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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...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Perfect Little Miss Curlin Notches Stakes Triple with Futurity NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 3, 2025) — Coteau Grove Farms’ homebred Little Miss Curlin reasserted her dominance Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots, winning the fillies division of the...