Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Hall of Fame jockey Jacinto Vasquez will be the featured guest on track announcer Richard Grunder’s “Morning Glory Club” Show at 10 a.m. on Saturday on the first floor of the Grandstand. Vasquez retired in 1996 with 5,228 victories, which is...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 1.1.20 Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Swells to $1,322,193 Omaha Beach Arrives at Gulfstream for Pegasus Fast Pass Rallies from Last in New Year’s Day Feature HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 23rd...

By Grant LaGrange —- Coming off a career-best year in 2019, trainer Brad Cox appears loaded for 2020 New Orleans (January 1, 2020) – Coming off a monster year in which his stable runners earned a career-best $17,547,123, trainer Brad Cox is methodically plotting a course to...

By Ed Golden —- • TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL STARTS WITH THE SHAM STAKES • LOVELY LILIA ELEVATES INTO GRADE II STAKES LEVEL • TRAINER HOPES TRIBALIST AVOIDS ‘HEAP’ OF TROUBLE • MATHIS BROTHERS, CARMA PROVE SUCCESSFUL UNION • TRAINER GARY SHERLOCK PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 73 • OMAHA...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019 • MEMORABLE SANTA ANITA OPENER ‘A CELEBRATION’ • OMAHA BEACH HEADS TO FLORIDA FOR RICH PEGASUS • MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ESPINOZA ABOARD BELLAFINA • OISEAU DE GUERRE OFF THE RAIL FOR JOE HERNANDEZ FANS ENJOY ‘A...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today, the only time Admiralty Pier had raced on a dirt track was more than two years ago, when he finished fourth as a 2-year-old in the Grade III Dixiana Bourbon Stakes on a sloppy surface at Keeneland in a race taken off the turf....