Barn Notes

By Dan Smith —- Mike Smith; Benoit SMITH PLANS A QUIET BIRTHDAY, PARTLY COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS If, as the saying goes, you’re as young as you feel, how old is Mike Smith today? “I’m feeling pretty good, so I’d say I’m about 35,” Smith said Thursday morning by telephone,...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Practical Joke on point for G1 H. Allen Jerkens; Brown still pondering Travers contingent • Good Samaritan, Always Dreaming among G1 Travers contenders on target to breeze this weekend • Mind Your Biscuits expected to breeze on Friday, could target G1...

DMTC NEWS —- Working on his own with jockey Martin Garcia in the tack, superstar Arrogate clipped off a solid seven-furlong drill in 1:25.20 Tuesday at Del Mar as trainer Bob Baffert and regular rider Mike Smith looked on from the track’s grandstand. The big, gray colt...

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (Aug. 8, 2017) – European champion Lady Aurelia, based at Keeneland with trainer Wesley Ward, on Tuesday covered 5 furlongs on a firm turf course in 1:02 in her final work here before her next scheduled start in England in the Aug. 25...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Sassy Little Lila gets ready to run with the boys in G1 Fourstardave • Gunnevera pointing to the G1 Travers • Classic Empire to miss Travers; Casse plans next course • Mohaymen scheduled to return to Kentucky • Stallwalkin’ Dude looks to abide again...

By David Joseph —- Aug. 26 Travers Next for Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Multiple graded-stakes winner Gunnevera made a triumphant return to the races Sunday at Gulfstream Park, where the 3-year-old son of Dialed In tuned up for a scheduled start in...