Oaklawn Park

Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita Picks for February 27, 2020

Ricky’s Rockets🚀 is ready to attack another Saturday of top-notch racing. This isn’t an ordinary Saturday with some stakes races. Unlike any other in 2021, we have 12 stakes races […]

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 485: Fountain of Youth, Southwest Stakes Previews and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview the $300,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park and the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, each a Kentucky Derby prep. Then the […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Picks and Santa Anita Picks for February 26, 2020

Ricky’s Rockets🚀 definitely enjoyed getting back to Hot Springs, Arkansas! It has been a few weeks since we were live from Oaklawn Park, but we returned with a bang. Gulfstream […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Gulfstream Park and Oaklawn Picks for February 25, 2020

Ricky’s Rockets🚀 had another strong week making the best of what tracks we had available to us! Now with the weather and cancellations behind us, we head back to Oaklawn […] Read More

Race Previews

Mystic Guide Leads Saturday’s Razorback Field

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Post positions for the rescheduled $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3) for older horses Saturday at Oaklawn were drawn Tuesday. One horse entered again in the 1 1/16-mile Razorback […] Read More

Columns

Trainers, My Favorite Handicapping Angle

When I first dove into the intricacies of horse racing, I learned to admire the trainers, people whom owners trust to take care of expensive horses. Other than the horses […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets ?: Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita Picks for February 12, 2020

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s a rocket soaring through the sky! Ricky’s Rockets ? repeated last Thursday’s performance and was great again on Thursday afternoon sweeping the […] Read More

Handicapping

Ricky’s Rockets ?: Gulfstream Park and Oaklawn Park Picks for February 11, 2020

At this time last week, Ricky’s Rockets ? was on the way to sweeping the card at Gulfstream! We’ve started off strong in February with one of the best weekends […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Keepmeinmind is Staying Home

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Trainer Robertino Diodoro said Wednesday morning that Keepmeinmind will make his 3-year-old debut in Oaklawn’s $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3), rather than ship to Fair Grounds for Saturday’s […] Read More

Columns

Anecdotes From The Track: My First On-Track Racing Experience

Remember your first day at the track? You likely felt lost, overwhelmed, and totally unaware of how complicated this sport actually gets. You probably listened to everything you overheard from […] Read More