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NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Friday, July 24, 2026 Saratoga Race Course Notes Phileas Fogg breezes half-mile for G1 Whitney Title Role, Pacific Avenue work for G1 Saratoga Derby presented by Qatar Racing; Fort George breezes for G1 Christophe Clement Turf Cosmic Candy Girl earns...

Stable Notes July 24, 2026 By Jim Charvat —- TOP SPRINTERS BATTLE IN “WIN & YOU’RE IN” G1 BING CROSBY A stakes tripleheader is on tap Saturday, highlighted by the first of six Grade I races at Del Mar this summer. The Bing Crosby has attracted nine speedballs for the...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, July 23, 2026 Millionaire multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Counting Stars can strengthen her year-end championship credentials in the $500,000...

By Tom Luicci —- SIMOFF LOOK FOR A GRADED STAKES BREAKTHROUGH SATURDAY WITH JUMPING THE GUN IN THE GRADE 3, $150,000 MONMOUTH OAKS OCEANPORT, N.J. – If the first graded stakes win in trainer Andy Simoff’s 39-year career finally happens on Saturday he says it would be...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Baby Vino needed five starts – all at the 2025-2026 Oaklawn meeting – to break his maiden. Less than three months later, he’s a...

Stable Notes July 18, 2026 Jim Charvat —- THRILLS AND BIG PAYOFFS MARK OPENING DAY AT DEL MAR Another Opening Day at Del Mar is in the books and judging by the chatter on social media and the smiles on the faces of Del Mar officials, it was another huge success. A lively...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Saratoga Race Course Notes Pacific Avenue works for G1 Saratoga Derby presented by Qatar Racing; Connett reflects on retired superstar Rebel’s Romance G1 Belmont Derby-winner Title Role works for G1 Saratoga Derby presented by Qatar Racing Local G1...

Lynne Snierson Monmouth Park publicity staff July 16, 2026 BOOK’EM DANNO DAY SET FOR FRIDAY AT MONMOUTH PARK; ECLIPSE CHAMPION FACES EIGHT IN MR. PROSPECTOR STAKES OCEANPORT, N.J. – He’s the first New Jersey-bred to win an Eclipse Award since the Hall of Famer and dual champion...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, July 16, 2026 Millionaire multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Skippylongstocking returns to action in the $350,000 G3-Monmouth Cup Stakes on the...

By Jim Charvat —- Stable Notes July 15, 2026 RETURNING VETERAN RIDERS SPICE UP 2026 DEL MAR JOCKEY COLONY The Del Mar jockey colony is an ever-changing organism. New faces coming in while popular veterans exit. It’s been going on through the generations. Every summer riders...