Barn Notes

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 Oaklawn stakes winner and marathon ace Parchment Party is the 8-5 program favorite for the $200,000 Birdstone Stakes Thursday at...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Sunday, August 2, 2026 Saratoga Race Course Notes Renegade taking familiar path to G1 DraftKings Travers following G2 Jim Dandy presented by Mohegan Sun win; Pletcher nearing 6,000-win milestone Commandment under consideration for G1 DraftKings...

By Jim Charvat —- Stable Notes August 2, 2026 CLEMENT L. HIRSCH WINNER EUNOMIA BREEDERS’ CUP BOUND G1 Clement L. Hirsch winner Eunomia “bounced out good” from Saturday’s race and will now begin preparations for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which she earned a spot in with her...

NYRA COMMUNICATIONS —- Friday, July 31, 2026 Saratoga Race Course Notes Nitrogen posts final breeze for G1 Whitney Kinnon LaRose, protégé of Tom Amoss, looks to continue early success with 2-year-olds in Sunday’s G3 Adirondack Where Luck Lives points to G1 Test presented by...

Stable Notes July 31, 2026 By Jim Charvat —- SEISMIC BEAUTY GUNS FOR REPEAT IN G1 CLEMENT L. HIRSCH SATURDAY Seismic Beauty came into last year’s G1 Clement L. Hirsch on a two-race winning streak and was being touted as a horse to watch in the months leading up to the...

Stable Notes July 30, 2026 Jim Charvat —- GOLD PHOENIX IN GOOD ORDER, EYES NEXT MONTH’S DEL MAR ‘CAP Gold Phoenix is a unique Thoroughbred. Not only does he win big races but he continues to do it at an age when most horses are retired from racing and enjoying a second...