Barn Notes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Smart Spree Looking to Take Next Step Up The razor-sharp Smart Spree will be considered for a second-level allowance and the $400,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) April 14 for his next start following his easy starter-allowance victory Sunday at...

By Ryan Martin —- Triple Chelsea Out For Redemption In Nelson J. Menard Memorial • Terra’s Angel Returns to The Fair Grounds For Allen LaCombe Memorial • Murphy Will Point Great Wide Open To Arlington’s Grade III Hanshin Stakes • Sister Kan Could See Stakes Action Next Out...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Sporting Chance; All Photos by Coady Photography Sporting Chance Works a Mile Monday In Advance of Rebel Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas went old school Monday morning at Oaklawn, working Grade 1 winner Sporting Chance a mile in preparation for the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Triple Crown hopefuls and a trio of Grade I stakes winners are among the standout Thoroughbred performers expected to invade Tampa Bay Downs for Saturday’s stakes-laden Festival Day 38 card. Total purse money for the five stakes is...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Exclamation Point Wins Second Straight Start Trainer Brad Cox said it’s “very possible” unbeaten Exclamation Point will run again this year at Oaklawn, but it won’t be in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds March 17. Cox said the 1 1/16 Rebel,...

By Ed Golden —- McKINZIE Zoe Metz Photography • McKINZIE WORKS ‘VERY WELL’ FOR SAN FELIPE STAKES • GIANT EXPECTATIONS FIRES A BULLET FOR THE BIG ‘CAP • CITY OF LIGHT IS ON COURSE FOR GRADE I TRIPLE BEND • PRAT RIDES CHAMPION WORLD APPROVAL IN KILROE McKINZIE ‘LOO...