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Oaklawn moves Arkansas Derby date to within three weeks of Kentucky Derby
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will move the Arkansas Derby back to a date that is three weeks prior to the Kentucky Derby in 2027.
Matt HegartyJul 09, 2026
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will move the Arkansas Derby back to a date that is three weeks prior to the Kentucky Derby in 2027.
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Trainer Jena Antonucci will not be suspended for 15 days under a settlement the trainer reached with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in a case involving a positive test for the regulated painkiller lidocaine in a horse she trained, according to documents related to the case.
Luke Middlebrook's Hong Kong Selections and Analysis for Sunday, July 12, 2026, at Sha Tin.
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Trainer Robert Tiller will take two swings at Saturday's eighth race at Woodbine when he sends out Yacht Boy and Humber River in the first-level allowance sprint, which has a $32,000 claiming option.
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Kennyten, the country's fastest 2-year-old, will have company on the front end when he starts in the Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes on Aug. 8 at Del Mar.
The youngest jockey at Del Mar this summer will be 19-year-old apprentice Warren Ebow III, who arrived in California late last month to gear up for the summer meet.
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Super Corredora, the 2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner whose 3-year-old campaign fizzled after two starts, is back in training at Santa Anita with John Sadler.
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Trainer Richard Mandella will enter summer with two prominent distance turf runners who have changed barns – Sinsel, a Group 1 winner from Brazil, and Atitlan, a Grade 2 winner previously trained by the late John Shirreffs.
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Del Mar announced this week it will add an all-turf late pick three to its betting menu.
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Brad Cox trains Prom Queen, who will be favored Saturday at Horseshoe Indianapolis in the Grade 3 Indiana Oaks. Cox hopes a win will send Prom Queen back to Grade 1 stakes, but bettors might do worse than taking at least a mildly skeptical approach.