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By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Concludes 154th Season with Repeat Champions and Record Performances NEW ORLEANS (March 24, 2026) – Repeat champions, record-setting performances and national implications highlighted the 2025–26 meet at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots,...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- – Trainer Linda Rice will have a number of chances across Saturday’s lucrative Winter Starter Championships program featuring seven starter allowance events offering a combined $545,000 in purse money, at Aqueduct Racetrack. Rice has entered a total of...

Santa Anita PressBox —- JULIEN LEPAROUX WINS 2026 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL AWARD THROUGH A NATIONWIDE VOTE OF HIS FELLOW PEERS ARCADIA, CA (March 23, 2026)—Julien Leparoux is the winner of the 2026 George Woolf Award via a nationwide vote of his fellow riders. The George Woolf...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Closing Day Stakes Led by He’s Late Again on Time in $100,000 Star Guitar NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Closing Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots delivered a series of standout performances, highlighted by George Messina’s He’s Late Again...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Sunday, March 22, 2026 Champion Nitrogen returned to the work tab Sunday morning at Oaklawn with a sizzling half-mile workout over a fast track for dual...

Starting gate getting crowded Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Fulleffort and Emerging Market won the Jeff Ruby and the Louisiana Derby respectively and earned spots in the Kentucky Derby starting on the first Saturday in May....

By Kevin Kilroy —- Favorites Sweep Trio of Louisiana Derby Day Undercard Stakes NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Way to Be Marie successfully defended her title in the $150,000 Tom Benson Memorial, while Nine Part captured his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Costa Rising...

OBy Kevin Kilroy —- Life Of Joy; Hodges Life Of Joy Reels in Bella Ballerina to Upset Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Will Stroud, Andrew Farm, Mountmellick Farm and For the People Racing Stable’s Life of Joy reeled in Bella Ballerina to win the...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Emerging Market Edges Pavlovian in Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, Secures Kentucky Derby Berth NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Overcoming a far outside post, Klaravich Stables’ Emerging Market outfinished a determined Pavlovian to win the Grade 2, $1 million...

$500,000 Essex Handicap (G3) Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media Chris Ho, Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Download Race Chart Larger Race Photos SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING – Essex Handicap (G3) – 78th Running...