Barn Notes

By STABLE NOTES BY SANTA ANITA PRESS BOX —- SUNDAY, JAN. 05, 2025 HOF TRAINER BOB BAFFERT MAPS OUT HIS STARS 2024 ECLIPSE AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED SUNDAY MYSTERY VOUCHER PROMOTION UNVEILS $10,000 JUAN HERNANDEZ HAS WINNING DAY SATURDAY MEMORIAL FOR MEL & ANNABELLE...

By David Joseph —- GULFSTREAM TODAY 1.5.25 Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Yields Multiple $36,102 Payoffs Sequence Begins Anew When Live Racing Resumes Wednesday Gulfstream Well-Represented Among Eclipse Award Finalists HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent...

Compiled by Robert Yates —- Riding the momentum of a career year in 2024, trainer Greg Compton opened 2025 by checking off a bucket-list item Saturday at Oaklawn when G W’s Girl captured the $150,000 Mockingbird Stakes. The Mockingbird, a six-furlong race for 3-year-old...

By Mike Henry —- INAUGURAL RUNNER-UP NAUGHTY RASCAL GEARS UP FOR OWEN ALMIGHTY OLDSMAR, FL. – After watching Naughty Rascal breeze 4 furlongs in 49 1/5 seconds this morning, trainer Gerald Bennett believes the 3-year-old colt is coming up to Saturday’s $150,000, 7-furlong...

Compiled by Robert Yates When he runs, he’s good. The problem for Bishops Bay is he hasn’t run often. “Nothing major,” trainer Brad Cox said, when asked about the horse’s physical history. “A lot of small things. No surgeries or anything along the way.” Armed with only five...

By Mike Henry —- UNCASHED RAISES HOPES FOR STRONG 2025; 60K LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER SUNDAY OLDSMAR, FL. – With his impressive victory in today’s first race at Tampa Bay Downs, 5-year-old Florida-bred gelding Uncashed is already in the running to be one of horse racing’s best...