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STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN THURSDAY, JAN 15, 2026 CAL CUP: GRAND SLAM SMILE, SNEAKER MEET AGAIN IN TURF SPRINT CAL CUP DERBY: LEWIS SEEKS ONE BETTER FROM JOHN METCALFE DENMAN TO RECEIVE ECLIPSE AWARD FOR CAREER EXCELLENCE CTBA WINTER MIXED SALE SET FOR THIS TUESDAY AT FAIRPLEX...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Cox Targets Third Lecomte Title With Trio of Contenders NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 14, 2025) – With two Lecomte titles to his name, trainer Brad Cox will saddle three of the 11 colts entered in the Grade 3 $250,000 Lecomte Stakes, the headlining event on Road to...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Winning four races on a single card is a big deal for any jockey. Today at Tampa Bay Downs, it also turned into a major event for bettors. Thanks to leading jockey Samuel Marin’s fourth victory in the ninth and final race aboard 7-1 shot...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 Florida-based dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said in November that he would send some of his best horses to Oaklawn for its 64-day split season that began Dec. 12, adding they would arrive in waves. The latest...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Just a Touch Eyes Elusive Stakes Title in Grade 3 Louisiana NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 12, 2025) — Tabbed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite, Just a Touch leads a field of eight older males entered in the Grade 3 $175,000 Louisiana Stakes presented by Hagyard on...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Graded Stakes-Placed Atropa Tabbed Atop Six-Filly Silverbulletday Field NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) — Tabbed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite, graded stakes-placed Atropa leads a field of six fillies in the $150,000 Fasig-Tipton Silverbulletday Stakes on...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Adelphi Racing Club has plenty to look forward to in 2026 One Nine Hundred earns 104 BSF in Aqueduct win; Morley stakes stars Donegal Momentum, Attfield back for more Ortiz to send Doc Sullivan south with G1 Pegasus World Cup...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Top Barns Take Aim at Chip Honcho in Grade 3 $250,000 Lecomte NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) – Leland Ackerley Racing’s Gun Runner Stakes winner Chip Honcho anchors the field for Saturday’s Grade 3 $250,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course &...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Tony Martin Returns to Represent Promising Apprentice Jamison Mudd NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 11, 2025) – After a brief retirement, Tony Martin is back – and this time the veteran jockey agent is representing Jamison Mudd, an apprentice rider at Fair Grounds Race...