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By Kevin Kilroy Built Returns Winning Impressively at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 18, 2025) — Built, last year’s Gun Runner Stakes winner, returned to racing in impressive fashion with a second-level allowance victory going six furlongs in Race 7 on Thursday at Fair Grounds...

Opening Weekend Recap Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 420 Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 Oaklawn Delivers Record-Setting Opening Weekend as 2025 Racing Season Begins Hot Springs, AR. — Oaklawn’s 2025 Thoroughbred racing season opened...

By Mike Henry —- EHV-1 CASE CONFIRMED; TWO BARNS UNDER QUARANTINE OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on Barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of EHV-1 (Equine Herpesvirus Type 1), a contagious virus that causes Equine...

Oaklawn Announces Wagering Enhancements for Upcoming Season Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025 Reduced 15% Takeout on Late Pick 3, Daily Double HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Oaklawn Hot Springs today announced a trio...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Friday’s Race Card Cancelled at Fair Grounds NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 5, 2025) — Due to an ongoing interruption of water service, Friday’s live racing card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots has been canceled. The water main break in the neighborhood of...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Introduces Crescent City 6 for 2025–26 Meet NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 18, 2025) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will launch a new 20-cent minimum Pick 6 wager, the Crescent City 6, when the track opens its 2025–26 Thoroughbred meet on...

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...

From Tom Law —- Nelson Avenue shows grit in Parx Dirt Mile victory It took a while, but Nelson Avenue finally got back to the winner’s circle. All it took was a return to Parx Racing. The 6-year-old gelding, owned by Photos Finish and trained by Jorge Abreu, won Saturday’s...

By Chris Ho —- RACING FORWARD | SEPTEMBER 2025   TRANSITION TO OAKLAWN’S RACING WAGERING STAFF Zack Gillham Oaklawn recently announced a key leadership transition within its Racing and Wagering operations. Zack Gillham has been promoted to Vice President of Racing...

By Rick Francis —- NBC PHOTO Thoroughbred racing’s 156th edition of the “Midsummer Derby”, the Grade 1 Travers Stakes, once again features a classic winner in Soverenignty, champion of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. However, historic Saratoga Race...