Barn Notes

By Robert Yates —- The Borel’s Looking For First Stakes Win as a Team Less than a week after teaming for their first Oaklawn victory, Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel and his wife, trainer Renay Borel, seek their first in a stake in Saturday’s $150,000 Nodouble...

By David Joseph —- Greatest Honour Geared Up for $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby McGaughey Trainee Looks to Follow in Hoofprints of Orb Baffert-Trained Spielberg Set for East-Meets-West Clash Premiere G1 Triple Crown Prep Headlines Card with 10 Stakes G2 Gulfstream Park Oaks,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Nova Rags, who won the Pasco Stakes on Jan. 16 at Tampa Bay Downs and finished second here three weeks later in the Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes, and Feb. 24 Oldsmar allowance/optional claiming winner Soup and Sandwich have been entered in...

By Robert Yates —- Warrior’s Charge Returns Thursday at Oaklawn If Warrior’s Charge wants to stick around for major stakes race next month at Oaklawn, he’ll have to make his case Thursday for co-owners Ten Strike Racing and Madaket Stables and trainer Brad Cox. Warrior’s...

By Robert Yates —- Court Three Wins Away from 700 Oaklawn Victories The ageless Jon Court continues to make math simple. The next equation goes like this: 3 + 697 = 700. That’s because Court entered Sunday needing three victories to become just the sixth jockey in Oaklawn...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The 2020-2021 Tampa Bay Downs stakes schedule wraps up Sunday, March 28 with the 18th annual Florida Cup, a six-race celebration of the Sunshine State’s excellence in breeding, raising and racing champion Thoroughbreds. The Florida Cup is for...