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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 Florida-based dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said in November that he would send some of his best horses to Oaklawn for its 64-day split season that began Dec. 12, adding they would arrive in waves. The latest...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Just a Touch Eyes Elusive Stakes Title in Grade 3 Louisiana NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 12, 2025) — Tabbed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite, Just a Touch leads a field of eight older males entered in the Grade 3 $175,000 Louisiana Stakes presented by Hagyard on...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Graded Stakes-Placed Atropa Tabbed Atop Six-Filly Silverbulletday Field NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) — Tabbed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite, graded stakes-placed Atropa leads a field of six fillies in the $150,000 Fasig-Tipton Silverbulletday Stakes on...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Adelphi Racing Club has plenty to look forward to in 2026 One Nine Hundred earns 104 BSF in Aqueduct win; Morley stakes stars Donegal Momentum, Attfield back for more Ortiz to send Doc Sullivan south with G1 Pegasus World Cup...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Top Barns Take Aim at Chip Honcho in Grade 3 $250,000 Lecomte NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) – Leland Ackerley Racing’s Gun Runner Stakes winner Chip Honcho anchors the field for Saturday’s Grade 3 $250,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course &...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Tony Martin Returns to Represent Promising Apprentice Jamison Mudd NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) – After a brief retirement, Tony Martin is back – and this time the veteran jockey agent is representing Jamison Mudd, an apprentice rider at Fair Grounds Race...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN SUNDAY, JAN 11, 2026 SO HAPPY WILL LIKELY GET 2-TURN TEST IN GII SAN FELIPE MARCH 7 WORKS: 4 BREEDERS’ CUP WINNERS ON STAR-STUDDED TAB CAL CUP DAY THIS SATURDAY FEATURES 5 STAKES FOR STATEBREDS LAS VIRGENES, GIII SANTA YSABEL BOTH PUSHED BACK A WEEK...

By Mike Henry —- DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS OLDSMAR, FL.—Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch 4-year-old filly Drexel...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2026 GII SAN VICENTE: ACKNOWLEDGEMEPLZ LEADS O’NEILL DUO STARK CONTRAST, LA VILLE LUMIERE ON THE ASCENT FOR MCCARTHY WORKS: IMAGINATION, CORNUCOPIAN, LITMUS TEST ON TAB $12K CARRYOVER IN FRIDAY’S $1 SUNSET PICK 6 UP FOR GRABS MAKEUP DAY...

By Mike Henry—- OLDSMAR, FL. – Every few months, Samy Camacho asks his wife Kismar Torcat and their children to decide what color to dye his hair. The 37-year-old jockey is graying around the edges, and he prefers to look as young as he feels. Camacho currently sports...