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Oaklawn to take Arkansas Derby entries on Saturday
Oaklawn Park will have a special entry date for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be held on March 28, according to track racing secretary Pat Pope.
Mary RampelliniMar 15, 2026
Oaklawn Park will have a special entry date for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be held on March 28, according to track racing secretary Pat Pope.
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Tammy Johns of Meridian, Idaho, leads a field of 83 entries still eligible for the title of Horseplayer of the Year heading into the final day of National Horseplayers Championship on Sunday at Horseshoe Las Vegas.
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Success in horse racing from a trainer's perspective often has its rewards. In the case of Marcus Melander's stable, which nearly reached the $10 million plateau in earnings in 2025, it is being marked by a stable that has reached the number 92. For Melander, who started his own stable in 2015 after working for Jimmy Takter for one year, the depth of his stable is highlighted by a milestone.
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Oaklawn Park put the spotlight on sprinters Saturday with Tejano Twist closing from last to win the Grade 3, $250,000 Whitmore in hand and Goodall rolling to a 4 1/2-length win in the $150,000 Purple Martin.
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Sunday’s $1 Coast-to-Coast Pick Five, featuring three races at Gulfstream Park and two from Santa Anita, has a carryover of $119,873.
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The $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs on Saturday more closely resembled a grand melee at the top of the stretch, with eight horses madly scrambling for racing room that didn’t exist. It was a field without order, a race without a true leader.
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The 18-1 Twirling Queen showed she was back on top of her game while leading a parade of longshots across the finish line, registering a 1 1/2-length victory over the 32-1 Me Governor in Saturday’s $125,000 Captiva Island Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
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Ahead of the $250,000 Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs, trainer Bob Baffert said that if Bottle of Rouge was good enough to be a Kentucky Oaks contender, she would show him. It’s impossible to argue that she hurt her case on Saturday.
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Sumter won Saturday’s Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita in his own way. In the stretch of the turf sprint at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside course, jockey Mike Smith struck Sumter once with his whip, but did not get a favorable response from the 7-year-old gelding.
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Fulmine was claimed for $50,000 out of his maiden win at 2 and is now a stakes winner after rallying to a 2 3/4-length victory over Wootun Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $125,000 Hutcheson Stakes.