Barn Notes

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Million • Rouget’s Duo Get Final Prep Before Million Day PERMIAN PREPARED FOR SECRETARIAT PERFORMANCE With Scottish withdrawn from Saturday’s Grade I Arlington...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Haskell runner-up McCraken on work tab for possible G1 Travers bid • Salty ‘super’ ahead of G1 Alabama; World Approval ‘on top of his game’ • Lookin At Lee eyeing start in Travers • Travers contender Girvin ‘perfect’...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Scottish Withdrawn From Arlington Million • Ballydoyle Trio Stretch Their Legs • Divisidero Gets Chance at Million Glory SCOTTISH WITHDRAWN FROM ARLINGTON MILLION Godolphin’s Scottish (IRE) has been withdrawn from the Grade I Arlington Million...

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...