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By Kevin Kilroy —- Fair Grounds Introduces Crescent City 6 for 2025–26 Meet NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 18, 2025) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots will launch a new 20-cent minimum Pick 6 wager, the Crescent City 6, when the track opens its 2025–26 Thoroughbred meet on...

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...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Six Louisiana-Bred Stakes Set for Opening Week at Fair Grounds Secret Faith Gets Second Chance at Blue Fire in Saturday’s Caldwell NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 18, 2025) – Opening week of Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ 154th Thoroughbred racing season...

NYRA PRESS OFFICE —- Saturday, November 15, 2025 Aqueduct Racetrack Notes Dylan Davis recovering after Friday spill Phileas Fogg on point for G2 Cigar Mile Handicap Crazy Mason works for G2 Cigar Mile Balboa possible for G2 Remsen OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Jockey Dylan Davis will...

By Mike Henry —- JOCKEY SAMUEL MARIN, LEFT, WITH HIS AGENT, MIKE MORAN) OLDSMAR, FL. – Samuel Marin, who won last season’s Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title by riding 116 winners, received feelers during the summer about shifting his base of operations to the New York winter...

By Mary Eddy —- Danner looks for more Big A stakes success with Nice as Pie in Forever Together OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Kelsey Danner has won with two of her four stakes starters this fall at Aqueduct Racetrack, and will look to further her success here with Nice as Pie...

By Kevin Kilroy —- Featuring Two Stakes and Trio of Turf Affairs, Fair Grounds Opening Day Card Attracts Full Fields Curtis Ready to Go for Fair Grounds Opening Day; Lopez Named to Six NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 13, 2025) – Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots’ Opening Day card has...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse made a splash in his Oaklawn return last season, winning nine races – a single-season personal best in Hot Springs – including the $1.5 million G1-Arkansas Derby with Sandman....

By Christian Abdo —- Fast Market stock rising before G3 Pebbles OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Hit The Bid Racing Stable’s Fast Market has been on the improve and seeks a breakthrough score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Pebbles, a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, at...