Bourbon Cowboy shows up in turf sprint allowance

Trainer Richie Scherer said last week he was aiming Bourbon Cowboy at the Black Gold Stakes, but Scherer, evidently, found a better spot sooner. Bourbon Cowboy, a sharp second to Cinco Charlie in the Sugar Bowl Stakes here last month, is one of eight horses entered in Friday’s featured eighth race, a first-level, turf sprint allowance for 3-year-olds that’s also open to $50,000 claimers.

Bourbon Cowboy made his first five starts on synthetic surfaces, running well in stakes at Arlington and Presque Isle. The Sugar Bowl, which earned him a 96 Beyer, marked his dirt debut, and Friday’s race will be the first on turf for Bourbon Cowboy, a son of Cowboy Cal.

Notte d’Oro to Bayou

Notte d’Oro, who made a winning stakes debut Saturday in the Marie Krantz Memorial, came out of the race in good shape and will be pointed to the $60,000 Bayou Stakes on Feb. 21 at Fair Grounds. Mike Stidham, who trains the lightly raced 4-year-old filly for Twin Creeks Racing Stables, said Notte d’Oro is a candidate for the Bewitch Stakes at 1 1/2 miles in April at Keeneland.

◗ Jockey Richard Eramia, injured and out of action since a spill in late November, was to start working horses again this week, and is scheduled to begin riding races again on Jan. 29, his agent, Rick Mocklin said in a text message Tuesday.