Lively in Wednesday Work • Work Tab RUNNING MATE BULLETS FOR LECOMTE Bret Jones’ homebred Running...
Posted On 06 Jan 2017
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Barn Notes: Ortiz Excited About First Oaklawn Meet as Head Trainer

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Ortiz Excited About First Oaklawn Meet as Head Trainer John Ortiz already has plenty to talk about in his training career, but he doesn’t mind discussing his private life, either. Both blossomed in 2016. Married last summer, Ortiz, a former assistant to...
Posted On 06 Jan 2017
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Gulfstream: California Chrome Ready to Take Flight after Wednesday Workout

By David Joseph —- California Chrome Ready to Take Flight after Wednesday Workout Eclipse Finalists Announcement 11 a.m. www.GulfstreamPark.com Pletcher Trainee Malagacy Debuts with 15-Length Score Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $23,992.48 HALLANDALE...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017
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JOCKEY MEDINA BACK IN WINNER’S CIRCLE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2014

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Doctors told jockey Jean Claude Medina he should find another occupation after he broke his elbow and punctured a lung when his mount clipped heels in a race at Tampa Bay Downs in April of 2015 and threw him to the turf. But riding horses...
Posted On 04 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES (MONDAY JANUARY 2, 2017)

By Ed Golden —- • GORMLEY BREEZES FOR GRADE III SHAM STAKES • ‘DADDYO’ COOL FOR THE GRADE II SAN GABRIEL • CADET RONI READY FOR GRADE III LAS CIENEGAS • $12 MILLION PEGASUS NEXT FOR MIDNIGHT STORM? GORMLEY WORKS ‘VERY WELL’ FOR SHAM Under Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor...
Posted On 03 Jan 2017
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