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By Kevin Kilroy —- Double-Barreled for Gun Runner, McPeek Discusses Road to Derby Kickoff Day Stakes Entries Cross-entered Miss Call to run in Untapable NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 17, 2025) — With four stakes entries on Road to the Derby Kickoff Day at Fair Grounds Race Course...

Opening Weekend Recap Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 Oaklawn Delivers Record-Setting Opening Weekend as 2025 Racing Season Begins Hot Springs, AR. — Oaklawn’s 2025 Thoroughbred racing season opened...

NYRA announces stakes schedule for the 2026 Aqueduct winter meet OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2026 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will include 20 stakes races worth more than $3.1 million in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Touchuponastar; Hodges Photo “His Eminence” Touchuponastar Scores Record Fourth Louisiana Champions Day Classic NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 13, 2025) — Louisiana Champions Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots featured seven stakes races totaling $900,000 in...

Compiled by Robert Yates $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes HOT SPRINGS, AR – Roll On Big Joe remains in sharp form, scoring a front-running victory in the $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs Saturday at Oaklawn. Roll On Big Joe ($6.40), who was ridden...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Wide-Open $100,000 Gun Runner Attracts Eight Derby-Dreaming Colts Visually Impressive Pashmina Begins Road to Oaks in Saturday’s Untapable at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 13, 2025) —Led by Brookdale Racing and Fern Circle Stables’ Liberty National, a...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Dec. 10, 2025 Jockey Francisco Arrieta wore out his right arm during the final 1 ½ months of the 62-day Oaklawn meeting in 2024-2025, parlaying a scorching stretch of success into his second local riding title. Arrieta raises his...

By Mike Henry —- EHV-1 CASE CONFIRMED; TWO BARNS UNDER QUARANTINE OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on Barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of EHV-1 (Equine Herpesvirus Type 1), a contagious virus that causes Equine...

Stakes Advance – $150,000 Advent Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025  $150,000 Advent Stakes Spun D M C is the 5-2 program favorite for the 5 ½-furlong $150,000 Advent Stakes for 2-year-olds on Friday at Oaklawn. The Advent headlines Oaklawn’s...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 For now anyway, Banishing is a sprinter. A star last season in Hot Springs, Banishing launches his 2025-2026 Oaklawn campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes at six furlongs. Trained by David Jacobson,...