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Stories by The Pressbox StaffGulfsteam Park Barn Notes: Tequilita Nominated to Royal Delta on Feb. 16
From the Gulfstream Park Media Team: Dorothy Alexander Matz’s Tequilita is prominent among 17 nominations for the $150,000 Royal Delta (G3) Feb. 16 at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Michael Matz saddled the 5-year-old daughter of Union Rags for a going-away 2 ½-length triumph in the $100,000 Rampart (G3) Dec. 28 at Gulfstream Park. Like the Rampart, […]
Oaklawn Barn Notes: Heartwood Favored in King Cotton on Saturday
(Wilbo returns as the defending champ in the King Cotton / Photo Courtesy of Oaklawn Park) From the Oaklawn Media Team: Heartwood’s second career start came at Oaklawn and No. 26 will mark his return to Hot Springs in Saturday’s $100,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters at 6 furlongs. Probable post time for the […]
Santa Anita Barn Notes: Bellafina Doing Well
(Bellafina before the Breeders’ Cup in November / Photo by Holly M. Smith) BELLAFINA DOING ‘GREAT’ FOR LAS VIRGENES Recapturing her best form winning the Grade II Santa Ynez Stakes by 8 ½ lengths on Jan. 6 after being “in season” during a disappointing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last Nov. 2, Bellafina […]
Aqueduct Barn Notes: Midnight Disguise Returns in Biogio’s Rose
(Midnight Disguise to run in Biogio’s Rose on Sunday / Photo by Joe Labozzetta & Courtesy of NYRA) From the NYRA Media Team: Midnight Disguise will make her first start in more than nine months when she returns to action as one of eight New York-bred fillies and mares 4-years-old and up in the fourth […]
Free at Brisnet.com: PPs For Sam F. Davis Stakes & More
The Sam F. Davis is the lone points race, BUT there is plenty of other information to put into action with Kentucky Derby Future Wager 2. Here are FREE Brisnet.com PPs for… The Sam F. Davis Stakes: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SamFDavis19.pdf Kentucky Derby Future Wager 2: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Derby19Future2.pdf All Triple Crown nominees: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TC19noms.pdf
Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Winter Sunset Tackles Stakes Company / Dream Maker Returns on Saturday
(Winter Sunset breaking the maiden at the Fair Grounds earlier this meet / Hodges Photography & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) By Ryan Martin, Fair Grounds Media Team: WINTER SUNSET MAKES STAKES DEBUT IN SHANTEL LANERIE MEMORIAL OVERNIGHT STAKES Royally bred horses are met with high expectations and Winter Sunset did not disappoint with an […]
Aqueduct Barn Notes: Haikal To Run in Jimmy Winkfield Stakes on Saturday
From the NYRA Media Team: Following an impressive maiden victory in his second career start, Shadwell Stable’s Haikal will headline a seven-horse field in the 35th running of the $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct Racetrack. For 3-year-olds going seven furlongs, the Jimmy Winkfield, which will go as the second leg of Saturday’s Cross Country Pick […]
Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Six Shooter Headed to Southwest Stakes
(Six Shooter winning the Big Drama Stakes at Delta Downs / Photo Courtesy of Oaklawn Park) From the Oaklawn Park Media Team: Six Shooter is being pointed for the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds Feb. 18 at Oaklawn, trainer Paul Holthus of Hot Springs said Sunday morning. Six Shooter was beaten 1 ½ lengths […]
Gulfstream Park Barn Notes: G3 Suwannee River Stakes on Saturday
(Rymska favored in G3 Suwannee River on Saturday / Photo Courtesy of Gulfstream Park) From the Gulfstream Park Media Team: Madaket Stables, Tom Coleman, Team Hanley and Norton Herrick’s multiple graded-stakes winner Rymska will be the horse to beat when she kicks off her 5-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Suwannee River (G3) at Gulfstream Park. […]
Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Positive Spirit To Run in G2 Rachel Alexandra on Feb. 16
(Positive Spirit winning at Churchill Downs / Coady Photography & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) By Ryan Martin, Fair Grounds Media Team: BRISSET’S GRADED STAKES WINNERS POSITIVE SPIRIT, QUIP TO MAKE 2019 DEBUT AT FAIR GROUNDS When your older half-brother is a Kentucky Derby winner, it’s natural for high expectations to carry over. Positive Spirit […]
Gulfsteam Park Barn Notes: Tequilita Nominated to Royal Delta on Feb. 16
From the Gulfstream Park Media Team: Dorothy Alexander Matz’s Tequilita is prominent among 17 nominations for the $150,000 Royal Delta (G3) Feb. 16 at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Michael Matz saddled the 5-year-old daughter of Union Rags for a going-away 2 ½-length triumph in the $100,000 Rampart (G3) Dec. 28 at Gulfstream Park. Like the Rampart, […]
Oaklawn Barn Notes: Heartwood Favored in King Cotton on Saturday
(Wilbo returns as the defending champ in the King Cotton / Photo Courtesy of Oaklawn Park) From the Oaklawn Media Team: Heartwood’s second career start came at Oaklawn and No. 26 will mark his return to Hot Springs in Saturday’s $100,000 King Cotton Stakes for older sprinters at 6 furlongs. Probable post time for the […]
Santa Anita Barn Notes: Bellafina Doing Well
(Bellafina before the Breeders’ Cup in November / Photo by Holly M. Smith) BELLAFINA DOING ‘GREAT’ FOR LAS VIRGENES Recapturing her best form winning the Grade II Santa Ynez Stakes by 8 ½ lengths on Jan. 6 after being “in season” during a disappointing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last Nov. 2, Bellafina […]
Aqueduct Barn Notes: Midnight Disguise Returns in Biogio’s Rose
(Midnight Disguise to run in Biogio’s Rose on Sunday / Photo by Joe Labozzetta & Courtesy of NYRA) From the NYRA Media Team: Midnight Disguise will make her first start in more than nine months when she returns to action as one of eight New York-bred fillies and mares 4-years-old and up in the fourth […]
Free at Brisnet.com: PPs For Sam F. Davis Stakes & More
The Sam F. Davis is the lone points race, BUT there is plenty of other information to put into action with Kentucky Derby Future Wager 2. Here are FREE Brisnet.com PPs for… The Sam F. Davis Stakes: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SamFDavis19.pdf Kentucky Derby Future Wager 2: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Derby19Future2.pdf All Triple Crown nominees: http://brisnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TC19noms.pdf
Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Winter Sunset Tackles Stakes Company / Dream Maker Returns on Saturday
(Winter Sunset breaking the maiden at the Fair Grounds earlier this meet / Hodges Photography & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) By Ryan Martin, Fair Grounds Media Team: WINTER SUNSET MAKES STAKES DEBUT IN SHANTEL LANERIE MEMORIAL OVERNIGHT STAKES Royally bred horses are met with high expectations and Winter Sunset did not disappoint with an […]
Aqueduct Barn Notes: Haikal To Run in Jimmy Winkfield Stakes on Saturday
From the NYRA Media Team: Following an impressive maiden victory in his second career start, Shadwell Stable’s Haikal will headline a seven-horse field in the 35th running of the $150,000 Jimmy Winkfield at Aqueduct Racetrack. For 3-year-olds going seven furlongs, the Jimmy Winkfield, which will go as the second leg of Saturday’s Cross Country Pick […]
Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Six Shooter Headed to Southwest Stakes
(Six Shooter winning the Big Drama Stakes at Delta Downs / Photo Courtesy of Oaklawn Park) From the Oaklawn Park Media Team: Six Shooter is being pointed for the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds Feb. 18 at Oaklawn, trainer Paul Holthus of Hot Springs said Sunday morning. Six Shooter was beaten 1 ½ lengths […]
Gulfstream Park Barn Notes: G3 Suwannee River Stakes on Saturday
(Rymska favored in G3 Suwannee River on Saturday / Photo Courtesy of Gulfstream Park) From the Gulfstream Park Media Team: Madaket Stables, Tom Coleman, Team Hanley and Norton Herrick’s multiple graded-stakes winner Rymska will be the horse to beat when she kicks off her 5-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Suwannee River (G3) at Gulfstream Park. […]
Fair Grounds Barn Notes: Positive Spirit To Run in G2 Rachel Alexandra on Feb. 16
(Positive Spirit winning at Churchill Downs / Coady Photography & Courtesy of the Fair Grounds) By Ryan Martin, Fair Grounds Media Team: BRISSET’S GRADED STAKES WINNERS POSITIVE SPIRIT, QUIP TO MAKE 2019 DEBUT AT FAIR GROUNDS When your older half-brother is a Kentucky Derby winner, it’s natural for high expectations to carry over. Positive Spirit […]
