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Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview Speed King races to Southwest win TRINITY, Fla. – The demolition derby that was run as the Southwest Stakes on Jan. 25 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., saw the three top betting favorites basically eliminated at the start. The...

Compiled by Robert Yates Fittingly, Oaklawn’s first seven-figure race of the 2024-2025 meeting includes a seven-figure horse. Sandman – pricey but promising – is among 10 horses entered in Saturday’s $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds, a 1 1/16-mile event that is...

NTRA —- 2024 Eclipse Award Winners Are Announced, Thorpedo Anna Voted 2024 Horse of the Year Sierra Leone Voted Champion Three-Year-Old Male; Chad Brown wins Fifth Outstanding Trainer Title; Flavien Prat Named Outstanding Jockey PALM BEACH, Fla. (January 23, 2025) – The...

Compiled by Robert Yates Needing one victory in early November to clinch a championship, Gaming is now seeking a resume reboot in late January. “He went from the top 12 to nowhere,” Bob Baffert, Gaming’s Southern California-based Hall of Fame trainer, said Wednesday mornin...

By David Joseph —- Pegasus World Cup Day News & Notes Hall of Famer Pletcher Well-Represented on Pegasus World Cup Day Program Connections Hoping Third Time’s the Charm for ‘Skippy’ in Pegasus World Cup Led by Integration, McGaughey has Three of a Kind for Pegasus Turf...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Honor Marie Posts First Breeze Since Travers East Avenue Drills Five Furlongs in Company Live Racing Set to Resume on Friday, Jan. 24 Fair Grounds Announces “Twilight Tailgate Racing” on Super Bowl Weekend New Orleans, La (Jan. 23, 2025) – Having joined...

By David Joseph —- Mystic Dan; G. Sonny Hughes Photo Pegasus World Cup Day News & Notes Albarado on Mystik Dan for Pegasus World Cup:‘I’m Expecting Him to Win’ Trainer Correas Seeking Pegasus Defense with Chilean G1 Winner Dona Clota Grade 1 Winner Nobals Making...

Compiled by Robert Yates Only six females have been crowned Horse of the Year since the Eclipse Awards, an equine version of the Oscars, were introduced in 1971. All but one raced at Oaklawn. Oaklawn is poised for a sixth female Horse of the Year in Thorpedo Anna, an expected...

By David Joseph —- Formidableman; Gulfstream provided photo McCarthy Looks to Build on Enviable Gulfstream Record in Pegasus Turf SoCal Trainer ‘Looking Forward to Getting Back There’ with Formidable Man HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — With so many fond memories of success at...

By Mike Henry —- TOP TRAINERS APPEAR TO HAVE STRONG HANDS FOR “TURF CHAMPIONS DAY” OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainer Chad Brown, whose wellspring of talented turf horses seems to never run dry, has nominated five horses apiece to the Grade III, $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes and the Grade...