Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • ESPINOZA’S WILD RIDE ON CHROME COULD CONTINUE • APPRENTICE FUENTES WINS FIRST RACE AT SANTA ANITA • STEVENS PROGRESSING FROM LEFT HIP REPLACEMENT CALIFORNIA CHROME: IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER Victor Espinoza, who journeyed worldwide aboard California...

By Jennifer Hoyt Unbeaten Jerrid Set to Make 3-Year-Old Debut Unbeaten Jerrid is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in a first-level allowance/optional claimer going a mile Friday at Oaklawn, trainer Scott Young said Saturday morning. Jerrid, a son of 2003 Horse of the Year...

By Mike Henry—- OLDSMAR, FL. – Field Trip, who overcame a sloppy track to break his maiden in virtually gate-to-wire fashion at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 10, and R Angel Katelyn, a two-time stakes winner co-owned by Bradenton, Fla., construction executive Rich Averill, have...

By Michael Adolphson —- • McPeek Likes Pat On the Back’s Lecomte Chances • Rocket Time to Stay on Dirt in Louisiana • Cox Expects Improvement from Chocolate Ride, Dazzling Gem • Ever So Clever Tops Work Tab McPEEK LIKES PAT ON THE BACK’S LECOMTE CHANCES One of the more...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Perfect Wife returned to the work tab Friday morning at Oaklawn, breezing a half-mile in :50.80 over a sealed, muddy surface just after the track opened for trainer Kenny McPeek. Following the work, McPeek said Perfect Wife remains on target to make her...

By Ed Golden —- • CLOCKER GIVES ARROGATE HORSE OF THE YEAR NOD • CAL-BREDS SEEK $1 MILLION IN GOLD NEXT SATURDAY • ALL’S ‘FARE’ FOR UBER RIDERS TO AND FROM TRACK • PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER CLIMBS OVER $222,684 HORSE OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW Horse of the Year 2016...