View from the Grandstand

By Jennifer Hoyt —- WHAT: All reserved grandstand seats for the 2021-22 live meet, which runs Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 – Sunday, May 8, 2022, will go on sale on Monday, Oct. 18 at 9 a.m. Seats can be purchased only by visiting www.Oaklawn.com/racing or by calling...

NTRA Communications —- KNICKS GO MAINTAINS NO. 1 RATING IN WEEKLY NTRA THOROUGHBRED POLL OFF VICTORY IN LUKAS CLASSIC LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 4, 2021) ― Knicks Go, Letruska and Essential Quality retained the top three spots, respectively, in this week’s NTRA Top Thoroughbred...

NTRA Communications —- LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 20, 2021) ― Korea Racing Authority’s 5-year-old Knicks Go retained his No. 1 rating in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for the seventh straight week as there were no changes in order and no starts among the overall Top 10. Flurry...

By Jennifer Hoyt—- Dr. Lee Cyphers, Oaklawn’s longtime Association Veterinarian, passed away Sunday, Sept. 5 following complications from a brain aneurysm. He was a fixture at the Oaklawn starting gate and in the paddock spanning three decades. He was a local Hot Springs...

By Amy Owens —- Click here for a video of Hip 43, a $1.4 million American Pharoah filly · Click her for video of Hip 177, a $1.35 million Into Mischief colt · Click here for a video of Hip 89, a $1.1 million Uncle Mo filly $1.4 Million Half-Sister to Recent Grade 1 Winner...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that it has issued a notice of hearing and statement of charges to trainers Robert A. Baffert and Marcus J. Vitali. NYRA contends that Mr. Baffert and Mr. Vitali have...