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By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021) – After losing eight days of racing due to record-breaking winter weather, Oaklawn announced today a series of changes to its racing schedule designed to restore as much of the season as possible for the benefit...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR – The $100,000, 5-furlong Turf Dash Stakes for horses 4-years-old-and-upward and the $100,000, 5-furlong Lightning City Stakes for fillies and mares 4-and-upward have been moved from Saturday to Sunday, Feb. 21, Tampa Bay Downs Vice...

By David Joseph —- Hall of Famer Castellano Launching Comeback Wednesday Four-Time Eclipse Award Winner Had Leg Surgery in November HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Out of action since having leg surgery in mid-November, Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano is set to launch his...

By Brian Nadeau —- Maxfield Stars on Derby Preview Day Undercard Walsh Trainee Easily Wins Mineshaft New Orleans (February 13, 2021) – There may have been an anxious moment or two at the start of the $200,000 Mineshaft (G3) but there were hardly any late. Godolphin’s...

By Brian Nadeau —- Regally-bred Stonestreet Filly Closes from Last to Win New Orleans (February 13, 2020) – True rivalries in horse racing are few and far between, but there just might be a good one brewing in New Orleans between two very talented 3-year-old fillies on the...

By Brian Nadeau —- Beaten Lecomte Favorite Flips the Script on Midnight Bourbon, Proxy New Orleans (February 13, 2021) – Whether it was the addition of blinkers, experience, or added distance, it all came together for Mandaloun in the $400,000 Risen Star (G2), presented by...

By Jennifer Hoyt — HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021) – Due to the predicted winter weather expected in Hot Springs over the next few days, Oaklawn is canceling its extended Presidents’ Day weekend, Saturday, Feb. 13 – Monday, Feb. 15, and is rescheduling the three...

By Darren Rogers —- Pool 3 Opens Friday and Concludes Sunday at 6 p.m. EDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021) – Godolphin’s Eclipse Award-winning colt Essential Quality and CHC Inc and WinStar Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade III) winner Life Is Good were...

By Amy Owens —- LEXINGTON, KY (Feb. 2, 2021) – Keeneland will present 18 stakes, featuring the 97th running of the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2) and the 84th running of the $400,000 Central Bank Ashland (G1), worth a total of $4.1 million during its 2021 Spring Meet from...

By Mike Willman —- MEDINA SPIRIT STAMPS HIMSELF A TOP DERBY HOPEFUL IN GUTTY NECK WIN IN GRADE III, $100,000 ROBERT B. LEWIS STAKES AS HE GETS 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:46.26 OVER ‘GOOD’ SURFACE MEDINA SPIRIT RECEIVES 10 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 30,...