Barn Notes

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Busy Day for Rebel Stakes Workers It was a busy morning for 3-year-olds pointing towards the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) March 18 with top local prospects Petrov, Silver Dust and Uncontested all posting impressive works. Co-owner/trainer Ron Moquett of...

By ED GOLDEN / MIKE WILLMAN —- Dortmund; Benoit • CLASSY DORTMUND GOES GREEN IN KILROE MILE • FOUR-TIME ECLIPSE CHAMP CASTELLANO HERE ON SATURDAY • VINTAGE 1940 STARTING GATE ON DISPLAY IN PADDOCK GARDENS • TWO-TIME BIG ’CAP WINNER JOHN HENRY BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1975 •...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Hogy to Shakertown, Declines Dubai Invite • Tom’s d’Etat Nearing Return • Stakes Horses on Work Tab FOREVAMO READY FOR ROUND TWO Brittlyn Stable’s popular multiple graded stakes-placed colt Forevamo did not prove victorious in his 2017 unveiling,...

By Mike Henry —- Todd Pletcher; NYRA File Photo PLETCHER’S PRESENCE LIKELY TO BE FELT ON FESTIVAL DAY OLDSMAR, FL. – The defections of record-setting Sam F. Davis Stakes winner McCraken and Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Classic Empire have led many observers to...

By David Joseph —- Multiple G2 Winner Mohaymen Prepping for Return at Palm Meadows Elusive Joni Seeks to Continue Turf Success in $75,000 Captiva Island Promising 3-Year-Old Painter’s Rags Recovering from Minor Surgery HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Shadwell Stable’s multiple Grade...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Silver Bullion to Start in Rebel Stakes Lightly raced Silver Bullion will make his next start in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds March 18 at Oaklawn, Hall of Fame trainer D Wayne Lukas said Thursday morning. Ramon Vazquez, Oaklawn’s...