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Millionaire Mr. Wireless returns to Oaklawn in search of his fourth career stakes victory in Friday’s inaugural $150,000 Lake Ouachita for older horses at 1 1/16 miles. Probable post time for the Lake Ouachita, the 10th of 11 races on the penultimate day of the 68-day meeting, is 5:46 p.m. (Central). Racing begins at 12:20 […]

Grade 3 winner Mo Strike is scheduled to make his 2023 debut in the $150,000 Bachelor Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 6-furlong Bachelor, the 10th of 11 races, is 5:26 p.m. (Central). The card also features the inaugural $150,000 Dig a Diamond Stakes for older fillies and mares […]

Willis Horton Racing’s Last Samurai can become just the third horse to sweep Oaklawn’s three most lucrative two-turn races for older horses in the same year with a victory in Saturday’s $1 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) at 1 1/8 miles. The Oaklawn Handicap, which drew a strong field of seven, highlights a 12-race card that […]

There’s a reason the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) drew only four entrants. Two reasons, actually – Secret Oath and Clairiere, the millionaire Grade 1 winners who meet for the third time in the Apple Blossom, the 1 1/16-mile prize for older fillies and mares, Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the Apple […]

Trainer Chris Hartman said he claimed Tejano Twist with the thought of a late-running grass horses. Instead of grass, the late-running Tejano Twist has excelled on dirt. Tejano Twist can pad his main-track resume again Saturday in Hot Springs, Ark., at Oaklawn in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) for older horses at  furlongs. […]

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC’s Wicked Halo, making her first start since a narrow third in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), was back in the winner’s circle after an impressive victory in Friday’s inaugural $250,000 Matron Stakes at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark. Favorite Wicked Halo, with Tyler Gaffalione in the irons, […]

After winning his March 16 comeback at Oaklawn, trainer Kenny McPeek said Smile Happy would likely make his next start in the $1 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) for older horses at 1 1/8 miles April 22. Instead, Smile Happy is among seven older horses entered in Saturday’s $400,000 Oaklawn Mile (G3). Probable post time for […]

Godolphin LLC’s homebred Wet Paint can become just the second horse to sweep what are now Oaklawn’s three Kentucky Oaks points races with a victory in Saturday’s $600,000 Fantasy Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles. Probable post time for the Fantasy, the 10th of 13 races, is 5:35 p.m. (Central). Racing begins […]