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In commercial terms, the winners of last weekend’s Kentucky Derby (G1) trials represented – to borrow a phrase from Joni Mitchell – ‘the breadth of the extremities’. On one hand we have the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) winner. Plutarch and the kidnapper of Sam F. Davis Stakes Defector both from seven-time top sires In […]
Silent tactics will move to the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) on March 1 Oaklawn Park Following his victory in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 6, Mark Casse, the colt’s two-time Hall of Fame trainer, said on February 8. Silent Tactic received a preliminary Beyer Speed Figure of 88, a career-high, after his 3 […]
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 […]
The last Saturday in January, originally scheduled for three Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points races, will instead feature just one: the January 31 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) on Gulfstream Park. The other two Derby preps are the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3). Oaklawn Park and the $200,000 Withers Stakes Aqueduct racecoursewill not take place this […]
The severe winter conditions resulting from Winter Storm Fern, with cold temperatures pushing temperatures into the single digits in some parts of the United States, are still causing live racing cancellations across the eastern United States from Kentucky to the Northeast. Oaklawn Park announced on January 27 the cancellation of its January 30-February 1 racing […]
Universe a final second-place finish in the 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs after two previous stakes placements, it aims to turn stakes as a mere 3-year-old in the January 3 Smarty Jones Stakes on Oaklawn Park. The track-pulled colt fights the undefeated one Santa Fe Ranch and seven others in the […]
Oaklawn Park the 2025-26 racing season kicks off on Dec. 12 with the $150,000 Advent Stakes, the opening marker of a record 62 stakes worth more than a total of $18.3 million this winter and next spring at the Hot Springs, Ark., track. Entries were taken for Advent and the remainder of the Opening Day […]
