Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – The eighth annual, two-day Summer Festival of Racing on Tuesday and Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs will feature mandatory payouts both days on the track’s popular 20-cent Ultimate 6 wager. The current jackpot grew to $61,218 Wednesday. The...

By Kevin Kerstein —- Tom’s d’Etat; Photos by Hodges Phoyography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) – G M B Racing’s 2019 Clark (Grade I) winner Tom’s d’Etat was installed as the even-money morning line favorite for Saturday’s $500,000 Stephen Foster...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Despite winning on 4-year-old filly Dreaming Diamonds on March 20, Pablo Morales knew something wasn’t right with the left foot he’d injured six days earlier in a starting-gate mishap. An X-ray revealed a break, sending the 31-year-old jockey...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Jungle Runner posts final breeze for G1 Belmont Stakes Mischevious Alex breezes in preparation for G1 Woody Stephens presented by Claiborne Farm Water White training forwardly into G1 Longines Acorn ELMONT, N.Y. – Calumet Farm’s Jungle...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 14, 2020) – JRita Young Thoroughbreds’ four-time winner Man in the Can will take his next step on the Road to the Kentucky Derby in the $600,000 Blue Grass (Grade II) on July 11 at Keeneland following his 1 ½-length...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Tiz the Law posts final breeze for G1 Belmont Stakes Modernist breezes but G1 Belmont Stakes still in question New York native Gutierrez earns first Belmont Stakes mount with call aboard Jungle Runner Pneumatic confirmed for G1 Belmont Stakes Cross...