Horse Racing: Arkansas Derby

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.- Lightly raced Time for Truth is under strong consideration for the Arkansas Derby following his entry-level allowance victory at 1 1/16 miles Saturday, trainer Ron Moquett said Sunday morning. The $1.5 million G1-Arkansas Derby March 30 would mark Time for Truth's first Kentucky Derby points race and fourth start overall. Making…

On May 2, 2020, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert became the first to ever win two editions of the Arkansas Derby (G1) in the same year. Charlatan took the first division of the split field, while Nadal won the second. No matter if you're looking for Arkansas Derby contenders, entries, odds, results and payouts, news, past winners, picks and tips,…

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - This weekend at Oaklawn is the last local prep race before the Arkansas Derby and they're betting on it being beautiful weather. After snow and rain put a damper on some races earlier in the year, Oaklawn is ready for some sunshine and all that this weekend has to offer. People across the state and country, like Cody Parry, are…

With beautiful weather forecast for this weekend, Oaklawn has plans to open the infield for the first time this season. Racing fans will get a chance to experience the last local prep for the Arkansas Derby on the infield, but plans are to have the area open Saturday and Sunday, not just for the Grade 2 $1.25 million Rebel Stakes Saturday. "This is…

Some horses one wanted to see next week in Hot Springs are running today in New Orleans. Hence, Rebel Saturday at Oaklawn may be played in a subdued, if not minor key. When the host track hikes the purse to $1.25 million, which Oaklawn has done with the Arkansas Derby prep, it stings to have so much A-list talent running elsewhere. Both the Rebel…

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Welcome to Noel Michaels' Weekend Winners, the place to go for weekend best bets and spot plays from veteran handicapper and tournament-play pioneer Noel Michaels. Check back every week for a couple of highlighted selections designed to help you cash a few bets and make some money. Noel's selections have been featured just about everywhere horse…

Jared has the top 5 horses that every horse racing fan needs to watch in 2024, including 3 returning Breeders' Cup champions. Who is poised to have a superstar campaign that could culminate in hoisting a World Championship trophy in November at Del Mar? RacingDudes.com began when Jared Welch and Aaron Halterman, high school acquaintances,…

Magic previews the 11th annual Racing Dudes Triple Crown Fantasy League Draft, where several of the smartest horse racing minds pick their top horses for the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) and beyond. Magic also recaps what happened in last year's Fantasy League, then welcomes the newest teams & players in a way that only Magic can. RacingDudes.com began…

William Haggas' Newmarket stable is firing on all cylinders at present and continued its dominance when Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's unbeaten Maljoom (Ire) (Caravaggio) overcame a slow start to maintain his perfect record in Sunday's G2 37th Mehl-Mulhens-Rennen - German 2000 Guineas at Cologne. The April-foaled bay went postward for this first…

The 2023-2024 racing season begins at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs today. It will be a busy opening weekend at the track, with 10 races scheduled both today and Saturday. Gates open at 11 a.m., and post time for today's first race is at 12:30 p.m., with trainer Steve Assmussen's 3-year-old gelding State School Smart an early betting…

An outstanding renewal of the Group 1 Golden Rose at Rosehill on Friday night features the horses and international jockeys who won Sydney's biggest 2-year-old races last season. The world's top-ranked rider, England's Ryan Moore, and star Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira will ride in the million-dollar race for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs. The…

Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen is scheduled to start millionaire Wicked Halo in the $300000 Open Mind Stakes for female sprinters and millionaire Pauline's Pearl in the $400000 G3-Locust Grove Stakes for fillies and mares. Pauline's Pearl (5-1 on the morning line) is among five Oaklawn-raced horses entered in the Locust Grove, a steppingstone to the…

St Albans Bloodstock's 4-year-old homebred filly Heredia (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}-Nakuti {Ire}, by Mastercraftsman {Ire}) took seven attempts to make a stakes breakthrough, doing so in last month's Listed Dick Hern Fillies' S. at Haydock, and continued her belated rise up the ladder with a career high in Saturday's G3 Virgin Bet Atalanta S. at…

Sent off the third betting choice at just shy of 4-1, Red Route One (Gun Runner) sustained a run for the better part of the final five furlongs and shot past the dueling pacesetters to give his owner Winchell Thoroughbreds a third win and trainer Steve Asmussen a sixth success in the GIII West Virginia Derby. Outrun early, the homebred was…

NEW CUMBERLAND - The signature program of the racing season at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort will shift to a Sunday and be run mostly in the evening for 2023. The last time the $500000 Grade III West Virginia Derby was held at night was 2002, when Wiseman's Ferry won the 1 1/8-mile stakes for 3-year-olds. Since that time, it has been run…

The equestrian community is surprising the world of sports by breaking the previous year's numbers. Whether it is the Canadiana 2023 Calagray stampede recent event that broke records of the 2012 attendees event. Or the captivating allure of Meadowlands Pace night of 15th July 2023. The horse racing world has been graced once again with new…

A talented field of nine sophomores will line up for the 155th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets on Saturday at Belmont Park. 2023 Belmont Stakes Betting Bible, featuring the EXACT race-by-race wagering plans from the two founders of RacingDudes.com. See how they're playing every race on on June 10, 2023 at…

Red Route One will be the sole representative for owner Ron Winchell and trainer Steve Asmussen in Saturday's Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course, with stablemate Disarm now pointing toward Saratoga's Travers Stakes (G1) on August 26. 2023 Preakness Stakes Betting Bible, featuring the EXACT race-by-race wagering plans for Aaron Halterman…

Race horses Afleet Alex and Scrappy T make contact during the 130th running of the Preakness Stakes on May 21, 2005, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. Despite falling to his knees, Afleet Alex would recover and win the race.(Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Rick Samuel) The 148th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday will create its own…

D. Wayne Lukas leads Apple Blossom favorite Secret Oath to the track, Paige Mazurenko aboard the Kentucky Oaks winner (Coady Photography) Oaklawn Barn Notes by Robert Yates HOT SPRINGS, Ark.- Thursday marks the 40 anniversary of D. Wayne Lukas' first career victory at Oaklawn, which means the Hall of Fame trainer could come full circle this weekend…

Sam Wright has been purchasing racehorses for clients across the globe since founding Equine Investments International three years ago, but the Hong Kong native may have found his most successful graduate to date in the fields of Kentucky where he picked out three foals for a pinhooking partnership of friends. The trio included a son of Classic…

Anyone who saw the attendance figures at Oaklawn and wondered why the crowd wasn't larger Saturday must not have read his previous morning's newspaper. That it was occasion for the 87th Arkansas Derby was more important than which horse won the race -- Angel of Empire should comport himself quite nicely in Kentucky, thank you -- but a longshot from…

Angel of Empire proved his love of distance and his power as he took the Arkansas Derby by four and a half lengths on Saturday at Oaklawn, cementing his Derby bid and notching up his trainer Brad Cox's second consecutive win of the $1.25-million stakes. He did it with a texbook stretch run. In the early going in seventh, Angel of Empire had been…

There is winning, and then there is obliterating the field. Angel of Empire did the latter on Saturday. The horse, led by jockey Flavien Prat, won the Arkansas Derby with a breathtaking move around the final turn and straightaway, blowing away the field to win at Oaklawn Park. TwinSpires Racing �� @TwinSpires Angel of Empire at 9/2 odds with jockey…

Every spring, in this always-precarious homestretch of the Kentucky Derby preps, we know approximately half the class, or at least we may have a good idea where they're headed. And we may, if we have paid proper attention in the last year's better meetings, feel like we might know or at least suspect who the likely stars are in the other half.…

Friday's race recap from Aqueduct: (All odds US) Replays of Friday's races from Aqueduct can be found here: Aqueduct: Race 1: 1st@ 1.55/1 - BEST BET🔥🔥 Race 2: 4th@ 5.00/1 Race 7: 3rd@ 20.00/1 A nice to return to Aqueduct! With a winning start as our BEST BET. Randomized went to the lead and never looked back at an overlaid 3/2. In Race 2, My…

Frank Fletcher has Derby fever, but it's not the Kentucky kind. Fletcher was raised in tiny Tamo, Ark., about 80 miles southeast of Hot Springs, attended the University of Arkansas and later became a highly successful businessman in the state, with interests ranging from furs to restaurants, hotels to automobile dealerships. Fletcher, 80, is also a…

The 2023 Arkansas Derby picks will see several horses tipped up for glory at Oaklawn Park on Saturday - the latest Kentucky Derby trial race. However, we feel the Bill Mott-trained Rocket Can is the one that can blast his rivals away. ��Time/Date: 6:50pm (Local) (Saturday April 1, 2023) ��Racecourse: Oaklawn Park (Race 12, Grade 1, Dirt, 1m 1/8 for…

The Kentucky Derby is just five weeks away, and on Saturday the road to Louisville goes through Hot Springs, Ark., when 11 horses leave the starting gate in the 2023 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. One of the major Kentucky Derby prep races, the Arkansas Derby will award Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the first five finishers, including 100 to…

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Yes, Florida has Forte, and all eyes in the country - even (or especially) many trackside at Oaklawn for the pricier $1.25-million Arkansas Derby this afternoon - will be closely monitoring what Forte does or does not do down in Florida in his two minutes an hour before the Arkansas runners get saddled and take to their gate. But it's arguable that…

It's a big day today. The day's biggest races are the Florida and Arkansas Derbies, one of which should produce the Kentucky Derby favorite, but there are plenty of other good contests to whet a player's appetite. We have plays in a half-dozen races, a Saturday six pack, and expect fast dirt and firm turf in all of them. Let's go. Gulfstream Park,…

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While Forte will be a standout favorite in the Florida Derby on Saturday, the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park later in the afternoon appears as if it will be a much more competitive affair on the track and at the betting windows. A field of 11 will travel 1 1/8 miles, with Kentucky Derby qualifying points of 100-40-30-20-10…

Champion Forte looks to win his fifth race in a row in the $1 million, Grade 1 Florida Derby while breaking from post position 11 in this field of 12. Forte is going to be an odds-on favorite at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The $1.25 million Arkansas Derby is also a Grade 1 race with 11 runners but has a more contentious field with three horses who…

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The 2023 Arkansas Derby runners see 11 entries heading to post for Saturday's big Oaklawn Park race. With the Tim Yakteen-trained Reincarnate topping the betting for the big weekend Kentucky Derby trial. We've got all the entries, riders and post positions for the Oaklawn Park showpiece. Reincarnate will be hoping to bounce back to life in…

Super Stock used a late surge under Ricardo Santana Jr. to win the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby and lock up a spot in next month's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. Super Stock saved ground throughout while pressing the pace before angling out in mid-stretch and reeling in both odds-on favorite Concert…

Last Samurai, under Cristian Torres, wins the Grade 3 $500000 Essex Handicap Saturday at Oaklawn. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography Darrell Wayne Lukas' golden years are becoming like those of TV star Betty White, who died less than a month before what would have been her 100th birthday. Lukas gets around slower, walking with a cane, at 87 but…

Mendelssohns March remains undefeated with an allowance win March 9 (Coady Photography) Oaklawn Barn Notes by Robert Yates HOT SPRINGS, Ark.- Add a pair of recent Oaklawn winners for trainer Kenny McPeek to the list of early probables for the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 1. McPeek said unbeaten Mendelssohns March and Interlock…

A dominating winner in three starts this winter against fillies, the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Secret Oath will be out to prove she is ready for a new challenge when she takes on the boys in the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby on Saturday at Oaklawn Park. In trying to become the first filly to win a Kentucky Derby qualifier since the adoption of the…

Entertaining the idea of sending a filly into the Arkansas Derby, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said he plans to cover a variety of subjects in his keynote address Wednesday during the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association's annual convention at Oaklawn's luxury hotel overlooking the track's first turn. "I think we'll try…

Summer Shoes, under Chel-c Bailey, wins the $150000 Downthedustryroad Breeders' Stakes Saturday at Oaklawn. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography A one-time MMA fighter, Chel-c Bailey is making steady progress in her new line of work. Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort fans can attest after watching the jockey's first career stakes victory Saturday. In…

Connie K (4) wins the Downthedustyroad Breeders' Stakes on March 5, 2022. - Photo Courtesy of Coady Photography A cooling-off at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort was in order after Rebel Stakes weekend produced a $21-million all-sources handle. That 12-race card Feb. 25 featured the $1 million Rebel for 3-year-olds and the $300000 Honeybee for…

The Road to the Kentucky Derby in Arkansas continues Saturday, February 25, with the Rebel Stakes (G2). The 1 1/16-mile race over the Oaklawn dirt drew a field of 11 to compete for rich spoils: a $1 million purse and 50-20-15-10-5 Road to the Kentucky Derby points for the top five finishers. It is the third points race in Oaklawn's series: preceded…

He will have to wait until at least Sunday to reach the goal, but Steve Asmussen added one victory Saturday to move within four of becoming the first trainer based in North America to reach 10000 career wins. Three-time graded-stakes winner Silver Prospector (5-2) took the lead in the second turn and ran on to win by 3 3/4 lengths in the seventh…

FILE - Shane Laviolette, right, aboard Prime Number, and other horses burst out of the gate at the start of the second race on opening day at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs in 2016. See Rick Lee's picks and analysis for today's races, which start at 12:30 p.m. FRIDAY'S RESULTS 0-9 (0%) MEET 68-234 (29.

The Arkansas Derby, one of the final races for the second leg of the 2022 Road to Kentucky Derby series, is just a month away now. The annual event will be held at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The winner of the race will pocket an ultra-valuable 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Second place will take home 40, third place 20…