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Ron Correll Senior columnist Tracksideview TRINITY, Fla. – Although weather, extreme cold in the Midwest and East Coast, has caused several racetracks to delay or postpone some races, I’ve seen enough colts on the Kentucky Derby trail to start compiling a Top 10 list...

By John Heims —- $1 MILLION NYRA BETS HASKELL TOPS 2026 MONMOUTH STAKES SCHEDULE; TOTAL STAKES PURSES NEAR $6 MILLION FOR 50-DAY MEET Oceanport, N.J. – Led by the Grade 1, $1 million NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $5.85 million in stakes races when...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Season Hits Midpoint With Leaders, Stakes, Fan Events Ahead NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 25, 2026) — At the midway point of the 154th Thoroughbred racing season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, familiar names sit atop the standings through Jan....

By Joe Kristufek —- Sails Up, Taken by the Wind Puts Wires the Silverbulletday Ken McPeek charge, earns 20 Kentucky Oaks points & remains undefeated New Orleans, La (Jan. 17, 2026) – Away alertly from post position four of six, jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr. backed the...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Golden Tempo Keys DeVaux Exacta, Earns 20 Points in Grade 3 Lecomte NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 17, 2026) – Trained by Cherie DeVaux, Golden Tempo rallied from the back to prevail by less than a length over stablemate Mesquite in a thrilling edition of the Grade 3...

By Mike Henry —- DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS OLDSMAR, FL.—Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch 4-year-old filly Drexel...

By Victor Ryan —- EXPLORA ROLLS TO 5 ¼-LENGTH ROMP IN SATURDAY’S SANTA YNEZ STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES GOING 7 FURLONGS AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 10, 2026)—After biding her time in last down the backstretch, Explora was roused by jockey Juan Hernandez on the turn...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Lotsandlotsofcandy Piles It On Menard Field in First Stakes Victory El Dinero Cashes in Palmisano; Blue Fire Turns Tables in Wright NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 10, 2025) — Jay Em Ess Stable’s Lotsandlotsofcandy broke to the front and never allowed her five rivals...

By Christian Abdo —- My World overtakes favored Balboa late in $150K Jerome OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Robert V. LaPenta and Madaket Stables’ My World edged past the 3-5 favorite Balboa late to win Saturday’s $150,000 Jerome, a one-turn mile for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack....

250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | Photo Credit: Coady Media STRATEGIC RISK – Smarty Jones Stakes – 19th Running Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 For Immediate Release $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse’s magical...