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Elle Z Wires Pan Zareta

NEW ORLEANS, LA – M Bar O’s Elle Z took the lead at the start and held off the favored Into Mystic‘s late bid to wire Saturday’s $75,000 Pan Zareta Stakes at […]

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Wilbo Scores Again In $125,000 King Cotton

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Chris Wilkins’ Wilbo scored his second stakes victory, and his second consecutive win, in Saturday’s $125,000 King Cotton Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Off well from post 3 under David […] Read More

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Oaklawn Preview Part 1 of 6: Ten Trainers to Watch for in 2017

Steve Asmussen It all starts with this guy when you talk about Oaklawn Park. Last year he won the trainers title yet again as he got revenge on Chris Hartman […] Read More

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Alsvid All Heart in Grade 3, $100,000 Aristides, Beats Limousine Liberal by Head

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, June 4, 2016) – Black Hawk Stable’s 7-year-old millionaire Alsvid grabbed a narrow lead at the head of the stretch and gamely held on to beat 4-5 favorite Limousine Liberal by a head […] Read More

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Churchill Downs Barn Notes: Dazzling Gem Breezes For Possible Preakness

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 15, 2016) – Steve Landers Racing’s Dazzling Gem had his third Churchill Downs work since finishing fourth in the Arkansas Derby (Grade I), breezing a half-mile in :49.60 Sunday morning. […] Read More

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Oaklawn Preview Part 1 of 6: Ten Trainers to Watch for in 2016

Chris Hartman In what has to be considered a major upset last year Chris Hartman knocked off three time defending training champion Steve Asmussen to win the his first Oaklawn […] Read More

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Record Purses, Triple Crown Winner Lead to Overflowing Stall Applications at Oaklawn Park

Hot Springs, Ark. (Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015) – Coming on the heels of having launched the first successful Triple Crown bid in 37 years and with record purses for the […] Read More

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4th Annual Racing Dudes Oaklawn Awards

Horse of the Meet: American Pharoah – He came to Hot Springs and absolutely put on a show! Every Oaklawn fan (except for the connections that had to face him) should […] Read More

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Oaklawn Report #11

Three Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Weast Hill (AR) – This week we focus entirely on the Arkansas breds! We’ll start off with Weast Hill who was easily the […] Read More

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Oaklawn Report #10

Three Stars of the Week – 1st Star: Subtle Indian (KY) – The feature race of the weekend was the Gazebo Stakes, and it was Subtle Indian who got the perfect […] Read More