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By Robert Yates —- Early Oaklawn Success Helps Cox Reach the Top In the early spring of 2016, Livia Frazar was asked where she saw her husband’s training career in five years. That trainer, then an up and comer obsessed with horses, was Brad Cox. “I see him at the top,” she...

By David Joseph —- Photo by Janet Garaguso Champion Filly Vequist Returns to Action in $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) Among Nine Stakes Worth $1.475 Million on Fountain of Youth Day Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Swilcan Stable’s Vequist, the...

By David Joseph —– GULFSTREAM TODAY 2.25.21 Castellano Back in Gulfstream Park Winner’s Circle Friday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $400,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Hall of Famer Javier Castellano made a welcome return to the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle...

By Robert Yates —- It was championship Thursday at Oaklawn as Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox sent his two Eclipse Award winners, Monomoy Girl and Essential Quality, to the track to train in preparation for weekend stakes engagements. Cox said Monomoy Girl and...

By Mike Henry —- THE CRITICAL WAY, MISS AURAMET STAR ON TURF SPRINT SHOWCASE DAY OLDSMAR, FL. – Randal Gindi was unsure about The Critical Way’s upside after he claimed him for $30,000 at Gulfstream Park in January of 2020. But the owner’s faith in trainer Jose H. Delgado’s...

By David Joseph —- Greatest Honour Headlines G2 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Drain the Clock Stretches Out in Key Florida Derby Prep Back to Dirt for BC Juvenile Turf Hero Fire at Will Triple Crown Prep Featured on Card with Nine Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Courtlandt...

By Robert Yates —- Post positions for the rescheduled $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3) for older horses Saturday at Oaklawn were drawn Tuesday. One horse entered again in the 1 1/16-mile Razorback is the royally bred Mystic Guide, who races for his breeder, Godolphin LLC,...

By Ryan Martin —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Chester and Mary Broman’s New York-bred legend Mr. Buff will attempt to notch his 11th career stakes victory in Saturday’s 65th running of the $125,000 Stymie contested at a one-turn mile at Aqueduct Racetrack. The 7-year-old son of...

By David Joseph —- G1 Winner Got Stormy Opens Final Season in Honey Fox (G3) Among Nine Stakes on Feb. 27 Fountain of Youth Day Program HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Seeing the price go up as multiple Grade 1-winning mare Got Stormy went through the sales ring last fall, Hall of...

By Robert Yates —- Baffert Taking Aim at Southwest with Spielberg Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has captured one of Oaklawn’s four Kentucky Derby points races with a horse named after an Olympic gold medalist, another with a horse named after a professional tennis icon...