Barn Notes

By Bailey Gallison & Brian Spencer —- • Apprentice Nunez Earns First Career Win • What’s Up Dude Ready to Debut • My Mertie May Contest Isaac Murphy APPRENTICE NUNEZ EARNS FIRST CAREER WIN Riding his third mount of the meet at Arlington International Racecourse,...

By John Heims —- NO MORE MUSIC WILL TRY TO STEAL THE SHOW IN SUNDAY’S FEATURE No More Music stretches back out to his preferred two turns in his second start of the season in Sunday’s $40,000 allowance optional claiming feature going a mile and a sixteenth on the Monmouth...

By David Joseph —- Miguel Vasquez Celebrates Big Day with Three Wins HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot for Sunday’s program at Gulfstream Park swelled to $640,989.57 when the popular multi-race wager went unsolved for the 26th consecutive card...

By Ed Golden —- • • TO THE VICTOR GOES THE STRATEGY IN THE BEHOLDER • • BAL A BALI AND SMITH READY FOR GRADE I SHOEMAKER • • JOCKEY DAVID FLORES RETURNS HOME TO SANTA ANITA • • AUDI TV SPOT SHOT AT SANTA ANITA AIRS ON NBA FINALS STELLAR WIND PRIMED, TACTICS UP TO ESPINOZA...

By Darren Rogers —- CLASSIC EMPIRE BREEZES HALF-MILE AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IN PREPARATION FOR BELMONT STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, June 2, 2017) – John Oxley’s Classic Empire, runner-up in the Preakness (Grade I) and fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby (GI), breezed...

NYRA Release —- • Classic Empire works easy half-mile for G1 Belmont Stakes • True Timber falls off Belmont trail; Dickinson set for G1 Just a Game • Pletcher adds Patch to his Belmont contingent • Back from leg fracture, Albarado to ride J Boys Echo in Belmont • Probable...