Barn Notes

Compiled by Robert Yates It’s an opportunity for a polite bounce back. Yes Ma’am, a half-sister to 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, is scheduled to make her career debut in Sunday’s seventh race at Oaklawn, a six-furlong maiden allowance event that is among the highlights...

CITIZEN BULL (Inside) & RICHI; Ernie Belmonte STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, DEC. 28, 2024 WORKS: TOP 2-YEAR-OLDS LEAD SATURDAY’S TAB PAIR OF NOTABLE MAIDENS EARN DIPLOMAS FRIDAY FRIDAY’S PICK 6 PAYS $61K TO 1 WINNING TICKET MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MEL AND ANNABELLE...

By Mike Henry —- $3,000 BUY WINS DISTAFF TURF TEST; LATE CALL STAGES AWESOME RALLY OLDSMAR, FL. – Anyone who thinks Thoroughbred ownership is only for millionaires and corporate bigwigs should compare notes with trainer Michael Simone. After the 6-year-old mare Red Wind...

By Mike Henry —- O’CONNELL EARNS TRAINER OF MONTH HONOR; MARAGH SCORES FIRST WIN OLDSMAR, FL. – Kathleen O’Connell knows defending last season’s Tampa Bay Downs training title will be a herculean task. “It’s never easy to win at Tampa. The turf course is excellent, the dirt...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 12.27.24 Literate Can Get Drexler Rolling in $100,000 Key West Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Estimated at $250,000 Late Pick 5 Pool Tops $2 Million Friday, Returns $1,710 G1 Winner White Abarrio Continues Comeback Saturday HALLANDALE BEACH,...

Compiled by Robert Yates Among Oaklawn’s biggest perks is money. Among the biggest beneficiaries of that money so far this season is apprentice jockey Tyler Bacon, 17, who is riding at Oaklawn for the first time at the 2024-2025 meeting. Bacon began the meeting with 51 career...