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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 Bob Baffert’s 47th scheduled starter in a Kentucky Derby points race at Oaklawn resembles so many of his previous 46 – well bred,...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Superstar jockeys Irad Ortiz, Jr., and Flavien Prat, along with Hall of Fame member Javier Castellano, Gulfstream Park mainstay Edwin Gonzalez and other out-of-town fortune-seekers, will descend on Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday for Festival...

By Mike Henry —- RENEGADE, CONFESSIONAL TOP DAVIS FIELD; ZANY HEADS SUNCOAST OLDSMAR, FL. – Three-year-old colts trained by Todd Pletcher and Brad Cox, who have combined to win the Kentucky Derby three times, comprise one-third of a nine-horse field for Saturday’s $250,000...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 Exercise rider Bethany Taylor, for now, is back on the Kentucky Derby trail. Taylor regularly gallops and works unbeaten D’code, who will make his stakes and two-turn debut in the $1 million Southwest (G3) for...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes De Paz hopes for memorable weekend at the Big A with three stakes entrants Hazlewood may expand presence in New York Light the Way set to shine in Listed $150K Toboggan OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Horacio De Paz has entered a...

RACING FORWARD | FEBRUARY 2026 CLASSIC MEET STARTS THIS WEEKEND After Mother Nature turned our three-week break into a four-week hiatus, we are even more excited to begin our 2025-2026 Classic Season, now beginning on Thursday, Feb. 5 and going through Saturday, May 2. The good...