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By Jennifer Hoyt —-   HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023) – Program favorite Ginobili and 2022 winner Rated R Superstar are among 10 older horses entered in the $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes at 1 mile Saturday at Oaklawn. The Fifth Season goes as the ninth of 10...

By Mike Henry —- HELIUM SET TO RETURN TO SCENE OF GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OLDSMAR, FL. – Helium, who scored his biggest career triumph in the Grade II Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby in 2021 to earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, heads a field of...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography DEFINING PURPOSE FAVORED IN SATURDAY’S YEAR’S END STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, Dec. 30, 2022) – Defining Purpose has been installed the 7-5 program favorite for the inaugural $150,000 Year’s End Stakes for 2-year-old...

By Mike Willman —- GRADE I, $300,000 RUNHAPPY MALIBU STAKES HEADED BY BAFFERT’S TAIBA, WHO SEEKS HIS THIRD GRADE I WIN OF YEAR AND POSSIBLE ECLIPSE AWARD SPECIAL EARLY FIRST POST IS AT 11 A.M., MALIBU IS ONE OF SIX STAKES ON 11-RACE CARD ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 21, 2022)—A...

By Joe Kristufek —- G2 Placed Pretty Mischievous, Upstart Vahva Headline Contentious Untapable New Orleans, La (December 19, 2022) – West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables’ Jace’s Road, who finished a good third in the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs two...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- Photo credit: Coady Photography RUN CLASSIC FAVORED IN SATURDAY’S TINSEL STAKES HOT SPRINGS, AR (Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022) – Tom Durant’s promising Run Classic is the 8-5 program favorite for his scheduled Oaklawn debut in Saturday’s second running of the...

By David Joseph —- Flying Fortress, Good American Meet in $100,000 Via Borghese Stablemates Mark First Gulfstream Starters for Reeve McGaughey HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Stablemates Flying Fortress, exiting her first graded-stakes attempt, and Good American, racing in the U.S....

By Ryan Martin/ Keith McCalmont —- Dr. Blute seeks to continue upward trajectory against deep field in $100K Alex M. Robb OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Flanagan Racing’s Dr. Blute will try to wrap up the year by doubling up on stakes scores in Saturday’s $100,000 Alex M. Robb for New...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022) – Four-time stakes winner Tyler’s Tribe was preparing to work Saturday morning at Oaklawn when his maintenance breeze was unexpectedly delayed several minutes because outriders were trying to corral a loose horse...

By David Joseph —- Derbe Glass Photo Jesus’ Team Meets ‘Super’ Rival in Gulfstream Feature Grade 1-Placed Veteran vs. Chilean Group 1 Winner Thursday Allowance May Lead to Pegasus World Cup HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Sonata Stable’s Jesus’ Team could be expected to step up his...