Barn Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- Tacitus emerges from G2 Wood Memorial triumph in good order Tax to return in Kentucky Derby following runner-up Wood Memorial effort G2 Wood Memorial third-place finisher Haikal likely for Kentucky Derby Pletcher barn in fine form following successful Wood...

By Ed Golden —- IT’S A GREAT DAY AT THE GREAT RACE PLACE FUTURE AWAITS SATURDAY’S STAKE WINNERS MANDATORY PICK 6 JACKPOT RETURNS $53,312 BEER, CAMACHO TAKE SANTA ANITA’S 5K RUNS HRONIS, SADLER JOIN HOWARD & ‘SILENT’ TOM FOND MEMORIES RESURRECTED AT SANTA ANITA...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Saturday’s victory by Tacitus in the Grade II Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct boosted the 3-year-old colt to the No. 1 spot in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” standings with 150 points – which makes Tampa Bay Downs,...

By Ed Golden —- TRAINER POINTS NEW BUY TO SANTA ANITA DERBY POPULAR JAY COHEN IS BACK ON THE HORN TODAY RETIRED GARY STEVENS FEELING GOOD BEHIND MIC PAPAPRODROMOU SEEKS SANTA ANITA DERBY UPSET George Papaprodromou plans to run rank outsider and recent private purchase...

By Mike Henry —- AMBITIOUS JOCKEY OF MONTH VIEWS OBSTACLES AS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs jockey Raul Mena was 19 when his mount failed to negotiate the turn in a race at Valparaiso Sporting Club in Chile, throwing him to the ground like a rag doll...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Mike Smith to Ride Motion Emotion; Fields Taking Shape for Racing Festival When Oaklawn’s annual Racing Festival of the South begins April 12 with the $500,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3), a Hall of Fame jockey will be bidding for his fourth victory in the 1...