Move over Bob Baffert and save a seat for Lonnie Briley on the train to the Kentucky Derby (G1). Coal Battle led from the break and kicked away for a four-length victory in the $250,000 Smarty Jones S...
Smarty Jones made a lasting impression at Oaklawn Park in 2004, sweeping the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby before his oh-so-close sweep of Triple Crown – winning the Kentucky De...
Brad Cox goes for an Arkansas Derby (G1) record-setting hat-trick Saturday when he saddles Timberlake in the crowning event of the Oaklawn Park season. No trainer has won the Arkansas Derby for three ...
Maybe he was dancing, not drifting in the stretch. That would be Timberlake, who made a triumphant 3-year-old debut with an impressive victory over Common Defense in Saturday’s $1.25 million Rebel (...
The long-awaited 3-year-old debut of Timberlake is less than a week away after the promising bay colt was entered Sunday in the $1.25 million Rebel (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Winner of the Champagne (G1) a...
An impressive display of “good energy” in a 10 ¾-length romp at the Fair Grounds in his 3-year-old debut has Maycocks Bay in the favorite’s role for Saturday’s $800,000 Southwest (G3) at Oakl...
Saturday marks the 59th running of the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park and the feature again returns on the track’s stakes calendar to its regular spot as the traditional Rebel Stakes (G2) pre...
A quartet of Kentucky Derby (G1) preps is set for Saturday (Feb. 3), all offering qualifying points of 20-10-6-4-2 to the first five finishers. The $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park features ...
Catching Freedom found the daylight he needed in the stretch and won the $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park on New Year’s Day. With Oaklawn’s leading rider (in 2023) Cristian Torres aboa...
The numbers are huge at Oaklawn: The 119th racing season opens Friday for 66 racing days, with a record $60 million in purses (a 20% increase), a record 47 stakes races, including a quarter-million-do...
