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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Like most horse racing handicappers, Steve Tucker and Henry Walthert have faced the question of “how did you pick that horse?” countless times. After finishing 1-2 in the “10 Days of Festivus Challenge Handicapping Contest,” it’s one th...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Dunham fishing for another stakes score in Thursday’s $100K Bay Ridge G2 Remsen winner Brooklyn Strong returns in Alex M. Robb Shalimar Gardens pointing to upcoming allowance tilt OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Bob Dunham, who turns 85-years-old today, will...

By Robert Yates —- Saturday’s Smarty Jones Stakes Draws 14 Record purse, record number of nominees and possibly a record crowd in the starting gate. Oaklawn’s Road to the Kentucky Derby begins Saturday with the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes, a 1-mile race that has drawn a...

By Robert Yates —- Caddo River Returns to Oaklawn Sunday Against Allowance Company After beginning 2021 with a bang, Caddo River will try to go out with a bang when the star-crossed 3-year-old returns in Sunday’s eighth race at Oaklawn, a 1-mile conditioned allowance test...

By David Joseph —- Gulfstream News & Notes Mighty Heart Keeping an Eye on the Prize Alms Looking to Regain Winning Form in Suwannee River Fort Lauderdale (G2) Could Lead to Pegasus for Space Traveller HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Lawrence Cordes’ Mighty Heart will keep an...

By Kevin Kilroy/Joe Kristufek —- Star Guitar’s Siredom Reigns with Jose Camejo at the Helm Barn tour: Ova Charged, her full sister, and the Star Guitar clan moving forward New Orleans, LA (December 17, 2021) – When the music comes on over the barn speakers, 3-year old...

By Robert Yates —- C Z Rocket Returns to Action Saturday C Z Rocket was Oaklawn’s top older male sprinter during the 2021 meeting that ended in May, but the millionaire multiple Grade 2 winner returns to Hot Springs for the 2021-2022 season trying to snap a five-race losing...

NYRA PRESS RELEASE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Glass Ceiling targets $100K Interborough following Garland of Roses victory Wondrwherecraigis works in preparation for Gravesend Trainer Genevieve Londono hopes for career milestone in NYSSS Great White Way Unique Unions tunes...

By Robert Yates —- Horton and Stewart Looking Forward to Last Samurai’s 2022 Campaign Prominent Arkansas owner Willis Horton won the 2021 Oaklawn Handicap on his 81st birthday. Horton may have an opportunity to celebrate again in 2022 with Last Samurai, who recorded his...