Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- * OM COULD COME BACK WITH A BANG ON JULY 4 • ARROGATE CRUISES IN A BREEZE FOR BAFFERT • LIVE RACING RESUMES AT SANTA ANITA ON FRIDAY OM RETURNS FOR HENDRICKS IN AMERICAN STAKES What could be more fitting than running the American Stakes on the Fourth of...

NYRA RELEASE —- • Big names for Chad Brown put in Sunday works • O’Brien quartet eyeing G1 Belmont Derby, Oaks • Oscar Performance to breeze Monday for Belmont Derby ELMONT, N.Y. – Practical Joke breezed four furlongs in 48.09 seconds on Belmont Park’s...

By Darren Rogers —- THREE STAKES TOP CHURCHILL DOWNS’ CLOSING NIGHT ‘DOWNS AFTER DARK’ CARD First of 11 Races Friday is 6 p.m.; Mandatory Payout in Single 6 Jackpot Which Covers Races 4-9 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 25, 2017) – Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen will...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 24, 2017) – Trainer Dale Romans’ name was part of the 2017 Triple Crown picture with J Boys Echo but a pair of late-developing 3-year-olds, Stronach Stables’ Singing Bullet and Albaugh Family Stable’s Watch Me Whip, could...

By David Joseph —- Florida Sire Stakes Prospect Florida Fuego Debuts Impressively Three Rules, Delta Bluesman, Dearest Tune Up for Summit of Speed Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Gunnevera Breezes Half-Mile Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Grow to $47,502 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – e...

By Bailey Gallison —- • Sofia Rodriguez Gets First North American Win • Local Runners Under Consideration for Million Preview Day SOFIA RODRIGUEZ GETS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN WIN New addition to the Arlington jockey colony Sofia Rodriguez rode her first North American winner...