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Stakes Advance – $150,000 Pippin Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025  $150,000 Pippin Stakes Jockey Joseph Bealmear can make more Hoosier history aboard Corningstone...

By Victor Ryan —- WIDE-OPEN FIELD OF 11 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES SET FOR GRADE I TEST IN THE LA BREA STAKES GOING 7 FURLONGS ON OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK NEXT SUNDAY The traditional day-after-Christmas start to the Santa Anita Classic Meet was postponed to Sunday due to...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Sibling 3-Year-Old Turf Stakes Woodchopper, Pago Hop Set for Saturday at Fair Grounds Stidham’s Potent Woodchopper Pair Led by Montador Cox Duo Headline Up-For-Grabs Pago Hop NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 23, 2025) — Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’...

By Victor Ryan —- GRADE I-WINNING STABLEMATES NYSOS, NEVADA BEACH CLASH IN GRADE II LAFFIT PINCAY JR. STAKES; GII MATHIS MILE, GIII SAN GABRIEL ALSO PART OF BLOCKBUSTER OPENING DAY CARD SUNDAYAT SANTA ANITA The traditional day-after-Christmas start to the Santa Anita...

By Victor Ryan —- GRADE I AMERICAN OAKS ATTRACTS CONTENTIOUS FIELD OF 11 INCLUDING TRIO FOR THOMAS, GROUP I-PLACED EUROPEAN INVADER ATSILA FOR BALTAS ON OPENING DAY AT SANTA ANITA NEXT SUNDAY The traditional day-after-Christmas start to the Santa Anita Classic Meet was...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Sunday, December 21, 2025 Unbeaten Grade 2 winner Ewing and stakes-winning Strategic Risk are scheduled to arrive Monday at Oaklawn to continue preparations for their 3-year-old campaigns, according to assistant Caden Arthur, who oversees...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 Trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr.’s 988th career winner made quite the impression. Favored D’code rocketed to a front-running 8 ¼-length debut victory in Sunday’s fourth race at Oaklawn, a dazzling performance that has his...

By Mike Henry —- WEDNESDAY’S CARD FEATURES ULTIMATE 6 JACKPOT FORCED PAYOUT OLDSMAR. FL. – Fans attending today’s action were greeted by glorious weather, with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s. The forecast through the rest of 2025 is for more of the same, a...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Friday, Dec. 19, 2025 Trainer Sarah Shaffer calls American Law her big horse. Her big horse did big things in Sunday’s eighth race at Oaklawn, a one-mile...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs trainer Juan Carlos Avila was 17 when he got a racetrack job at La Rinconada Hippodrome in his hometown of Caracas working for prominent Venezuelan trainer Gustavo Lopez. Avila spent six years observing Lopez’s daily routine...