Barn Notes

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025 High-percentage trainer Armando Hernandez returns to Oaklawn in 2025-2026 with a bigger stable and bigger aspirations. The Illinois-based Hernandez had a string at Oaklawn for the first time in 2024-2025, finishing...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Top Earner Bear River Leads Classy, Competitive Edition of Thanksgiving Classic NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 24, 2025) – The table is set for nine older male sprinters in Thursday’s $175,000 Thanksgiving Classic at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where the...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Based on the first two days of the 2025-26 Tampa Bay Downs meet, Samuel Marin isn’t going to have a whole lot of spare time this season between races. Last season’s leading jockey, who won two races from eight mounts on Wednesday’s Opening...

By Mike Henry —- OPENING DAY REVIEWS PROMISE PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT, FUN AHEAD OLDSMAR, FL. – For many of the track’s employees, horsewomen, horsemen and jockeys, Wednesday’s Opening Day performance at Tampa Bay Downs produced the type of jitters normally associated with a...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Sunday Girl and Intentious contest Saturday’s NYSSS Staten Island West Point Thoroughbreds enjoys 3-for-3 week at Aqueduct Racetrack Fast Market headlines rescheduled Grade 3 Pebbles; Nice as Pie leads rescheduled $150K Forever...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 As anticipated, it was a quiet 2024-2025 Oaklawn meeting for Hot Springs owner Staton Flurry. Flurry, a season removed from a full-force push for his first Oaklawn owner’s title, had only 19 starts as a sole owner,...