Barn Notes

By Mike Henry —- OPENING DAY BRINGS BACK THE MEMORIES AND RACING THRILLS OLDSMAR, FL. – Dennis Petrucelli, a former rider who has overseen the Tampa Bay Downs jockeys room as the track’s Clerk of Scales for 15 years, feels a surge of familiar energy every Opening Day. The...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Stakes-winning Hola Joey is scheduled to return to Oaklawn later this month to begin preparations for a 4-year-old campaign, trainer Gene Jacquot said Tuesday morning. Hola Joey completed a productive 2025 with a neck victory over older...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saturday, November 15, 2025 Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Dylan Davis recovering after Friday spill Phileas Fogg on point for G2 Cigar Mile Handicap Crazy Mason works for G2 Cigar Mile Balboa possible for G2 Remsen OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jockey Dylan Davis will...

By Mike Henry —- JOCKEY SAMUEL MARIN, LEFT, WITH HIS AGENT, MIKE MORAN) OLDSMAR, FL. – Samuel Marin, who won last season’s Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title by riding 116 winners, received feelers during the summer about shifting his base of operations to the New York winter...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse made a splash in his Oaklawn return last season, winning nine races – a single-season personal best in Hot Springs – including the $1.5 million G1-Arkansas Derby with Sandman....

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 The arrows continue to point upward for trainer Greg Compton. A North Little Rock, Ark., native, Compton has ridden the momentum of his strongest Oaklawn meeting to date into a banner 2025, already establishing...