Barn Notes

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...

By David Joseph —- Omaha Beach Scratched from the Pegasus World Cup (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Out of an abundance of caution, trainer Richard Mandella has scratched Omaha Beach from this Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Runhappy. “It...

By Grant LaGrange —- New Orleans (January 23, 2020) – Horseplayers will get the chance to take a shot at the Black Gold 5 which now carries a pool of $352,436 going into Friday nine race card at Fair Grounds Race Course. The jackpot is paid out when there is only a single...