Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • CLOCKER EVALUATES WIDE OPEN SA DERBY • MANDELLA TESTS GRADE I WATERS IN OAKS • BALDWIN AVE. TRAFFIC DIVERTED SATURDAY • FIRST WIN THRILLS NEW OWNER POLANSKY REACH THE WORLD, BATTLE OF MIDWAY COULD STEP UP With a 7-2 morning line favorite in Iliad, it’s no...

By Amy Owens —- Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. ********** Visit...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Streamline Works toward Apple Blossom Streamline moved closer to a scheduled start in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) for older fillies and mares April 14 at Oaklawn by working 5 furlongs Tuesday morning for trainer Brian Williamson. Streamline...

By Ed Golden —- • BAFFERT ENTERS THREE IN SANTA ANITA DERBY • O’NEILL HAS FOUR FOR THE MONEY SATURDAY • HOLLENDORFER EYES FIRST SA DERBY VICTORY • IT TIZ WELL, ABEL TASMAN HEAD GRADE I OAKS • RECORD $16 MILLION FOR PEGASUS WORLD CUP • PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $135,546 INTO...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Keeneland’s 15-day Spring Meet opens Friday and concludes Friday, April 28, with racing on Wednesdays through Sundays. Post time for the first race each day is 1:05 p.m. ET. Keeneland will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 16. **********...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Classic Empire Works towards Arkansas Derby Eclipse Award winner Classic Empire remains on course to make his next start in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn, trainer Mark Casse said Tuesday afternoon. Classic Empire, under regular...