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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Sunday racing is set for its 2025-26 season debut with a nine-race card beginning at 12:32 p.m. Course conditions permitting, there are three turf races on tap – the fifth, seventh and ninth – all at a distance of 1 mile. Sunday racing was...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 Dazzling Oaklawn debut winner D’code returned to the work tab Wednesday morning, covering a half-mile in :51.20 for trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr. Ashford said Bethany Taylor, D’code’s normal morning partner, was aboard...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Perfect Little Miss Curlin Notches Stakes Triple with Futurity NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2025) — Coteau Grove Farms’ homebred Little Miss Curlin reasserted her dominance Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots, winning the fillies division of the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Martin’s Italian Trainer of the Month Juan Arriagada got an offer most people wouldn’t refuse after his (then)-2-year-old filly Strike D’ Oro won her career debut on July 4 at Presque Isle Downs in an eye-popping 57.57 seconds for the...

Sovereignty gets the nod Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – The 55th Annual Eclipse Awards Dinner will be held Jan. 22, 2025, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Fla. As a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, one of the three voting...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 2026 SANTA YNEZ: LA WALLY, REVERA LOOK TO UPEND BAFFERT TRIO MAKEUP CARD ADDED FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 8 AFTER CANCELLATIONS FRIDAY’S $1 SUNSET PICK 6 HAS $6,991 CARRYOVER; STARTS AT 12:19 FRIDAY’S RACES ARE OFF THE TURF, MOVED TO MAIN TRACK...

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...