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Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 Saffie Joseph Jr. has had only one stakes starter this season at Oaklawn, but the Florida-based trainer plans to be more active...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Adds Race Dates to 2025-26 Meet NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 17, 2026) – Inspired by the strong performance of purse sources, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots announced the addition of two race dates to the 2025-26 meet. The additional days will be...

150,000 Dixie Belle Stakes Recap Compiled by Robert Yates | FRENCH FRICTION – Dixie Belle Stakes – 48th Running Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 For Immediate Release $150,000 Dixie Belle Stakes Another stakes race at Oaklawn, another stakes victory for dual Hall of Fame...

Stakes Advance – $150,000 Dixie Belle Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 Unbeaten Little Miss Curlin is the 8-5 program favorite for the $150,000 Dixie Belle Stakes for 3-year-old filly sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. The six-furlong Dixie Belle goes as...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 Millionaire multiple stakes winner Coal Battle is back on the work tab at Oaklawn in advance of his 4-year-old debut, which trainer Lonnie Briley said could come in the $500,000 Oaklawn Mile (G3) for older horses March...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Bill Boland flexed his right hand a couple of times between autograph-seekers during today’s Jockeys & Jeans “Once in a Lifetime” Meet and Greet event at Tampa Bay Downs to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). At 92,...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 2026 Benoit Photo SOMBER MOOD AT SANTA ANITA AFTER DEATH OF JOHN SHIRREFFS SANTA ANITA HORSEMEN HONOR THEIR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE GIII SAN MARCOS: GOLD PHOENIX COMING IN ‘GUNS A BLAZING’ TRAINER MCCARTHY WINS 3 SUNDAY INCLUDING BOTH...

Stakes Advance – $150,000 American Beauty Stakes Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 Another starter from the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) is scheduled to make her 2026...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Veteran trainer Joe Orseno is swinging for the fences in Saturday’s Turf Sprint Showcase races at Tampa Bay Downs. Orseno, whose sterling career record includes a Preakness victory in 2000 with Red Bullet and two Breeders’ Cup victories that...