Barn Notes

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...

By David Joseph —- Rainbow 6 Jackpot Reaches $307,116 for Stakes-Filled Saturday Five Graded-Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses on 11-Race Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Yet to be solved through the first 10 days of the 2018-19 Championship Meet, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 will...

By Ryan Martin —- War of Will; Coady Photography WAR OF WILL, MR. MONEY POINT FOR GRADE III LECOMTE With Road to the Derby Kickoff Day five weeks away, trainers have already started making plans with some of their highly regarded soon-to-be 3-year-olds. Trainer Mark Casse...