Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • JOSE ORTIZ TO RIDE COPPER BULLET IN GRADE I MALIBU • BAFFERT SEEKS TO ADD TO HIS LA BREA VICTORY RECORD • BATTLE OF MIDWAY IS ON COURSE FOR THE SAN ANTONIO • DIRT MILE WINNER CITY OF LIGHT TO WORK FOR PEGASUS • POPULAR WALL CALENDER AVAILABLE FREE OPENING...

By Ryan Martin —- Bloom’s Confidence in Snapper Sinclair Has Not Wavered • Take These Chains Seeks First Stakes Win in Blushing K.D. • Calhoun Points Cowgirls Like Us to Silverbulletday Stakes • Lady TNT Shortens Up in Letellier BLOOM’S CONFIDENCE IN SNAPPER SINCLAIR...

By David Joseph —- Wild Shot Ready to Fire in Saturday’s Mr. Prospector (G3) Meets Graded-Stakes Winners Coal Front, Conquest Big E and Eight Others HALLANDALE, BEACH – Making his second start off a 15-month layoff, Calumet Farm’s Wild Shot is set for a return to...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – After riding his 200th winner in 2018 in today’s seventh race on 4-year-old filly Silly Factor, Samy Camacho speculated he might win 10 or more additional races before the end of the year. The Caracas, Venezuela transplant got right down to...

By Ryan Martin —- Tom’s d’Etat Makes Much Anticipated Stakes Debut in Tenacious • Superioritycomplex (Ire.) Steps Up in Class for Blushing K.D. Stakes • Fires Sends Gray Attempt for Sugar Bowl Stakes • Patrick Gilligan Book Signing Scheduled for Saturday, December 22 TOM’S...

By Ed Golden —- MCKINZIE Zoe Metz Photography • BAFFERT HAS THREE SET FOR GRADE I MALIBU OPENING DAY • TRAINER CAN JUSTIFY BUT ONE FOR HORSE OF THE YEAR • ESPINOZA LOOKING FOR MID-JANUARY RETURN TO SADDLE • POPULAR WALL CALENDAR FREE TO FANS ON OPENING DAY • SANTA ANITA...