Barn Notes

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,...

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...