Gulfstream: Classic Empire Continues Parade of Champions in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull

By David Joseph —- Classic Empire Continues Parade of Champions in Saturday’s G2 Holy Bull Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $339,874 for Wednesday’s Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Classic Empire, recently named 2-year-old champion at the 2016 Eclipse Awards Dinner, is...
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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ECLIPSE WINNERS CLASSIC EMPIRE, TEPIN TOP FESTIVAL PREVIEW DAY NOMS

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Eclipse Award winners Classic Empire and Tepin, both trained by Mark Casse, headline a list of 142 Thoroughbreds nominated to the lucrative Festival Preview Day Presented by Lambholm South stakes program on Feb. 11 at Tampa Bay Downs....
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Ivan Fallunovalot Works Toward King Cotton

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Ivan Fallunovalot Works Toward King Cotton Multiple stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot worked an easy half-mile Sunday morning at Oaklawn in preparation for his scheduled 7-year-old debut in Saturday’s $125,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters. Ivan...
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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‘Just a Freak,’ Pegasus Winner Arrogate Departs for California

By David Joseph —- Arrogate; Gulfstream File Photo California Chrome Exits Race with Swollen Knee, Leaves Sunday for Stud Duty HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – It was still dark and a misty rain had yet to begin falling Sunday morning when Jimmy Barnes, assistant to Hall of Fame...
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

By Ed Golden —- • PEGASUS UNFURLS BITTERSWEET STORYLINE • CHAMP CHAMPAGNE ROOM VS. UNIQUE BELLA • SHEER FLATTERY WORKS FOR GRADE III LEWIS • GRAZEN WINNERS AMONG STRING OF CHALK • VAN DYKE IS RECOVERING FROM BROKEN ARM ARROGATE REIGNS SUPREME AFTER PEGASUS VICTORY If there...
Posted On 30 Jan 2017
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Oaklawn Barn Notes & Stakes Recap

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Petrov Works Toward Southwest Stakes Petrov had his first work since a runner-up finish in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes for 3-year-olds Jan. 16 at Oaklawn, breezing a half-mile in :48 just after the track opened Saturday morning for co-owner/trainer...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes & Stakes Recap

By Michael Adolphson —- • Wicked Lick Well-Intended By Walsh • Valadorna Returns on Top • Running Mate to Clinic and Farm for Check-Up EQUATION HAS THE ANSWERS IN BIG EASY OVERNIGHT WICKED LICK WELL-INTENDED BY WALSH One of the more impressive runner-up efforts of the day...
Posted On 29 Jan 2017
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GULFSTREAM TODAY

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot is $300,000 Guaranteed Multiple guaranteed pools on tap for Pegasus World Cup Day Greenpointcrusader returns to competition and wins featured 10th race Shaman Ghost breezes; War Envoy & Prayer for Relief school...
Posted On 28 Jan 2017
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Inaugural $12 Million Pegasus World Cup Draws International Interest

By David Joseph —- World’s Richest Race Carried Live in 122 Countries Worldwide HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – There will be a distinct international flavor to Saturday’s inaugural running of the world’s richest horse race, the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at...
Posted On 28 Jan 2017
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Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Friday, January 27

By Michael Adolphson —- • Equation Looks to Stay Undefeated in Big Easy • Casse Taking His Time With Tour de Force EQUATION LOOKS TO STAY UNDEFEATED IN BIG EASY A promising, but lightly raced turf sprinter, Ben McElroy’s Equation makes her 4-year-old bow and first start for...
Posted On 28 Jan 2017
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