Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • RANSOM THE MOON HAS WEATHERED THE STORM • ACCELERATE POINTS TO BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC • JURY STILL OUT ON BREEDERS’ CUP FOR VASILIKA • SMILING TIGRESS BERNSTEIN’S HORSE FOR COURSE • $1 MILLION RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT AGAIN TODAY D’AMATO HOPES PATIENCE PAYS...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Owner-trainer St. Lewis riding high following Discreet Lovers’ Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup upset at 45-1 • Channel Maker in good order after Joe Hirsch Turf Classic win; Casa Creed works ahead of G1 Champagne for Mott • ‘No apparent...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Many of the top Thoroughbreds in training are expected to participate in the Tampa Bay Downs 2018-2019 stakes program, which includes 28 stakes races worth a record $3.74-million in purse money. The stakes schedule includes six graded races...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream’s Summer Meet Closes This Weekend $1.1 Million Sire Stakes Finals Saturday 152 Entries for Saturday Program Mandatory Payouts Sunday Bourbon, Beer & BBQ Saturday in Ten Palms Inaugural Stronach 5 Friday with $50,000 Guaranteed Pool English...

By Darren Rogers —- SUMMERS ‘COUNTING DOWN MINUTES’ UNTIL SATURDAY’S LUKAS CLASSIC LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018) – Rest will not come easy for trainer Chad Summers over the next two days as the 33-year-old conditioner anxiously awaits Saturday night’s $200,000...

By Ed Golden —- WEST COAST Zoe Metz Photography • WEST COAST, ABEL TASMAN RUN OPENING WEEKEND • EDDIE D STAKES HIGHLIGHTS OPENING CARD FRIDAY • TWO DOLLAR HAPPY HOURS START ON OPENING DAY • FREE HALL OF FAME POSTERS AVAILABLE SATURDAY BAFFERT CHAMPIONS AWAIT SATURDAY,...