Barn Notes

DMTC News – From the Wire EAST COAST INVADERS DOT NOMS LIST FOR GRADED TURF STAKES Nominations for the eight graded stakes to be contested over the final two weeks of the meeting closed Thursday. And Friday morning, looking over the lists, Racing Secretary David Jerkens was...

By Darren Rogers —- Brad Cox; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 16, 2018) – Arguably one of the nation’s fastest rising starts, Louisville native Brad Cox is two wins away from a major professional milestone: 1,000 career victories. Cox, 38, is not far removed...

DMTC News – From the Wire BAFFERT’S BOB HOPE HOPES DIMINISHED BY ONE Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes – the first of nine graded stakes on the fall racing at Del Mar schedule – falls right in the wheelhouse of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. It’s for...

By Darren Rogers —- MORALES ENDING APPRENTICESHIP WITH A BANG LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018) – Jockey Edgar Morales will lose the five-pound weight allowance that is granted to apprentice riders on Saturday, but the 20-year-old Puerto Rico native has made the...

By Ryan Martin —- Monte Man Seeks Seven Straight Wins In Saturday’s Heitai • My Miss Chiff Exits Eight-Month Layoff In Sunday’s Happy Ticket • Declan Carroll Excited for First Winter at Fair Grounds MONTE MAN SEEKS SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS IN SATURDAY’S HEITAI Ivery Sisters...

DMTC News – From the Wire TALAMO MAKES IT TO THE FINISH LINE, AND TO A WEDDING, ON TIME Joe Talamo went from stakes-winning jockey to quick change artist to tuxedoed wedding guest in just over a half hour Saturday afternoon. Here’s the Talamo timeline, provided by his agent...