Barn Notes

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, Pantofel Stable and Mike Karty’s Shotski headlines a talented field of eight in Saturday’s Grade 3, $250,000 Withers, a nine-furlong test for sophomores at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Strong Hall of Fame Presence at Oaklawn in 2020 Five trainers inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame have strings this year at Oaklawn, including one whose rise to national prominence began more than 40 years ago in Hot Springs....

By Ed Golden —- CALIFORNIA STILL DREAMIN’ IN RICH PEGASUS AX MAN MAKES HIS DEBUT ON GRASS SUNDAY UNBEATEN SPEED PASS SEEKS THIRD IN A ROW HIGHER POWER, MUCHO GUSTO HEAD PEGASUS WORLD CUP With the 11th-hour defection of Santa Anita-based Omaha Beach from Saturday’s Grade I,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Sycamore Lane, a 9-year-old gelding from the barn of trainer Mike Dini, and Luna, a 5-year-old mare trained by Stacy L. Hendry, will both seek to go 2-for-2 Saturday in the Tampa Turf Test starter handicap series at Tampa Bay Downs. While...

By David Joseph —- Pegasus World Cup Day News & Notes Bloom Hoping Henley’s Joy Avoids Trouble in Pegasus Turf Ortiz with Rare Mount for Baffert in Pegasus World Cup (G1) World of Trouble Sprint Features Texas Wedge, Pay Any Price Brown Defending Pegasus Turf (G1)...

By Mike Henry —- DELGADO IS RUMBA ISLAND BAR & GRILL TRAINER OF MONTH OLDSMAR, FL. – Jose H. Delgado has been around the block. As a jockey, he captured his first victory at Gulfstream Park in 1996 when he was 17. Later that year at Calder Race Course, he hooked up...