Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • UNIQUE BELLA ODDS-ON FOR SUNDAY’S LAS VIRGENES • O’NEILL HOPES TO ‘PASS GO’ WITH LEWIS MONOPOLY • BUSY WEEKEND AS USUAL FOR TEAM HOLLENDORFER • TEXAS RYANO SHOULD COME RUNNING IN SAN MARCOS UNIQUE BELLA MEETS CHAMP IN GRADE II LAS VIRGENES There are those...

By Michael Adolphson —- • I’m a Chatterbox Half-Brother Zinger Makes Stakes Debut Saturday • It’s Your Nickel Points to Risen Star, Louisiana Derby • Excitations Exciting for Stall • Tom’s Ready Highlights Work Tab I’M A CHATTERBOX HALF-BROTHER ZINGER MAKES STAKES DEBUT...

By Mike Henry —- ‘FARM FAVORITE’ MAKES CASSE LOOK LIKE A GENIUS OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainer Mark Casse was in south Florida today readying his Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Colt, Classic Empire, for Saturday’s Grade II Lambholm South Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. But...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- VETERAN IVAN FALLUNOVALOT SEEKS THIRD KING COTTON WIN Mathews, Howard Hit Equine Lottery with “Ivan” Three horses, each for $25,000, were claimed out of the ninth race March 6, 2014, at Oaklawn. However, only one of those horses has developed into a...

By Ed Golden —- Arrogate; Zoe Metz Photo • PEGASUS KING ARROGATE IS BACK HOME AT SANTA ANITA • LEWIS STRATEGY FOR ROYAL MO WILL BE UP TO ESPINOZA • BAFFERT HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN GRADE II SAN ANTONIO • HINDSIGHT IS LOOKING GOOD FOR TWENTYTWENTYVISION • RACING MOURNS THE...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Arklow to Risen Star • Promising Late-Bloomer Redesdale to Stretch Out for Walsh VALADORNA TO RACHEL ALEXANDRA Stonestreet Stables’ Valadorna has exited her comeback effort in top shape, according to trainer Mark Casse. The daughter of Curlin, a...