Barn Notes

NYRA UPDATES —- • Epicharis ‘walking sound,’ still pointing to G1 Belmont • Belmont favorite Irish War Cry finding comfort zone at Belmont Park • Asmussen enjoying ‘less pressure’ with Lookin At Lee • Pletcher pair taking aim at G1 Mohegan Sun...

By David Joseph —- Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Rises to $763,003 Twilight Program Slated for 2:15 p.m. First Post Belmont Stakes Offers Multiple Local Rooting Interests Jockey Cornelio Velasquez Switches Tack to Gulfstream HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Field of Eight in Isaac Murphy • Lakota Lucy Takes a Chance on the Turf FIELD OF EIGHT IN ISAAC MURPHY Trying to duplicate her 2016 win, S. D. Brilie Ltd. Partnership’s Puntsville will headline the 38th running of the Isaac Murphy Handicap for...

By Darren Rogers —- BELIEVE IN BERTIE SEEKS FIRST GRADED STAKES VICTORY IN GRADE III OLD FORESTER MINT JULEP ‘CAP LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, June 8, 2017) – Klein Racing’s Believe in Bertie, a narrow runner-up in the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Presented by Longines (GII)...

NYRA RELEASE —- • G1 Belmont favorite Irish War Cry gets first look at main track Thursday • Epicharis scheduled to resume training on Friday • G3 winner Multiplier to wear blinkers in Saturday’s Belmont • Gormley gallops 1 ½ miles Thursday morning for Belmont • G1...

By John Heims —- O’CONNELL BRINGS TRIO INTO SATURDAY’S CRANK IT UP Trainer Kathleen O’Connell will send three to the starting gate for Saturday’s $60,000 Crank It Up Stakes, going five furlongs on the Monmouth Park turf: Lu Lu Laura, Stormy Embrace and Who’s the Lady....