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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, JAN 11, 2026 SO HAPPY WILL LIKELY GET 2-TURN TEST IN GII SAN FELIPE MARCH 7 WORKS: 4 BREEDERS’ CUP WINNERS ON STAR-STUDDED TAB CAL CUP DAY THIS SATURDAY FEATURES 5 STAKES FOR STATEBREDS LAS VIRGENES, GIII SANTA YSABEL BOTH PUSHED BACK A WEEK...

By Mike Henry —- DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS OLDSMAR, FL.—Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch 4-year-old filly Drexel...

By Mike Henry —- DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS OLDSMAR, FL.—Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch 4-year-old filly Drexel...

By Victor Ryan —- EXPLORA ROLLS TO 5 ¼-LENGTH ROMP IN SATURDAY’S SANTA YNEZ STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES GOING 7 FURLONGS AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 10, 2026)—After biding her time in last down the backstretch, Explora was roused by jockey Juan Hernandez on the turn...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Lotsandlotsofcandy Piles It On Menard Field in First Stakes Victory El Dinero Cashes in Palmisano; Blue Fire Turns Tables in Wright NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 10, 2025) — Jay Em Ess Stable’s Lotsandlotsofcandy broke to the front and never allowed her five rivals...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2026 GII SAN VICENTE: ACKNOWLEDGEMEPLZ LEADS O’NEILL DUO STARK CONTRAST, LA VILLE LUMIERE ON THE ASCENT FOR MCCARTHY WORKS: IMAGINATION, CORNUCOPIAN, LITMUS TEST ON TAB $12K CARRYOVER IN FRIDAY’S $1 SUNSET PICK 6 UP FOR GRABS MAKEUP DAY...

By Mike Henry—- OLDSMAR, FL. – Every few months, Samy Camacho asks his wife Kismar Torcat and their children to decide what color to dye his hair. The 37-year-old jockey is graying around the edges, and he prefers to look as young as he feels. Camacho currently sports...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, JAN 8, 2026 BUETANE BACK IN GII SAN VICENTE; EXPLORA LOOMS IN SANTA YNEZ AFTER DELAYS, GIII ROBERT J. FRANKEL AND EDDIE LOGAN A GO RESCHEDULED GIII LAS FLORES JOINS GIII LAS CIENEGAS SUNDAY HALL OF FAME JOCKEY ESPINOZA BACK IN ACTION AT SANTA...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 The staggering numbers, lately sentimental, continue to pile up at Oaklawn for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. Asmussen ($1,020,890) became the first trainer at the 64-day split season to reach $1 million in...

By Victor Ryan —- POSTPONEMENT LEADS TO EXPANDED FIELD FOR THIS SUNDAY’S GRADE III LAS FLORES; MAGNIFICAT, THERMAL STILL LOOM IN 6-FURLONG SPRINT FOR FILLIES AND MARES ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 6, 2026)—A seven-day postponement of the Grade III Las Flores Stakes due to rain has...