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Stakes Advance – $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Friday, Jan. 2, 2026  $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Arkansans Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway are on the Kentucky Derby...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds to Host Inaugural Jockeys Dinner, Awards and Public Meet-and-Greet Benefiting PDJF NEW ORLEANS (Jan 1, 2026) — Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will host its inaugural Jockeys Dinner and Awards on Wednesday, Jan. 7, highlighted by a...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR STAKES WINNERS SOLITUDE DUDE, SNEAKY GOOD HEAD NOMS LISTS; MARIN, CAMACHO RIDE 3 WINNERS APIECE OLDSMAR, FL. – A pair of promising juveniles from major training stables are set to turn 3 on New Year’s Day, the date all North American Thoroughbreds...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Napravnik Returns to Fair Grounds for Sixth Annual New Vocations Day at the Races NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 31, 2026) — Retired jockey and Thoroughbred aftercare advocate Rosie Napravnik will return to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Saturday, Jan. 3 to...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN MONDAY, DEC. 29, 2025 BAFFERT: 3 OPENING DAY STAKES WINNERS ‘ALL DOING WELL’ GI AMERICAN OAKS WINNER AMBAYA LIKELY TO GET BREAK FRESU ‘OUT FOR SOME TIME’ WITH BROKEN TOE ON LEFT FOOT WORKS: SUPER CORREDORA DRILLS, TARGETING LAS VIRGENES GIII FRANKEL,...

Homebreds Our Moneyman, Little Miss Curlin Headline Louisiana Futurity Stakes NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 28, 2025) — Homebreds Our Moneyman and Little Miss Curlin headline the sibling $100,000 Louisiana Futurity Stakes set for Saturday, Jan. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025 Oaklawn’s fourth-annual all-2-year-old day was more like Mark Casse’s day. Casse, the Florida-based dual Hall of Fame trainer, won three of the 10 races Saturday, including the one-mile $150,000 Year’s End Stakes for...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, DEC. 28, 2025 •     MAKEUPS: RACING MONDAY, WEDNESDAY DUE TO POSTPONEMENT •     WORKS: BUSY MORNING UNDER CLEAR SKIES AFTER RAINSTORMS •     FREE PARKING, ADMISSION; ALL-DAY HAPPY HOUR MON., WED. MAKEUPS: RACING MONDAY, WEDNESDAY DUE TO...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 The Oaklawn racing department late Saturday morning listed nine probables and two other horses under consideration for the $250,000...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, DEC. 27, 2025 GI AMERICAN OAKS FAVE ATSILA MAKES U.S. BOW FOR BALTAS THOMAS RUNNERS LOOM IN 3 TURF STAKES RACES OPENING DAY SADLER HAS MATHIS MILE FAVE, UPSET CHANCE IN 2 OTHER STAKES MAKEUP CARDS ADDED FOR THIS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY GI AMERICAN...