Barn Notes

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...

By David Joseph —- Graded-Stakes Trio Top Mr. Prospector (G3) Nominations Live Racing Returns Wednesday with $408,116 Rainbow 6 Carryover Trainer Shamir Maragh Saddles First Career Winner HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Graded-stakes winners Coal Front, Conquest Big E and Wild Shot...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – As he makes his rounds through the barn area on a chilly morning, the new Tampa Bay Downs Chaplain, Pete Crisswell, has plenty of time to reflect on his lifetime at the racetrack: the good, bad and not-so-pretty. “The reality of the racetrack...