Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • • ESPINOZA TOSSES STRATEGY TO THE ‘WIND’ • • WHAT A VIEW IS FRESH, FIT FOR SHOEMAKER • • APPRENTICE RIDER ENJOYS ‘ROMAN’ HOLIDAY • • MONROVIA SCHOOL’S HIPPIE BOTS HONORED ESPINOZA WON’T COME UP ‘SHORT’ IN BEHOLDER Victor Espinoza has reached racing’s apex...

By Darren Rogers —- Gun Runner; Churchill Downs/Coady Photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Monday, May 29, 2017) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner, last fall’s Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (Grade I) winner and runner-up to Arrogate in March’s...

By Ed Golden —- • • BIG THREE EYE ‘BATTLE OF THE BEHOLDER’ • • GOLD CUP DAY ATTENDANCE STILL RISING • • 1986 CHAMPION SNOW CHIEF REMEMBERED • • RADISH SEEKS FIRST WIN IN MELAIR STAKES • • MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVITIES ARE UNDERWAY • • DAVID FLORES RIDES AT SANTA ANITA AGAIN...

By Bailey Gallison —- MALRAUX A MONSTER IN MAIDEN WIN Trainer Ignacio Correas, IV was quietly confident in his well-bred sprinter leading up to Saturday’s fourth race at Arlington International Racecourse, even when the turf sprint was moved to Polytrack, but no one was...

By David Joseph —- Keystoneforvictory Favored for Home of the Brave Handicap Easy to Say Gets Final Say in Sunday’s Opening Lead Handicap HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Monday’s Memorial Day program at Gulfstream Park will feature a $464,568.76 20-cent Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot....

By Darren Rogers —- FROM MARINES TO TRAINING HORSES, HILES HAS A FIRSTHAND VIEW ON MEMORIAL DAY LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 28, 2017) – Jeff Hiles, assistant trainer to Kenny McPeek, has a different perspective on Memorial Day weekend after serving five years in the United...