Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • NEW OWNERS ‘BONDE’ WITH TRAINER • $465,219 AT THE END OF THE ‘RAINBOW’ • MIKE SMITH WORKS PARADISE WOODS FATHER & SON OWNERS AMONG RACING’S NEW FACES In a game clamoring for new owners, perhaps no one meets the criteria more than John Del Secco and...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- • Channel Maker in good order following Man o’ War score • Thomas hoping for productive campaign with Catholic Boy and Diversify • Heavenhasmynikki could return to Belmont for next start • Brown impressed with Homerique; eyes stakes assignments...

By David Joseph —- Las Setas Puts Streak on Line in $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) 95th Running of 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Tops Friday, May 17 Program BALTIMORE – Having established her local dominance with four straight wins, the last three in stakes, Maryland homebred Las...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Coal Front breezes half-mile for G1 Runhappy Met Mile Schiergen seeking Saturday success saddling Binti Al Nar in G3 Beaugay Aidan O’Brien’s Hunting Horn and Magic Wand in fine fettle for Man o’ War Cassidy hoping for another heroic...

By Ed Golden —- STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019 ‘FRENCH CONNECTION’ IN SANTA BARBARA VETERAN TRAINER DON WARREN DIES AT 67 PREAKNESS IS NOT ‘IMPROBABLE’ FOR SMITH GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW: $405,029 VIVA LA FRANCE IN GRADE III SANTA BARBARA The French...

Kevin Kerstein Publicity Manager Churchill Downs Racetrack —- LOCALLY-BASED PREAKNESS CONTENDERS SET FOR SATURDAY WORKS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 10, 2019) – Trainer Brad Cox’s duo of Lexington Stakes (Grade III) winner Owendale and allowance winner Warrior’s Charge,...