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By Claire Crosby —- MAGNITUDE UPSETS FOREVER YOUNG, SHAKES UP CLASSIC PICTURE If the results of one of racing’s premier international racing festivals, the March 28 Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse, are any indication, the sport is in for plenty of excitement...

5$1,000,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) & $250,000 Matron Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media COUNTING STARS – Fantasy Stakes (G2) – 54th Running Friday, Mar. 27, 2026 Oaklawn Stakes Race Recap $1,000,000 Fantasy Stakes (G2) Dual Hall of...

$200,000 Hot Springs Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media Chris Ho, Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 DESERT GATE – Hot Springs Stakes – 4th Running Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026 For Immediate Release Oaklawn...

Santa Anita PressBox —- JULIEN LEPAROUX WINS 2026 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL AWARD THROUGH A NATIONWIDE VOTE OF HIS FELLOW PEERS ARCADIA, CA (March 23, 2026)—Julien Leparoux is the winner of the 2026 George Woolf Award via a nationwide vote of his fellow riders. The George Woolf...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Closing Day Stakes Led by He’s Late Again on Time in $100,000 Star Guitar NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Closing Day at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots delivered a series of standout performances, highlighted by George Messina’s He’s Late Again...

Starting gate getting crowded Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview —- TRINITY, Fla. – Fulleffort and Emerging Market won the Jeff Ruby and the Louisiana Derby respectively and earned spots in the Kentucky Derby starting on the first Saturday in May....

By Kevin Kilroy —- Favorites Sweep Trio of Louisiana Derby Day Undercard Stakes NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Way to Be Marie successfully defended her title in the $150,000 Tom Benson Memorial, while Nine Part captured his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Costa Rising...

OBy Kevin Kilroy —- Life Of Joy; Hodges Life Of Joy Reels in Bella Ballerina to Upset Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Will Stroud, Andrew Farm, Mountmellick Farm and For the People Racing Stable’s Life of Joy reeled in Bella Ballerina to win the...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Emerging Market Edges Pavlovian in Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, Secures Kentucky Derby Berth NEW ORLEANS (March 21, 2026) – Overcoming a far outside post, Klaravich Stables’ Emerging Market outfinished a determined Pavlovian to win the Grade 2, $1 million...

$500,000 Essex Handicap (G3) Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media Chris Ho, Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Download Race Chart Larger Race Photos SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING – Essex Handicap (G3) – 78th Running...