Barn Notes

NYRA RELEASE —- • Songbird confirmed for G1 Personal Ensign • Oscar Performance targets G1 Joe Hirsch after Secretariat win • World Approval exits G1 Fourstardave win in fine fettle • G1 Hopeful may be next for gutsy debut winner Oskar Blues • Brown keeps focus on Saratoga...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- ACCELERATE, COLLECTED WORK FOR CLASSIC; SONGBIRD IS OUT Accelerate and Collected put in final workouts Sunday in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, the signature event of the summer meeting. Classic-nominated...

By John Heims —- TERESA Z MAKES GRADED STAKES DEBUT IN MONMOUTH OAKS Teresa Z will look for her first win at Monmouth Park and in graded stakes company when she loads into the gate with eight other 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 3, $100,000 Monmouth Oaks going a mile and a...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Pletcher happy with potential G1 Travers starters after Friday breezes • Stakes winner No Dozing targets elusive graded win in G1 Jerkens • Fayeq posts bullet work ahead of likely Travers bid • Next start uncertain for G1 winner Mind Your Biscuits...

By Dan Smith —- RUN AWAY CAN’T HIDE FROM HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN BEST PAL Kaleem Shah’s Klimt used a victory in the Best Pal Stakes as a springboard to another in the Del Mar Futurity and honors as 2-year-old of the meeting in 2016. Now the founder and president of CalNet...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Permian Prepared for Secretariat Performance • Ascend Seeks Second Grade I in Arlington Million • Rouget’s Duo Get Final Prep Before Million Day PERMIAN PREPARED FOR SECRETARIAT PERFORMANCE With Scottish withdrawn from Saturday’s Grade I Arlington...