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By Kevin Kilroy —- Golden Rod Winner Bella Ballerina Headlines Grade 2 $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Rachel Alexandra NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 7, 2026) — Making her first start as a 3-year-old, Golden Rod Stakes (G2) winner Bella Ballerina headlines Saturday’s $300,000 Grade 2 Rachel...

From Mike Henry Lynne Snierson contributed to this report. — Renegade; Tampa Bay Downs Photo RENEGADE, ORTIZ DASH LONGSHOT AMBITIONS; CONCRETE GLORY WINS PELICAN OLDSMAR, FL. – From where Tampa Bay Downs jockey Marcos Meneses was sitting, the 46th running of the $250,000...

$1,000,000 Southwest Stakes Stakes (G3) Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media —- Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 For Immediate Release $1,000,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) It’s now a Mark Casse trifecta. Casse, the dual Hall of Fame trainer, recorded his third...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 2026 GIII LEWIS: INTREPIDO RETURNS AFTER TROUBLE IN BREEDERS’ CUP GII LUKAS: ME AND MOLLY MCGEE BACK FROM LAYOFF FOR EURTON $52K CARRYOVER IN FRIDAY’S $2 PICK 6; FREE PP’S AVAILABLE 1/ST & ARRANCA TV LAUNCH SPANISH-LANGUAGE RACING...

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...