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Stakes Advance – $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Friday, Jan. 2, 2026  $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes Arkansans Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway are on the Kentucky Derby...

Homebreds Our Moneyman, Little Miss Curlin Headline Louisiana Futurity Stakes NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 28, 2025) — Homebreds Our Moneyman and Little Miss Curlin headline the sibling $100,000 Louisiana Futurity Stakes set for Saturday, Jan. 3 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The...

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 —- 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...

Stakes Advance – $150,000 Tinsel Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025  $150,000 Tinsel Stakes Millionaire Grade 1 winner Rattle N Roll will make his Oaklawn debut in...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Casse Keeps Big-Ticket Claim Kupuna on Turf in $100,000 Buddy Diliberto NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 18, 2025) — Claimed for $100,000 by Flying P Stable and transferred to Norm Casse’s barn in September, the former dirt specialist Kupuna will look to build on his...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Wide-Open $100,000 Gun Runner Attracts Eight Derby-Dreaming Colts Visually Impressive Pashmina Begins Road to Oaks in Saturday’s Untapable at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 13, 2025) —Led by Brookdale Racing and Fern Circle Stables’ Liberty National, a...

By Christian Abdo —- Weigh the Risks looks strong in Listed Go for Wand OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Klaravich Stables’ Weigh the Risks is 3-for-4 this year and in top form entering Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Go for Wand, a one-turn mile for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up, at...

By Mary Eddy —- Bishops Bay goes for graded double in G2 Cigar Mile H. OZONE PARK, N.Y. – KAS Stables’ recently-acquired Bishops Bay will look to double up on graded wins at Aqueduct Racetrack when taking on Saturday’s Grade 2, $500,000 Cigar Mile Handicap for 3-year-olds...