Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL STARTS WITH THE SHAM STAKES • LOVELY LILIA ELEVATES INTO GRADE II STAKES LEVEL • TRAINER HOPES TRIBALIST AVOIDS ‘HEAP’ OF TROUBLE • MATHIS BROTHERS, CARMA PROVE SUCCESSFUL UNION • TRAINER GARY SHERLOCK PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 73 • OMAHA...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN SUNDAY, DEC. 29, 2019 • MEMORABLE SANTA ANITA OPENER ‘A CELEBRATION’ • OMAHA BEACH HEADS TO FLORIDA FOR RICH PEGASUS • MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ESPINOZA ABOARD BELLAFINA • OISEAU DE GUERRE OFF THE RAIL FOR JOE HERNANDEZ FANS ENJOY ‘A...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Before today, the only time Admiralty Pier had raced on a dirt track was more than two years ago, when he finished fourth as a 2-year-old in the Grade III Dixiana Bourbon Stakes on a sloppy surface at Keeneland in a race taken off the turf....

By Ed Golden —- • A BUSY OPENING DAY FOR BALTAS ON SATURDAY • DRAFT PICK IN THE TRENCHES FOR SAN ANTONIO • POST SHOULD AID BELLAFINA IN GRADE I LA BREA • GLATT DUO MAKE U.S. DEBUT IN MATHIS BROS. MILE • POLANCO REMEMBERS THE LATE BOBBY FRANKEL • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE...

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed at $1.5 Million Pegasus Candidate Spun to Run Breezes at Palm Meadows Irad Ortiz Rides Five of Six in Rainbow 6 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool will be guaranteed at $1.5 million Saturday at...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Five years can seem like an eternity in horse racing. But when owner-trainer Tim Padilla traveled to Purcell, Okla., early this year to pick up former stable star Merango Tango, it seemed like 2014 all over again, and he devised a plan to get...