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RACING FORWARD | FEBRUARY 2026 CLASSIC MEET STARTS THIS WEEKEND After Mother Nature turned our three-week break into a four-week hiatus, we are even more excited to begin our 2025-2026 Classic Season, now beginning on Thursday, Feb. 5 and going through Saturday, May 2. The good...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Louisiana Derby Preview Day Nominations Include Paladin, Renegade for Risen Star NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 1, 2026) — Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has released nominations for six stakes races scheduled for Louisiana Derby Preview Day, headlined by the...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, FEB. 1, 2026 6 STAKES NEXT WEEK INCLUDE GII LUKAS, GIII LEWIS, LAS VIRGENES WORKS: LAS VIRGENES NOMS SUPER CORREDORA, MEANING, ON TAB CORNUCOPIAN EARNS BIG BEYER IN SPLASHY COMEBACK KIMURA WINS 3 MORE SUNDAY, LEADS JOCKEYS’ STANDINGS 6 STAKES...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Tranquility Lake Farms continues legacy of the late Marty Wygod Ottinho one to watch in Listed $200K Withers Green sends out Two Bits and Ivy Girl in $135K Ruthless OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The life’s work of prominent breeder and...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Barn Tour: Meet-Leading Trainer Joe Sharp Highlights Key Runners at Fair Grounds Midpoint NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 29, 2026) — Midway through the 2025-26 Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots meet, trainer Joe Sharp continues to set the pace atop the standings,...

By Christian Abdo —- Schoolyardsuperman will be tested in Listed $200K Withers OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Hit The Bid Racing Stable’s Schoolyardsuperman impressed to break his maiden last out and will make his stakes debut in Saturday’s Listed $200,000 Withers, a nine-furlong...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Paladin, who won the Grade II Remsen Stakes on Dec. 6 at Aqueduct; Incredibolt, the winner of the Grade III Street Sense Stakes on Oct. 26 at Churchill Downs; and Zany, a daughter of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah who won the Grade...

By Keith McCalmont —- Maximus Meridius looks to defend his title in Listed $150K Toboggan OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Multiple stakes-winner Maximus Meridius returns to defend his crown in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Toboggan, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses, at Aqueduct...

By Victor Ryan —- VETERAN GRADED WINNER MIDNIGHT MAMMOTH, STAKES WINNER GETAWAY CAR AMONG EVENLY MATCHED FIELD SET FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE II SAN PASQUAL GOING 1 1/8 MILES AT SANTA ANITA The San Pasqual serves as a lead-in to the Grade I Santa Anita Handicap on March 7...

Southwest Stakes Weekend Rescheduled to February 5–8 Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 Hot Springs, AR. — Due to inclement weather and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of both equine and human athletes, Oaklawn has canceled live racing scheduled for this weekend, January 30 –...