Barn Notes

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith looking for a fifth Travers win on long shot Chess Chief Not That Brady to try to emulate dam Lisa’s Booby Trap in Albany Preservationist works Thursday for G1 Woodward; stablemate gets ‘Green Light’ for...

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $793,147 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved for the 27th consecutive racing day Thursday at Gulfstream Park, producing a carryover jackpot of $793,147.53 for Friday’s 2 p.m. twilight...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – Monmouth Park’s longest stakes race of the year can’t come soon enough for trainer Tom Albertrani. He’s so eager to give the inaugural running of The Unbridled Essence Stakes at try that he will likely send two fillies postward for the...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Grade 1 wins coast-to-coast for Team Brown Concrete Rose out for rest of the year Owendale on target for Travers following Saturday’s workout; arrives at Saratoga on Tuesday Scars Are Cool looks to add character to G1 Runhappy Travers field...

By Tom Luicci —- OCEANPORT, N.J. – With a limited budget to work with at the April sale at Keeneland for horses of racing age, Louis Linder, Jr. knew he had to be selective. The veteran trainer had sights set on one horse – a 3-year-old named War Treaty – but wasn’t sure if...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Tax posts bullet breeze in preparation for G1 Runhappy Travers Endorsed breezes Friday, likely for G1 Runhappy Travers Mind Control returns to scene of first G1 win for G1 H. Allen Jerkens Pletcher impressed with Mystic Lancelot; Keeps Spinoff a...