Barn Notes

By Ed Golden —- • GORMLEY BREEZES FOR GRADE III SHAM STAKES • ‘DADDYO’ COOL FOR THE GRADE II SAN GABRIEL • CADET RONI READY FOR GRADE III LAS CIENEGAS • $12 MILLION PEGASUS NEXT FOR MIDNIGHT STORM? GORMLEY WORKS ‘VERY WELL’ FOR SHAM Under Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor...

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 2, 2017) – Two horses on the backstretch at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots spiked temperatures Monday morning. As a result of this development, the precautionary step has been taken to place the entirety of the Fair Grounds...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – For the majority of participants in Thoroughbred racing, their involvement transcends making a living. Many adopt a nomadic existence, moving from one track to the next and from state to state at least once or twice a year. Anyone who has...

By Ed Golden —- • NEW YEAR OFF TO A WINNING START FOR NAKATANI • SHAH TURNS HIS HORSES OVER TO SHERMAN, O’NEILL • SHANE’S GIRLFRIEND TO RUN IN SANTA YNEZ STAKES NAKATANI RETURNS TO SANTA ANITA A WINNER Corey Nakatani is back. Now 46, the native of Covina has returned to...

By Michael Adolphson, Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 1, 2017) – A third horse has tested positive for equine herpes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The horse, trained by Mike Stidham, resides in Barn 36 and contracted EHV-1 non-neurogenic type, also call...

By Michael Adolphson —- • Geroux Asserts in Jockey Standings • Yockey’s Warrior Has Options for Stall • Work Tab Hodges Photography GEROUX ASSERTS IN JOCKEY STANDINGS Jockey Florent Geroux has quickly asserted himself in the jockey colony at Fair Grounds Race Course &...