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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Two-year-olds of both sexes will vie for the spotlight Saturday as Tampa Bay Downs launches its 2025-26 stakes schedule with the 40th running of the $125,000 Inaugural Stakes for males and the 48th edition of the $125,000 Sandpiper Stakes for...

WELCOME BACK TO THE 2025-2026 RACING SEASON BEGINNING DEC. 12 Oaklawn is preparing for its highly anticipated 2025–26 racing season, which opens with the Holiday Meet from Friday, December 12, through Sunday, January 4, followed by the Classic Meet from Friday, January 30,...

By Mike Henry —- (PHOTOS OF GERALD BENNETT AND PABLO MORALES) OLDSMAR, FL. – Trainer Gerald Bennett unveiled two candidates for the $125,000 Pelican Stakes on Feb. 7 in Friday’s eighth race, a strong $56,500 allowance/optional claiming sprint on the main track. El...

By Mike Henry —- DEC. 6 INAUGURAL, SANDPIPER STAKES DRAW NOMS FROM TOP BARNS OLDSMAR, FL. – The 2025-26 Tampa Bay Downs stakes schedule kicks off Saturday, Dec. 6 with the 40th running of the $125,000 Inaugural Stakes for 2-year-olds and the 48th edition of the $125,000...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025 High-percentage trainer Armando Hernandez returns to Oaklawn in 2025-2026 with a bigger stable and bigger aspirations. The Illinois-based Hernandez had a string at Oaklawn for the first time in 2024-2025, finishing...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Top Earner Bear River Leads Classy, Competitive Edition of Thanksgiving Classic NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 24, 2025) – The table is set for nine older male sprinters in Thursday’s $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Based on the first two days of the 2025-26 Tampa Bay Downs meet, Samuel Marin isn’t going to have a whole lot of spare time this season between races. Last season’s leading jockey, who won two races from eight mounts on Wednesday’s Opening...

By Mike Henry —- OPENING DAY REVIEWS PROMISE PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT, FUN AHEAD OLDSMAR, FL. – For many of the track’s employees, horsewomen, horsemen and jockeys, Wednesday’s Opening Day performance at Tampa Bay Downs produced the type of jitters normally associated with a...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Sunday Girl and Intentious contest Saturday’s NYSSS Staten Island West Point Thoroughbreds enjoys 3-for-3 week at Aqueduct Racetrack Fast Market headlines rescheduled Grade 3 Pebbles; Nice as Pie leads rescheduled $150K Forever...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 As anticipated, it was a quiet 2024-2025 Oaklawn meeting for Hot Springs owner Staton Flurry. Flurry, a season removed from a full-force push for his first Oaklawn owner’s title, had only 19 starts as a sole owner,...