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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, May 21, 2026 Powerful Oaklawn stakes winner Desert Gate is the 2-5 program favorite for the $300,000 Texas Derby for 3-year-olds Monday at Lone...

NYRA announces major purse increases at the new Belmont Park  ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced significant purse increases to overnight races during the fall meet at the new Belmont Park, which will open for live racing on September 18...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Oaklawn’s all-time leading trainer stuck again with an Oaklawn-raced horse in the Chick Lang Stakes as Obliteration, the 3-5...

By Tom Luicci —- JORGE DELGADO CONFIDENT THAT LIGHTLY-RACED DOMINO VITALI FITS WELL IN SATURDAY’S SERENA’S SONG STAKES AT MONMOUTH OCEANPORT, N.J. – Trainer Jorge Delgado shrugs off most of the obstacles that Domino Vitali will have to overcome in Saturday’s $100,0...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026  MIZDIRECTION: QUEEN MAXIMA RETURNS ON SHORT REST SATURDAY WORKS: JOURNALISM, BIG CITY LIGHTS AMONG NOTABLES ON TAB $23K CARRYOVER IN $1 SUNSET PICK 6 FRIDAY CINEMA STAKES PART OF 9-RACE CARD SUNDAY; FIRST POST IS 1 P.M....

By Tom Luicci —- LINDER HOPING OURDAYDREAMINGGIRL REGAINS HER FORM IN SATURDAY’S SERENA’S SONG STAKES AT MONMOUTH PARK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Louis Linder, Jr., has spent most of the past four months trying to get Ourdaydreaminggirl back to her form of a year ago, when she...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs closed with a rush to reach a milestone during the recently completed 2025-2026 Oaklawn meeting....

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Belmont at the Big A Notes Growth Equity wins G3 Peter Pan, Brown will consider G1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets Sovereignty returns to Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track Reef Runner targets G1 $500K Jaipur Integration’s summer goal is G1...

By Tom Luicci —- VETERAN TRAINER KELLY BREEN LOOKING FOR A FAST START AS MONMOUTH PARK LAUNCHES 81ST SEASON ON SATUIRDAY OCEANPORT, N.J. – Kelly Breen is no longer chasing training titles with the gusto he once did but that doesn’t mean his competitive fire has dimmed. The...

TAMPA BAY DOWNS WRAPS UP CENTENNIAL SEASON ON HIGH NOTES; ATTENDANCE SPIKES DOUBLE DIGITS By Lynne Snierson  OLDSMAR, FL- The curtain came down on the 100th anniversary season of Tampa Bay Downs on Sunday and the centennial celebration was an overall success with gains in handle...