Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Friday, December 1

By Michael Adolphson —- • Scuba Takes Back Baton from Honorable Duty for Walsh • One Last Shot Looks Ready to Fire • Floroplus Could Add Up to Be a Good One • Burma Road Brings Back Class into Scherer • Stidham High on Well-Bred Larkin SCUBA TAKES BACK BATON FROM HONORABLE...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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Aqueduct Racetrack Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • Tom’s Ready aims to cap career in memorable fashion in G1 Cigar Mile • Hall of Famer Mike Smith makes Aqueduct return aboard Tom’s Ready • Beasley ‘taking another step up’ in Cigar Mile • Layla Noor, Vouch look to be road warriors...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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POPULAR JOCKEY DECIDES IT’S TIME TO REPRESENT OTHERS; FERRER BACK

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Jose Angel Garcia has traded in his helmet, boots and goggles for a new cell phone and a condition book. The 30-year-old Garcia, who won the final race of the 2017 Summer Festival of Racing at Tampa Bay Downs aboard 6-year-old gelding Cedula...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2017-18 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2017-18 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE AS GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEAD OPENER ON DEC. 26; PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS TO BE RUN DEC. 30 A TOTAL OF 62 STAKES, INCLUDING NINE GRADE I EVENTS, TO BE OFFERED THROUGH...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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Rapid Rhythm, Triple Chelsea Top Split Stakes Honoring Memory of Richie Scherer

By Brian W. Spencer —- RAPID RHYTHM, TRIPLE CHELSEA TOP SPLIT STAKES HONORING MEMORY OF RICHIE SCHERER NEW ORLEANS (November 30, 2017) – The $50,000 Richie Scherer Memorial will take place Saturday in two divisions at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. Serving as races...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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CHAMPAGNE ROOM MAKES LOS ALAMITOS DEBUT IN GRADE II BAYAKOA

By Bob Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – Champagne Room, the 2-year-old filly champion of 2016, will make her Los Alamitos debut in the $200,000-guaranteed Bayakoa Stakes Sunday at Los Alamitos. A Grade II for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles, the Bayakoa will be run for the...
Posted On 01 Dec 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Thursday, November 30

By Michael Adolphson —- • Wilkes Gets a Feel for Fair Grounds • Rapid Rhythm Back on Her Beat • Wicked Lick Working Well for Walsh • Pessin Under the Radar in Richie Scherer WILKES GETS A FEEL FOR FAIR GROUNDS Multiple Grade I-winning trainer Ian Wilkes has expanded his...
Posted On 30 Nov 2017
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Aqueduct: Go for Wand, Demoiselle Previews

By Najja Thompson —- Highway Star makes return in G3 Go For Wand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Set to make her first start since finishing 11th in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Chester & Mary Broman’s homebred and multiple graded stakes...
Posted On 30 Nov 2017
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LOS ALAMITOS: ONE FAST BROAD TRIES TO STAY PERFECT ON DIRT IN SOVIET PROBLEM

By Robert Mieszerski —- CYPRESS, Calif. – One Fast Broad, a last-to-first winner of the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Nov. 3 at Del Mar, will attempt to stay undefeated on dirt in the $100,000-guaranteed Soviet Problem Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Restricted to...
Posted On 30 Nov 2017
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Avery Island aims for second straight graded stakes win in G2 Remsen

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Racing’s Avery Island will look to register his second straight graded stakes victory as part of a field of 10 juveniles in the 104th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen as part of four graded stakes on Saturday,...
Posted On 30 Nov 2017
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