Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Friday, February 19, 2021

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Joseph, Jr. to send either Drain the Clock or Super Strong for G3 Gotham G1 Belmont Oaks and Saratoga Oaks winner Concrete Rose to visit Instagrand Brooklyn Strong and Laobanonaprayer in a holding pattern Big A adds March 25...
Posted On 19 Feb 2021
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Gulfstream Today 2.18.21: Tarantino Targeting G2 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.18.21 Tarantino Targeting G2 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Holy Bull Runner-Up Stays on Dirt for Feb. 27 Prep Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $550,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Second in the Jan. 30 Holy Bull (G3) while...
Posted On 19 Feb 2021
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Trainer Calhoun Following Familiar Path to LA. Derby with Run Classic

By Brian Nadeau —- Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Trainer Calhoun Following Familiar Path to LA. Derby with Run Classic New Orleans (February 19, 2021) – If trainer Bret Calhoun has his way, lightning will strike twice at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on March 20. Two years...
Posted On 19 Feb 2021
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: Cal-Breds Mucho Unusual & Warren’s Showtime Head Saturday’s Grade II Buena Vista Stakes

By Mike Willman —- CAL-BREDS MUCHO UNUSUAL & WARREN’S SHOWTIME HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 BUENA VISTA STAKES AS 10 DISTAFFERS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. — A pair of talented California-breds, Mucho Unusual and Warren’s Showtime, head a competitive...
Posted On 19 Feb 2021
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Gulfstream Today 1.17.21: Javier Castellano ‘Very Motivated’ in Return to Action

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.17.21 Javier Castellano ‘Very Motivated’ in Return to Action Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400,000 Irad Ortiz Jr. Notches Five-Win Day HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano returned to action...
Posted On 18 Feb 2021
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STABLEMATES KNICKS GO, ESSENTIAL QUALITY OUT FRONT IN FIRST NTRA POLLS OF 2021

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 16, 2021) – Last month, Brad Cox earned his first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer as a result of his barn’s superior exploits during the 2020 season. The Louisville native looks primed to continue that...
Posted On 17 Feb 2021
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Gulfstream: Greatest Honour Gears Up for Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth

By David Joseph —- Greatest Honour Gears Up for Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Holy Bull Hero Tops 36 Noms for G2 Triple Crown Prep Feb. 27 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Courtlandt Farms’ Greatest Honour, who established himself as a prime 2021 Triple Crown prospect with a...
Posted On 17 Feb 2021
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WANT TO ATTEND FESTIVAL DAY 41? DON’T GET CAUGHT WATCHING PAINT DRY

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tickets for Festival Day 41 Presented by Lambholm South on March 6 are being sold on the Tampa Bay Downs website, www.tampabaydowns.com General Admission attendance will be capped at 2,500. Tickets are $15 plus a $2.55 service fee. Picnic...
Posted On 16 Feb 2021
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES: Monday, Feb. 15, 2021

By Ed Golden —- LIFE IS GOOD BREEZES, FREEDOM FIGHTER TO NY BALTAS HAS THE GRADE II BUENA VISTA IN FOCUS BELLA VISTA RETURNS SUNDAY IN SPRING FEVER WITH FOUR WINS SUNDAY, PRAT NOW AT 995 TOTAL LIFE IS GOOD GOES ‘EXTREMELY WELL’ FOR SAN FELIPE Two of Bob Baffert’s four...
Posted On 16 Feb 2021
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TURF DASH, LIGHTNING CITY STAKES MOVED TO SUNDAY, FEB. 21 BY WEATHER

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR – The $100,000, 5-furlong Turf Dash Stakes for horses 4-years-old-and-upward and the $100,000, 5-furlong Lightning City Stakes for fillies and mares 4-and-upward have been moved from Saturday to Sunday, Feb. 21, Tampa Bay Downs Vice...
Posted On 16 Feb 2021
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