Barn Notes

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Stable Notes Oct 31, 2017 THE UNDERCARD STAKES: NOT B.C. BUT NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE Of the five races leading to the four $1 million-or-more Breeders’ Cup events on Friday, three are stakes with $200,000 purses. Three more $200,000 stakes...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Breeders’ Cup Notes Oct 31, 2017 CLASSIC NOTES Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij, West Coast – Bob Baffert’s four runners – Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij and West Coast – all shipped from Santa Anita Park to Del Mar in the wee hours of...

Del Mar Racing —- CLASSIC Arrogate/Mubtaahij/Collected/West Coast – Defending champion Arrogate signaled his readiness for the Breeders’ Cup Classic Monday with a bullet 5f work in 1:00 for trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita Park. It was the fastest of 19 at the distance....

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Bobby Raymond has been training Thoroughbreds almost 40 years – long enough to know how quickly circumstances change around the racetrack. But he wasn’t expecting wintry weather to make an appearance when he arrived at the Tampa Bay Downs...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017) – Following a three-length score in Saturday’s $200,000 Fayette Stakes (Grade II) at Keeneland, Carl Hurst and William “Buff” Bradley’s The Player will target the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton...

By Ed Golden —- SANTA ANITA-BASED RUNNERS PREP FOR BREEDERS’ CUP ARROGATE TO WORK FOR CLASSIC MONDAY AT 7:45 A.M. RACE FOR TRAINING TITLE COULD GO DOWN TO THE WIRE UNBEATEN JUVENILE FAVORITE BOLT D’ORO LOOKS ‘PERFECT’ Headed by undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile favorite...