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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Sunday, December 21, 2025 Unbeaten Grade 2 winner Ewing and stakes-winning Strategic Risk are scheduled to arrive Monday at Oaklawn to continue preparations for their 3-year-old campaigns, according to assistant Caden Arthur, who oversees...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Déjà-vu as Idratherbeblessed Upsets Diliberto NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 20, 2025) — Last year’s long-odds winner of the Muniz (G2) struck again, as Idratherbeblessed wired the field at 17-1 in the $100,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial at Fair Grounds Race Course...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Chip Honcho Earns Asmussen Third Gun Runner Title NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 20, 2025) — Leland Ackerley Racing’s Chip Honcho prevailed in a thrilling edition of the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, giving trainer Steve Asmussen...

$135,000 Tinsel Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates —- Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 For Immediate Release $150,000 Tinsel Stakes HOT SPRINGS, AR – It looked like a one-horse race on paper. It played out that way on the track. Millionaire Grade 1 winner Rattle N Roll had a...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 Trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr.’s 988th career winner made quite the impression. Favored D’code rocketed to a front-running 8 ¼-length debut victory in Sunday’s fourth race at Oaklawn, a dazzling performance that has his...

By Mike Henry —- WEDNESDAY’S CARD FEATURES ULTIMATE 6 JACKPOT FORCED PAYOUT OLDSMAR. FL. – Fans attending today’s action were greeted by glorious weather, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s. The forecast through the rest of 2025 is for more of the same, a...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Chip Honcho Earns Asmussen Third Gun Runner Title NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 20, 2025) — Leland Ackerley Racing’s Chip Honcho prevailed in a thrilling edition of the $100,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, giving trainer Steve Asmussen...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 Trainer Sarah Shaffer calls American Law her big horse. Her big horse did big things in Sunday’s eighth race at Oaklawn, a one-mile...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs trainer Juan Carlos Avila was 17 when he got a racetrack job at La Rinconada Hippodrome in his hometown of Caracas working for prominent Venezuelan trainer Gustavo Lopez. Avila spent six years observing Lopez’s daily routine...

By Joe Kristufek —- Top to Bottom, Tomorrow’s Road to the Derby Kickoff Day Card is Jam Packed with Quality & Wagering Opportunities Big ticket items, classy pedigrees & top connections prominent in non-stakes events New Orleans, La (December 29, 2025) – The...