Barn Notes

By John Heims —- RAINBOW HEIR GOES FOR BACK-TO-BACK WOLF HILL WINS Saturday’s Opening Day feature, the $60,000 Wolf Hill Stakes, has drawn an overflowing field of 14, including New Jersey-bred Rainbow Heir, who will look to defend his title after crushing his rivals in last...

By Ed Golden —- Songbird; Clockers Corner/Zoe Metz Photo • SONGBIRD JUST CRUISES UNDER MIKE SMITH • AFFIRMED IS LIKELY FOR BATTLE OF MIDWAY • LAZARO BARRERA DISTANCE SUITS KIMBEAR • CITY STORM TAKES STEP UP IN DESERT CODE SONGBIRD BREEZES FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD DEBUT Two-time...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Thursday, May 11, 2017) – Five days removed from a fourth-place effort in the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I), John Oxley’s Classic Empire continued his preparation for the May 20 Preakness (GI) with a jog...

By David Joseph —- Panici Wins Three HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover will be $138,884 when racing resumes Friday with a nine-race program. First race post time is 1:15 p.m. Multiple winning tickets in Thursday’s Rainbow 6 returned...

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Wednesday, May 10, 2017) – Three horses that chased Always Dreaming to the finish line in last Saturday’s 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) returned to the track on a warm Wednesday morning at...

By Ed Golden —- • BAFFERT: FASTEST HORSE WON RUN FOR THE ROSES • STEVENS WATCHES THE DERBY FROM JOCKS’ ROOM • MULLINS, SUTHERLAND HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE • BATTLE OF MIDWAY DUE AT SANTA ANITA ON TUESDAY NO DERBY, BUT ABEL TASMAN BOOSTS BAFFERT WITH OAKS WIN Bob Baffert...