The $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) will top a fine 12-race card at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. My major focus on the day, other than the feature, will be on the late…
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Hours before Improbable and Game Winner came up short in their respective divisions of the Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, Dessman was the first of three odds-on favorites sent out…
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — The biggest non-Racing Festival of the South Day in Oaklawn Park history? Saturday’s card is surely in that discussion with two divisions of the Rebel (G2) featuring the…
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Glorious sunshine is forecast both today and Rebel Stakes Day here at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, with temperatures a touch on the cool side in the upper 50s.…
A compact but stellar field of fillies and mares will travel 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn Park on Saturday in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2). Four of the six entered are Grade…
If Saturday’s Rebel (G2) is split into two divisions as Oaklawn Park officials expect, each division of the Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep will be worth $750,000. Derby qualifying points…
But none before Sir Barton had ever attempted, much less won, the premier stakes for three-year-olds held in the major racing centers of Kentucky, Maryland, and New York. There was no model…
TwinSpires gives credits for close calls in Valentine’s Day Challenge The TwinSpires.com Valentine’s Day Challenge offered players who opted in a bonus for hitting a straight 1-4 exacta or double at designated…
If you like Steve Asmussen, you’re going to love the Grade 3, $500,000 Southwest on Presidents Day at Oaklawn Park. The Hall of Famer hogs five of the 11 slots in the…
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — An excellent and challenging 10-race card awaits fans both here at Oaklawn Park and around the country on this holiday Monday. The feature is the $500,000 Southwest (G3)…
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen has won the $500,000 Southwest (G3) on two prior occasions and is taking a serious swing at winning a third with five of the 11 runners…
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Cool, overcast, but mainly dry are the forecasted conditions here at Oaklawn Park this afternoon and for tomorrow’s Southwest Day program. Here are some horses of interest on…