Barn Notes

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2016-17 WINTER MEET STAKES SCHEDULE; GRADE I MALIBU & GRADE I LA BREA HEAD OPENER DEC. 26; PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS TO BE RUN DEC. 31 A TOTAL OF 58 STAKES, INCLUDING NINE GRADE I EVENTS, TO BE OFFERED THROUGH SANTA...

By Robert Mieszerski —- STARLET, LOS ALAMITOS CASHCALL FUTURITY TO BE RUN DEC. 10; CALIFORNIA CHROME LIKELY FOR WINTER CHALLENGE DEC. 17 CYPRESS, Calif. —The third and final Thoroughbred meet of 2016 at Los Alamitos will begin Thursday, Dec. 8. The eight-day Winter...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Bobby the Brain Gives Stidham Win 100 • Sunbean Set for Champions Day • Work Tab Mike Stidham; CD/File Photo BOBBY THE BRAIN GIVES STIDHAM WIN 100 Stallionaire Enterprises’ Bobby the Brain made his debut a winning one for trainer Mike Stidham,...

By David Joseph —- HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s total handle on Saturday’s Opening Day program for the Championship Meet, highlighted by the 18th edition of the Claiming Crown, was a record $11.115 million. The previous record Claiming Crown...

By Michael Adolphson —- Fair Grounds Barn Notes Wentworth Brochu’s local favorite Chocolate Ride, a victor in all three graded turf stakes for older horses at the Fair Grounds over the course of the last two seasons, put in his final work before his 2016-17 debut at the New...

By Dan Smith —- BALTAS COULD BE WEST COAST’S BIG HOPE IN WEEKEND GRADE I STAKES Southern California racing fans who prefer to be somewhat parochial in their picks will likely be looking to Richard Baltas’ horses as the West Coast hopes against a horde of eastern invaders in...