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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 Trainer Nancy Knott’s one-horse stable has returned to Oaklawn, with the goal of another dream season in 2025-2026. Knott’s lone runner, Arkansas-bred star Navy Seal, won three races at the 2024-2025 Oaklawn meeting,...

NTRA Top Thoroughbred Polls – November 4, 2025 Sovereignty has won five of six starts in 2025, including three Grade 1 races. The Into Mischief colt’s most recent start was a win in the Grade 1 DraftKings Travers Stakes in August (shown above), which followed wins in the Kentucky...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 Oaklawn doesn’t have a grass course, but it can still spawn a successful grass runner. The 3-year-old filly Shisospicy showed that again, dominating males and older horses in a front-running 2 ½-length victory in the...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, OCT. 26, 2025 WORKS: KOPION BLITZES 3F, STRAIGHT NO CHASER DRILLS HALF MILE D’AMATO, BAFFERT DOWN TO THE WIRE IN TRAINER’S RACE MANDATORY PAYOUTS IN ALL PARI-MUTUEL POOLS SUNDAY BREEDERS’ CUP SIMULCAST WAGERING AVAILABLE AT SANTA ANITA WORKS:...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SATURDAY, OCT. 25, 2025 WORKS: NYSOS, NEVADA BEACH, FULL SERRANO DRILL 6F GIII AUTUMN MISS PUTS A BOW ON AUTUMN MEET SUNDAY HERNANDEZ CLOSES IN ON 9th SANTA ANITA RIDING TITLE FRIDAY’S $2 PICK 6 PAYS $28K FOR SINGLE WINNING TICKET MANDATORY PAYOUTS IN...

By Amy Owens —- FRIDAY, OCT. 24 Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet runs through Saturday. First race is at 1 p.m. ET. ************************* “GOOD ENERGY,” MULLIKIN DRILLS FOR BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT DEVAUX SENDS OUT THREE BREEDERS’ CUP HORSES FOR FINAL BREEZES CLOSING-WEEK...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, OCT. 24, 2025 BREEDERS’ CUP: 43 HORSES FROM SANTA ANITA AMONG PRE-ENTRIES WORKS: BAFFERT QUARTET AMONG 10 BC CANDIDATES ON TAB SADLER LOOMS LARGE IN GII TWILIGHT DERBY, TOKYO CITY CUP GIII AUTUMN MISS, MANDATORY PAYOUTS ON CLOSING DAY SUND...

By Amy Owens —- WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22 — FINAL WEEK Four days remain in Keeneland’s 17-day Fall Meet, which runs through Saturday. First race is at 1 p.m. ET. ************************* HORSEMEN TAKE AIM ON TITLES AS FALL MEET NEARS FINISH CHARLIE HOBBS PREPARES TO RETIRE AFTER...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 Eight Oaklawn-raced horses, including 2024 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, are pre-entered in the 42nd annual Breeders’ Cup World Championships Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar in suburban San Diego. All Oaklawn-raced...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont at the Big A Notes Sierra Leone breezes for G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic Scottish Lassie works for G1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Maryland-bred Cavalier Cupid ships in for Autumn Days OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The reigning Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic-winner...