Barn Notes

By Tom Luicci —- TRAINER DIANE MORICI LOOKING FOR BIG EFFORT FROM SHRUG IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 OCEANPORT STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Diane Morici’s 34-horse barn at Monmouth Park mostly consists of allowance horse, claimers and 2-year-olds. But when she...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, August 7, 2025 After winning the country’s biggest race for 3-year-olds in 2024, Oaklawn stakes winner Mystik Dan eyes a major turf prize Saturday at Colonial Downs when he makes his grass debut in the prestigious G1-Arlington...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Sunday, August 3, 2025 Saratoga Race Course Notes Sierra Leone’s G1 Whitney win a satisfying one for Chad Brown Riley Mott savoring first graded win with World Beater in G1 Saratoga Derby Inv. Deterministic stakes claim as divisional leader Ewing to...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Appleby raiders Nations Pride, El Cordobes arrive for G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Post Time among eight millionaires in G1 Whitney Highland Falls returns to the Spa in G1 Whitney Think Big swings for the fences in G1...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, July 31, 2025 The accomplished Skippylongstocking is one of three Oaklawn-raced horses entered in the prestigious $1 million G1-Whitney Stakes for older horses at 1 1/8 miles Saturday at Saratoga. Probable post time for the...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, July 29, 2025 One of Oaklawn’s major Kentucky Derby prep races received another boost when Louisiana-bred standout Smoken Wicked rolled to a 5 ¾-length victory in the $200,000 G2-Amsterdam Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Friday at...