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By Rick Francis —- The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” passes through Oldsmar, Florida and Tampa Bay Downs with Festival Preview Day 46 and the running of the Sam F. Davis stakes. The day’s feature contest goes off as race 11 preceeded by stakes races the...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 Ricardo Santana Jr. became just the fourth jockey in Oaklawn history to reach 800 career victories when he guided Will Take It to a...

Just Katherine up in time in $135K Interborough By Keith McCalmont OZONE PARK, N.Y. – R.T Racing Stable’s Grade 2-placed Just Katherine arrived in the final strides to pick up her first career stakes win in Friday’s $135,000 Interborough, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and...

Stakes Advance – $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 A champion at 2 and 3, Nitrogen’s quest to become a champion at 4 begins Saturday at Oaklawn...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 Bob Baffert’s 47th scheduled starter in a Kentucky Derby points race at Oaklawn resembles so many of his previous 46 – well bred,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Superstar jockeys Irad Ortiz, Jr., and Flavien Prat, along with Hall of Fame member Javier Castellano, Gulfstream Park mainstay Edwin Gonzalez and other out-of-town fortune-seekers, will descend on Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday for Festival...

Stakes Advance – $1 Million Southwest Stakes (G3) Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 Oaklawn’s “Road to the Kentucky Derby” resumes, belatedly, Friday with the $1 million...

By Mike Henry —- RENEGADE, CONFESSIONAL TOP DAVIS FIELD; ZANY HEADS SUNCOAST OLDSMAR, FL. – Three-year-old colts trained by Todd Pletcher and Brad Cox, who have combined to win the Kentucky Derby three times, comprise one-third of a nine-horse field for Saturday’s $250,000...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 Exercise rider Bethany Taylor, for now, is back on the Kentucky Derby trail. Taylor regularly gallops and works unbeaten D’code, who will make his stakes and two-turn debut in the $1 million Southwest (G3) for...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Star Power Builds as Stakes Entries Emerge for Louisiana Derby Preview Day NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 4, 2026) — Fields are taking shape for Louisiana Derby Preview Day on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, featuring six stakes races worth...