Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – A few weeks ago, hopes were high that trainer Mark Casse would arrive for Festival Day at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday with a pair of Eclipse Award champions set to compete. Although those tentative plans fell by the wayside, Casse could be a...

By David Joseph —- Guaranteed Multi-Race Wager Pools Scheduled for Saturday Rainbow 6-$600,000; Late Pick 4-$250,000; Late Pick 5-$200,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Saturday’s 13-race program at Gulfstream Park will feature guaranteed pools for the 20-cent Rainbow 6, the...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Farrell Has First Work Since Rachel Alexandra • Honorable Duty On Course for New Orleans Handicap • Valadorna Works Toward Ashland • Worker to Watch: Hollywood Handsome FARRELL HAS FIRST WORK SINCE RACHEL ALEXANDRA Coffeepot Stables’ homebred star...

BY ED GOLDEN / MIKE WILLMAN —- Doug O’Neill; Benoit • O’NEILL HAS ‘11- 4 THE MONEY’ ON SATURDAY • ‘CLASS IS IN’ THROUGHOUT DAY IN PADDOCK • WHITE’S MORNING LINE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SATURDAY STAKES TEAM O’NEILL SET FOR BUSY DAY WITH 11 HORSES ENTERED The big boys come...

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 •...