Barn Notes

Thursday, April 18, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release He’s No. 11 with a bullet. Based on statistics compiled by Equibase, racing’s official data gathering organization, trainer Brad Cox needs just $22,536 in purse earnings to surpass Hall of Famer Shug...

Wednesday, April 18, 2024 Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release The math is simple. If Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen averages one victory over the final nine days of racing, he will set Oaklawn’s single-season record for trainers. Asmussen recorded his meet-high 63rd...

By David Joseph —- April 17, 2024 Thursday’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 Pool Estimated at $250,000 Bonus Move Makes Anticipated Return in Turf Feature Gulfstream Will Host Kentucky Derby Watch Party May 4 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 Pool is expected to grow to an...

By Mike Henry —- DERBY DAY PROMISES FUN GALORE; ALVARADO RETURNS TO WINNER’S CIRCLE OLDSMAR, FL. – Whether you’re new to Thoroughbred racing or you’ve been coming to the racetrack since the days of Secretariat, Forego, Ruffian and Affirmed, it’s hard to pass up a chance to...

By Mike Henry —- CAMACHO HAS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE IN SIGHT; O’CONNELL WINS THREE OLDSMAR, FL. – No one could have expected leading Tampa Bay Downs jockey Samy Camacho to duplicate his performance of last season, when his 114 victories were more than double the number...

Compiled by Robert Yates For Immediate Release After emerging in good order from his latest scintillating victory, Skelly will climb the class ladder this summer and fall, Steve Asmussen, the gelding’s Hall of Fame trainer said Sunday morning. Skelly received a preliminary Beyer...