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BH Monday: Casse Recaps Big Weekend at Oaklawn Park
on 02/09/2026 5:55 PM
On the Feb. 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Mark Casse recaps a successful weekend at Oaklawn Park highlighted by victories from Silent Tactic, Search Party, and Nitrogen. BloodHorse bloodstock editor Eric Mitchell previews new stallions for 2026.
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Sam Houston, MyRacehorse Launch Ownership Initiative
on 02/09/2026 3:50 PM
Sam Houston Race Park had launched the Sam Houston Racing Club, a groundbreaking collaboration with MyRacehorse, which offers SEC-qualified, true ownership interests at scale, redefining how fans experience Thoroughbred racing.
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Meaning Upsets Super Corredora, Explora in Las Virgenes
on 02/08/2026 7:57 PM
After finishing behind Super Corredora and Explora in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), the lightly-raced Meaning turned the tables in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes Feb. 8 at Santa Anita Park.
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Roll On Big Joe Rolls On For Third Straight Stakes Win
on 02/08/2026 6:55 PM
Roll On Big Joe is doing just that—rolling on—as he conquered the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes at Oaklawn Park Feb. 8, and with it, notched his first three-stakes win streak.
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Casse Pointing Silent Tactic Toward Rebel Stakes
on 02/08/2026 5:52 PM
Silent Tactic will be pointed to the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn Park following his victory in the Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 6, Mark Casse, the colt's dual Hall of Fame trainer, said Feb. 8.
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Plutarch Gives Baffert 14th Robert B. Lewis Victory
on 02/07/2026 9:29 PM
Plutarch, who had placed in three stakes, including two on the turf, proved best of Bob Baffert's three entrants and defeated Intrepido to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.
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Splendora Wins Season Debut in D. Wayne Lukas Stakes
on 02/07/2026 8:28 PM
Splendora's return to the races after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) is a winning one in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
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Splendora Wins Season Debut in D. Wayne Lukas Stakes
on 02/07/2026 8:28 PM
Splendora's return to the races after winning the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) is a winning one in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
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Champion Filly Nitrogen Impresses in Season Opener
on 02/07/2026 7:27 PM
After racing well within herself through most of the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) Feb. 7 at Oaklawn Park, Nitrogen put away game stablemate Nerazurri in the stretch and drew off to a 2 3/4-length win.
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Renegade, Zany Victorious in Preps at Tampa Bay Downs
on 02/07/2026 7:27 PM
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher continued his supremacy in the $210,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) prep for a record-extending eighth time with 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) runner-up Renegade.
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Strauss Earns Landmark Victory in Abu Dhabi Gold Cup
on 02/07/2026 6:23 PM
History was made at the Abu Dhabi Gold Cup Feb. 7 as Japanese runner Strauss delivered a landmark victory, under rider Joao Moreira and for trainer Ryo Takei.
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Kentucky Derby Hopeful Blackout Time Pointed to Rebel
on 02/07/2026 5:18 PM
2025 Breeders' Futurity (G1) runner-up Blackout Time is targeting the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn Park for his 3-year-old debut, co-owner Lance Gasaway said Feb. 7
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Zany Remains Perfect With Easy Suncoast Stakes Victory
on 02/07/2026 4:12 PM
Zany, one of the top 2-year-old fillies of 2025, improved to 3-for-3 in kicking off her 2026 season with a confidently handled, 2 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes Feb. 7 at Tampa Bay Downs.
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Super Corredora, Explora to Face Off in Las Virgenes
on 02/07/2026 3:11 PM
Super Corredora, champion 2-year-old filly of 2025, faces Explora in the Las Virgenes Stakes. The two top sophomore fillies ran 1-2, respectively, in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
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Oaklawn Park Bans Trainer Mason
on 02/07/2026 2:09 PM
According to a Paulick Report story, trainer Ingrid Mason has been banned from Oaklawn Park for five years and is being investigated by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit, the enforcement arm of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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Late Charge: Silent Tactic Claims Southwest
on 02/06/2026 8:30 PM
After running a quiet second in the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent Tactic announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials with a devastating rally and widening victory in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Oaklawn Park.
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Talk to Me Jimmy Posts Loud Victory in Withers
on 02/06/2026 7:29 PM
Recent times have been difficult for trainer Rudy Rodriguez, but there was a much different feeling Feb. 6 as he watched the stretch run of the $200,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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NYRA Suspends New CAW Restrictions During Feb. 6 Card
on 02/06/2026 2:17 PM
NYRA announces that guardrails requiring computer-assisted wagering activity to cease at one minute to post in many pools have been suspended for one racing day, Feb. 6, to allow for technical upgrades to the tote system.
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Lemon Muffin Lukas Win Would Mean the World to Sones
on 02/06/2026 2:17 PM
"We're just hoping Wayne is looking after us from heaven," owner Dr. Aaron Sones said of Lemon Muffin in the Feb. 7 D. Wayne Lukas Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. "If anybody can pull it off, it's him."
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Delaware Park Announces Live Racing Schedule
on 02/06/2026 1:17 PM
Delaware Park is expected to have 75 days of live racing during it's 89th season.
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