Barn Notes

By David Joseph —- Fort McHenry Ready for a Battle in Saturday’s Smooth Air Complexifier to Do What He Does Best in Buffalo Man Juvenile Showcase Kicks Off Gulfstream Stakes Schedule HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Expectations for Fort McHenry were obviously high when Derrick...

By Kevin Kerstein —- TIZ THE LAW MADE 7-5 FAVORITE IN SATURDAY’S KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019) – Sackatoga Stable’s Tiz the Law was made the 7-5 morning line favorite by veteran oddsmaker Mike Battaglia for Saturday’s $300,000 Kentucky...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- SHIPPERS ADD INTRIGUE TO GRADE I STAKES ON THE FINAL WEEKEND Chad Brown, No. 1 trainer in America by money earnings, has shipped five horses for the final weekend stakes of the Bing Crosby meeting. He’ll have two from his stable in the...

Golden Gate Fields Stable Notes Thursday, November 28, 2019 GOLDEN GATE DEBUTANTE THE HEADLINER ON FRIDAY One of two stakes races at Golden Gate Fields this week, the $50,000 Golden Gate Debutante for 2-year-old fillies, features a cast of nine entrants. The Golden Gate Debutante...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019) – Sakatoga Stables’ undefeated Grade I winner Tiz the Law will lead a field of nine promising 2-year-olds entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (GII) – the co-featured event on Saturday’s...

By Milke Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – As a Thoroughbred trainer from 1989-1997, Jim Tsirigotis gained an appreciation for the challenges faced by backstretch workers on the racetrack. “They work their butts off,” said Tsirigotis, the proprietor of Papa Jim’s Kitchen at the south...