Mon, 01/26/2026 - 18:01

Aqueduct cancels racing through Friday due to freezing temperatures

Susie Raisher/NYRA

Temperatures Wednesday through Friday will struggle to get into the low 20s, with wind chills in the single digits.

There will be no live racing at Aqueduct until Saturday, as the New York Racing Association announced Monday afternoon that racing programs scheduled Wednesday through Friday have been canceled due to a forecast that calls for extreme cold temperatures and low wind-chill values.

Coming off frigid temperatures and a Sunday snowstorm that dumped nearly a foot of snow in Queens, N.Y., temperatures Wednesday through Friday will struggle to get into the low 20s, with wind chills in the single digits.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 14:14

Canaletto impresses in debut

By David Grening

Tom Keyser

Kentucky Oaks runner-up Drexel Hill is pointing to the Grade 3, $150,000 Royal Delta Stakes at Gulfstream on Feb. 14.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – While entries were being taken for Saturday’s Grade 3, $275,000 Holy Bull Stakes for Kentucky Derby hopefuls, a budding star was unveiled Sunday afternoon on Gulfstream’s main track.

Canaletto, a son of Into Mischief and a half-brother to Sandman, a Grade-1 winning 3-year-old of 2025, romped to an eight-length victory in a one-mile maiden race. Canaletto, from the same connections of Sierra Leone, ran a mile in 1:36.28 under Flavien Prat and earned an 89 Beyer Speed Figure. Canaletto is trained by Chad Brown.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 14:09

Holy Bull field will scratch down to seven entrants

By David Grening

Barbara D. Livingston

Buetane will not run in the Holy Bull after his Tuesday flight was canceled due to weather concerns.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Nine 3-year-olds were entered Sunday for Saturday’s Grade 3, $275,000 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds is going to lose at least two starters.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 13:36

Weather could impact Withers field

By David Grening

Susie Raisher/NYRA

Aqueduct is among several tracks that have had to cancel racing and training due to brutally cold weather.

The snow and the brutally cold temperatures that forced raceday cancellations in the Northeast over the weekend have also impacted training, as Aqueduct, Parx, and Laurel have all had to cancel training several mornings.

The loss of training is weighing on the minds of several trainers as they decide whether to enter or run in Saturday’s $200,000 Withers Stakes for 3-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 12:41

With La Canada win, Nafisa joins Baffert's loaded group of distaffers

By Steve Andersen

Benoit Photo

Nafisa picked up her first stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3 La Canada at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. – An easy win by Nafisa in Saturday’s Grade 3 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita gives Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert an even deeper bench of older fillies and mares.

Nafisa, bought for $1.8 million as a yearling in 2022, is part of a group that includes Splendora, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar in November; Hope Road, who won the Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga last summer; Seismic Beauty, winner of the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar last August; and Cavalieri, winner of the Grade 1 Beholder Mile last March.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 12:36

Full Serrano under consideration for pair of Dubai races

By Steve Andersen

Debra A. Roma

After running third in the Pegasus World Cup, Full Serrano is possible for the Godolphin Mile or Dubai World Cup.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Full Serrano, third in Saturday’s Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, is under consideration for a trip to Dubai in late March. The race to target will be a discussion point in coming weeks.

Full Serrano, best known for winning the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar in 2024, has two options at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on March 28 – the Group 2 Godolphin Mile or the $12 million Dubai World Cup at 1 1/4 miles.

Mon, 01/26/2026 - 11:25

Pletcher targets Sam Davis, Suncoast with Renegade, Zany

By David Grening

Barbara D. Livingston

Zany is 2 for 2, with a 6 1/2-length victory sprinting on debut at Gulfstream and an 8 1/2-length score in the Grade 2 Demoiselle going 1 1/8 miles.

Trainer Todd Pletcher will be well-represented in the next round of stakes for 3-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs, as he plans to run Renegade in the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis for boys and undefeated Demoiselle Stakes winner Zany in the listed $125,000 Suncoast Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Both races are on Feb. 7.

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 18:09

Capuano weighs Withers options

By Patrick Moquin

Jeff Snyder/Maryland Jockey Club

Hollywood Import is the likeliest of Gary Capuano's horses to make it to the Withers starting gate.

Trainer Gary Capuano has nominated three horses for the $200,000 Withers at Aqueduct on Jan. 31.

While Let’s Go Lando will probably take more time after a Laurel allowance victory on Jan. 10, Capuano is still considering Hollywood Import and Wild Warrior for the trip to Aqueduct. The two colts worked a mile together at Laurel in 1:51.20 on Jan. 22.

“I was thinking of possibly running both in there, but I'm not positive that I'll run two,” Capuano said. “I'm probably leaning on Hollywood Import for that.”

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 18:02

D'Amato preparing Probably Dreaming for Southwest

By Patrick Moquin

Delaware Park

Probably Dreaming was undefeated in his first three starts at Delaware Park, including two $100,000 stakes.

Probably Dreaming, a two-time stakes winner as a juvenile, has departed trainer Gary Capuano’s barn following a private sale earlier this month. He is now based at Oaklawn Park with trainer Phil D’Amato, who is pointing him to the Grade 3 Southwest for his 3-year-old debut on Jan. 31.

“We're going to duck him,” Capuano said of his new rival.

Sold by Paul L. Fowler Jr., Probably Dreaming is now owned by Agave Racing and Evan Trommer. As of Jan. 22, the colt had not made a published workout at his new home base, but D’Amato confirmed the Southwest as his goal on Friday.

Fri, 01/23/2026 - 15:44

Full fields order of the day for Classic meet opener on Jan. 30

By Mary Rampellini

Komorebino Omoide wins Delta Mile Nov 8 2024

Hodges Photography

Komorebino Omoide is one of nine older horses entered in the one-mile Fifth Season Stakes.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., resumes racing next Friday, Jan. 30, after a three-week winter break, and entries for its first card back were fast and furious on Friday.

The 10-race program drew 122 horses, with nine of them on also-eligible lists. The featured $150,000 Fifth Season, which is for 4-year-olds and up at a mile, drew a field of nine that includes Southern California-based Pony Express, who is trained by John Sadler.

First post next Friday will be 12:30 p.m. Central.

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