Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- DREXEL HILL RETURNS WITH FLOURISH, WINS WAYWARD LASS; TESSELLATE WINS OLDSMAR, FL.—Jockey Ben Curtis would have preferred a quicker early-pace scenario in the $125,000, mile-and-a-sixteenth Wayward Lass Stakes from which to launch 4-year-old filly Drexel...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, JAN 9, 2026 GII SAN VICENTE: ACKNOWLEDGEMEPLZ LEADS O’NEILL DUO STARK CONTRAST, LA VILLE LUMIERE ON THE ASCENT FOR MCCARTHY WORKS: IMAGINATION, CORNUCOPIAN, LITMUS TEST ON TAB $12K CARRYOVER IN FRIDAY’S $1 SUNSET PICK 6 UP FOR GRABS MAKEUP DAY...

By Mike Henry—- OLDSMAR, FL. – Every few months, Samy Camacho asks his wife Kismar Torcat and their children to decide what color to dye his hair. The 37-year-old jockey is graying around the edges, and he prefers to look as young as he feels. Camacho currently sports...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, JAN 8, 2026 BUETANE BACK IN GII SAN VICENTE; EXPLORA LOOMS IN SANTA YNEZ AFTER DELAYS, GIII ROBERT J. FRANKEL AND EDDIE LOGAN A GO RESCHEDULED GIII LAS FLORES JOINS GIII LAS CIENEGAS SUNDAY HALL OF FAME JOCKEY ESPINOZA BACK IN ACTION AT SANTA...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 The staggering numbers, lately sentimental, continue to pile up at Oaklawn for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. Asmussen ($1,020,890) became the first trainer at the 64-day split season to reach $1 million in...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Drexel Hill, who finished a determined second to Good Cheer in last year’s Longines Kentucky Oaks, heads a six-horse field for Saturday’s $125,000 Wayward Lass Stakes for fillies and mares 4-years-old-and-upward at Tampa Bay Downs. The 42nd...