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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, JAN 4, 2026 ECLIPSE AWARDS: SUPER CORREDORA AMONG 9 SA-BASED FINALISTS SANTA YNEZ, GIII LAS FLORES RESCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND SYNTHETIC TRAINING TRACK PROVING VALUE AMID RAINSTORMS RACING RESUMES THURSDAY WITH MAKEUP CARD; JAN. 15 ADDED...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Big Trouble Back in Menard After Pan Zareta Win Saturday’s Trio of Stakes Includes Palmisano and Wright NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 4, 2025) — Exiting a career-best effort in which she captured the Pan Zareta by open lengths, Donamire Farm’s homebred Big Trouble...

By Christian Abdo —- My World overtakes favored Balboa late in $150K Jerome OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Robert V. LaPenta and Madaket Stables’ My World edged past the 3-5 favorite Balboa late to win Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack....

250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media STRATEGIC RISK – Smarty Jones Stakes – 19th Running Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 For Immediate Release $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse’s magical...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Sunday racing is set for its 2025-26 season debut with a nine-race card beginning at 12:32 p.m. Course conditions permitting, there are three turf races on tap – the fifth, seventh and ninth – all at a distance of 1 mile. Sunday racing was...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 Dazzling Oaklawn debut winner D’code returned to the work tab Wednesday morning, covering a half-mile in :51.20 for trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr. Ashford said Bethany Taylor, D’code’s normal morning partner, was aboard...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Perfect Little Miss Curlin Notches Stakes Triple with Futurity NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2025) — Coteau Grove Farms’ homebred Little Miss Curlin reasserted her dominance Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots, winning the fillies division of the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Martin’s Italian Trainer of the Month Juan Arriagada got an offer most people wouldn’t refuse after his (then)-2-year-old filly Strike D’ Oro won her career debut on July 4 at Presque Isle Downs in an eye-popping 57.57 seconds for the...

Sovereignty gets the nod Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 2026 SANTA YNEZ: LA WALLY, REVERA LOOK TO UPEND BAFFERT TRIO MAKEUP CARD ADDED FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 8 AFTER CANCELLATIONS FRIDAY’S $1 SUNSET PICK 6 HAS $6,991 CARRYOVER; STARTS AT 12:19 FRIDAY’S RACES ARE OFF THE TURF, MOVED TO MAIN TRACK...