Barn Notes

By Ed Golden & Mike Willman —- • LEADING RIDER PRAT SET TO EXPAND HIS PROFILE • TOP TRAINER O’NEILL HAS HORSES BORN TO RUN • HORSE FOR COURSE MUCHOS BESOS WINS AGAIN • FIRST POST WILL BE 12 NOON SATURDAY, JUNE 23 • BAFFERT, SMITH AT DODGER STADIUM ON JUNE 25 PRAT WILL...

By Bailey Gallison —- THE PIZZA MAN, WORK ALL WEEK RETURN TO ARLINGTON BACKSTRETCH Midwest Thoroughbreds’ 2015 Grade I Arlington Million winner The Pizza Man and 2014 Champion Sprinter Work All Week returned to the Arlington International Racecourse backstretch last week to...

By John Heims —- TRAINER MIGUEL VERA HAS HIGH HOPES FOR TWO COLTS IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 PEGASUS STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Miguel Vera knew the day was coming when he would find out whether all of the patience and time he invested in two of his promising...

By Darren Rogers —- RAMSEY HOPES BACKYARD HEAVEN CONTINUES TO ‘CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN’ AS 6-5 MORNING LINE FAVE IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 STEPHEN FOSTER ’CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 14, 2018) – Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Alysheba (Grade II) winner Backyard Heaven was...

By ED GOLDEN & MIKE WILLMAN —- • IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR BOB BAFFERT • JUSTIFY ON PARADE AT SANTA ANITA JUNE 23 • MOREY SWEET ON UNBEATEN OLLIE’S CANDY • O’NEILL SEEKS THE RAINBOW’S POT OF GOLD • ROMAN GETS GOLDEN WHIP AWARD SATURDAY • RETIRED HORSES, CARMA FETED ON...

By Darren Rogers —- CD Photo TRIPLE CROWN WINNER JUSTIFY TO BE CELEBRATED, PARADED DURING SATURDAY’S ‘DOWNS AFTER DARK’ AT CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, June 12, 2018) – Guests at Churchill Downs will be able to get a glimpse of horse racing’s brightest star...