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By Kevin Kilroy —- Featuring Two Stakes and Trio of Turf Affairs, Fair Grounds Opening Day Card Attracts Full Fields Curtis Ready to Go for Fair Grounds Opening Day; Lopez Named to Six NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 13, 2025) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ Opening Day card has...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse made a splash in his Oaklawn return last season, winning nine races – a single-season personal best in Hot Springs – including the $1.5 million G1-Arkansas Derby with Sandman....

By Christian Abdo —- Fast Market stock rising before G3 Pebbles OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Hit The Bid Racing Stable’s Fast Market has been on the improve and seeks a breakthrough score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Pebbles, a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 The arrows continue to point upward for trainer Greg Compton. A North Little Rock, Ark., native, Compton has ridden the momentum of his strongest Oaklawn meeting to date into a banner 2025, already establishing...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Set to Unveil Venue Upgrades as Racing Season Kicks Off Nov. 20 NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 11, 2025) — Live racing returns to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Thursday, Nov. 20, launching the 154th Thoroughbred racing season. The nation’s...

By Keith McCalmont —- Laurelin returns to New York for G3 Jockey Club Oaks OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Newstead Stables’ Laurelin looks to launch another win streak in Saturday’s Grade 3, $350,000 Jockey Club Oaks, an 11-furlong inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at Aqueduct...

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:...