Barn Notes

By John Heims —- TRICKY ESCAPE REVISITS MONMOUTH TURF IN VIOLET Tricky Escape returns to graded stakes action in her second try over the Monmouth Park turf against eight fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Violet Stakes, going a mile and an eighth. The...

By Bailey Gallison —- · Oscar Performance Writes Part for Breeders’ Cup Sequel · Valdivia Scores 100th Win of the Season Thursday OSCAR PERFORMANCE WRITES PART FOR BREEDERS’ CUP SEQUEL Amerman Racing’s homebred Oscar Performance cemented his standing as one of the top...

NYRA RELEASE —- Pletcher triumvirate beats the rain in final G1 Travers preps Gunnevera drills five furlongs for Travers ‘No excuses’ for Mind Your Biscuits, on to G1 Forego Giuseppe the Great puts in final breeze for Travers Beasley back in action with Thursday...

DMTC NEWS —- CASSE SENDS TWO FOR ‘OTHER THAN’ PACIFIC CLASSIC STAKES The focus of trainer Mark Casse’s operation is east of the Mississippi and in Canada. But the Indiana native who has become one of the most successful Thoroughbred conditioners in North America – No. 5 in...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- ARROGATE’S A CLASSIC ‘OUTSIDER’ AND THAT’S FINE WITH BAFFERT Arrogate drew the outside post and was established as the even-money morning line favorite as a field of eight was entered for Saturday’s 27th running of the Grade I $1 million...

NYRA RELEASE —- • ‘Fit and happy’ McCraken breezes for G1 Travers • Lockdown ready for G1 Alabama after bullet work • Coasted ready to roll in G2 Lake Placid; Miss Mystique to make stakes debut in Seeking the Ante • Hot City Girl looks to repeat in Union Avenue...