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By Mary Eddy —- Clement sends out formidable pair of Deterministic, Ridari in G3 Fort Marcy OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Miguel Clement holds a strong hand in Saturday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Fort Marcy, and will send out the pair of dual Grade 1-winner Deterministic and dual...

Stakes Advance – Dig a Diamond Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Friday, April 24, 2026 $200,000 Dig a Diamond Stakes – Saturday, April 25 Standoutsensation bids for her second stakes victory this...

By Lynne Snierson —- OLDSMAR, FL- Samuel Marin, who currently tops the jockey standings at Tampa Bay Downs, recorded a banner day on Friday, April 24 when he rode six winners from nine mounts on the nine-race card. Marin’s six wins on a single card tied the mark set by...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Friday, April 24, 2026 Florida-based trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. has had the Midas touch with older horses this season at Oaklawn. Joseph moved to seven for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Desruisseaux sends Piper’s Legacy for Listed $150K Memories of Silver; Empire Trillium Series looms large in Canadian trainer’s plans Franco making seventh Grade 1 Kentucky Derby try aboard Albus One Stripe pointed to G1 Resorts...

By John Heims —- TRAINER SYNNEFIAS FIRST THROUGH THE STABLE GATE AS MONMOUTH PARK WELCOMES BACK HORSES FOR 2026 SEASON OCEANPORT, N.J. – Slightly before 9am, a van full of nine Thoroughbred horses passed through the stable gate for trainer Panagiotis “Peter” Synnefias...

By Margo Flynn —-  Trainer Michelle Hemingway keeps winning on the track, and this week, wins the Martin’s Italian Restaurant Trainer of the Month Award Trainer Michelle Hemingway doesn’t bring a ton of horses over in the afternoon for the races, but when she has this...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, April 23, 2026 H. Luke Hoskins grew up approximately 15 minutes from Churchill Downs, so in a perfect world his riding debut would come beneath...

By Darren Rogers/Kevin Kerstein —- Following late Tuesday afternoon arrivals at Churchill Downs from Southern California, a trio of Kentucky Derby 152 hopefuls were on the track on a mild Wednesday morning. Norman Stables and Saints and Sinners’ Santa Anita Derby (GI)...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Trainer Dan Ward has worked for two Hall of Fame trainers. A third is just around the corner after Ward said he’s been tapped by...