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Blackout Time is targeting the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn for its 3-year-old debut, co-owner Lance Gasaway said Saturday morning. Blackout Time hasn’t started since a second-place finish behind eventual 2-year-old champion Ted Noffey in the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes (G1) at 1 1/16 miles on Oct. 4 at Keeneland. Blackout Time […]
After running an easy second in his first dirt start in the January 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent tactics announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials on February 6 with a hard-hitting, ever-expanding win in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Oaklawn Park. Although he was overshadowed by others competing in the 1 1/16 mile race, […]
After two runaway wins in ungraded stakes, Strategic risk steps into an esteemed company and finds himself in the $1 million spotlight in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 6. Oaklawn Park. Preparation for the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) was postponed from Jan. 31 due to subzero temperatures in Arkansas. Strategic Risk, winner of […]
A year after first hosting the induction ceremony, two of the most prominent figures in Oaklawn history, director Louis Cella and the late trainer D. Wayne Lukas, will be part of the 2026 class of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, the ASHOF’s 68th overall. “What about that?” said Cella. “That was a little shot […]
A return to 13 days of rest and a stretch of a sprint to a route turned out to be insignificant obstacles Counting stars who improved to 3-for-4 in the $150,000 Year’s End Stakes on December 27 Oaklawn Park. The Year End victory marked her second stakes victory after racing by four lengths in the […]
