Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – One look was all owner-trainer Laura Cazares needed five weeks ago to know she wanted to add 4-year-old filly Malkia to her racing stable. “I liked her form on paper, and when I saw her in the saddling paddock here (on Jan. 19, before a...

By Ed Golden —- IMPROBABLE CECILIA GUSTAVSSON • TOP SOPHOMORES COULD MEET IN SAN FELIPE MARCH 9 • BATTLE OF MIDWAY EUTHANIZED AFTER TRAINING MISHAP • COCO KISSES RUNS IN FIRST STAKES RACE TOMORROW • SINGLE TICKET JACKPOT CARRYOVER REACHES $282,342 TRIPLE CROWN FEVER ...

By Ryan Martin —- Dream Maker; Hodges Photography DREAM MAKER DRILLS THROUGH HALF-MILE FOR GRADE II TAMPA BAY DERBY Trainer Mark Casse’s barn on the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots backstretch has done a fabulous job in displaying promising 3-year-old talent in New...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Believe it or not, Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez had a few anxious moments during Triple Crown nominee Spinoff’s 11 ¾-length victory in today’s second race at Tampa Bay Downs. “He passed the other horses and got to the ¼-mile pole, and...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.22.19 Irad Ortiz Jr. Gets No. 100 During Four-Win Friday Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $249,414 for Saturday $100,000 Hal’s Hope (G3) Tops Three Stakes on 13-Race Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Eclipse Award champion Irad Ortiz...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- • Please Flatter Me looks to stay undefeated in competing in the Busher Invitational • Always Shopping set to take next step forward in Busher • Oxy Lady gearing up to compete in Busher on Gotham Day • Asmussen barn looking forward to stretching out...