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Opening Weekend Recap Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 Oaklawn Delivers Record-Setting Opening Weekend as 2025 Racing Season Begins Hot Springs, AR. — Oaklawn’s 2025 Thoroughbred racing season opened...

NYRA announces stakes schedule for the 2026 Aqueduct winter meet OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2026 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will include 20 stakes races worth more than $3.1 million in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Wide-Open $100,000 Gun Runner Attracts Eight Derby-Dreaming Colts Visually Impressive Pashmina Begins Road to Oaks in Saturday’s Untapable at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 13, 2025) —Led by Brookdale Racing and Fern Circle Stables’ Liberty National, a...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Dec. 10, 2025 Jockey Francisco Arrieta wore out his right arm during the final 1 ½ months of the 62-day Oaklawn meeting in 2024-2025, parlaying a scorching stretch of success into his second local riding title. Arrieta raises his...

By Mike Henry —- EHV-1 CASE CONFIRMED; TWO BARNS UNDER QUARANTINE OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on Barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of EHV-1 (Equine Herpesvirus Type 1), a contagious virus that causes Equine...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 For now anyway, Banishing is a sprinter. A star last season in Hot Springs, Banishing launches his 2025-2026 Oaklawn campaign in Saturday’s $150,000 Ring the Bell Stakes at six furlongs. Trained by David Jacobson,...

BY Mike Henry —- PHOTO IS OF SAMY CAMACHO WITH TRAINER MIKE DINI IN THE PADDOCK BEFORE TODAY’S FIRST RACE CA MACHO WINS IN RETURN TO HIS ‘RACE PLACE;’ AVILA SADDLES 2 WINNERS OLDSMAR, FL. – Samy Camacho was a forgotten man for the first three weeks of the Tampa Bay...

Oaklawn Announces Wagering Enhancements for Upcoming Season Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 Reduced 15% Takeout on Late Pick 3, Daily Double HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Oaklawn Hot Springs today announced a trio...

By Christian Abdo —- Weigh the Risks looks strong in Listed Go for Wand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Klaravich Stables’ Weigh the Risks is 3-for-4 this year and in top form entering Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Go for Wand, a one-turn mile for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Publishes Nominations for Road to the Derby Kickoff Day Touchuponastar One of Several Set to Defend Louisiana Champions Day Title NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 8, 2025) — Stakes nominations for Road to the Derby Kickoff Day have been published by Fair...