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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | |||||
| Smarty Jones S. (BT) | $300,000g | 3yos | 8.5f | Details | |
| Pippin S. (BT) | $150,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f | Details | |
| Mockingbird S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 6f | Details | |
| Fifth Season S. (BT) | $150,000g | 4&up | 8f | Details | |
| February 2024 | |||||
| Bayakoa S. (G3) | $250,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f | Details | |
| King Cotton S. (BT) | $150,000g | 4&up | 6f | Details | |
| Martha Washington S. (BT) | $250,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 8.5f | Details | |
| American Beauty S. (BT) | $150,000g | 4&up, f/m | 6f | Details | |
| Southwest S. (G3) | $800,000g | 3yos | 8.5f | Details | |
| Ozark S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3yos | 6f | Details | |
| Dixie Belle S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 6f | Details | |
| Carousel S. (BT) | $150,000g | 4&up, f/m | 6f | Details | |
| Honeybee S. (G3) | $400,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 8.5f | Details | |
| Razorback H. (G3) | $600,000g | 4&up | 8.5f | Details | |
| Rebel S. (G2) | $1,250,000g | 3yos | 8.5f | Details | |
| March 2024 | |||||
| Nodouble Breeders' S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3&up | 6f | Details | |
| Downthedustyroad Breeders' S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3&up, f/m | 6f | Details | |
| Azeri S. (G2) | $400,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f | Details | |
| Purple Martin S. (BT) | $200,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 6f | Details | |
| Whitmore S. (G3) | $250,000g | 4&up | 6f | Details | |
| Hot Springs S. | $200,000g | 3yos | 8f | Details | |
| Essex H. (G3) | $600,000g | 4&up | 9f | Details | |
| Temperence Hill S. (BT) | $200,000g | 4&up | 12f | Details | |
| Oaklawn Mile S. (G3) | $500,000g | 4&up | 8f | Details | |
| Matron S. (BT) | $250,000g | 4&up, f/m | 6f | Details | |
| Fantasy S. (G2) | $750,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 8.5f | Details | |
| Arkansas Derby (G1) | $1,500,000g | 3yos | 9f | Details | |
| April 2024 | |||||
| Rainbow Miss S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 6f | Details | |
| Rainbow S. (BT) | $150,000g | 3yos | 6f | Details | |
| Eclipse S. (BT) | $175,000g | 4&up | 6f | Details | |
| Count Fleet Sprint H. (G3) | $500,000g | 4&up | 6f | Details | |
| Apple Blossom H. (G1) | $1,250,000g | 4&up, f/m | 8.5f | Details | |
| Bathhouse Row S. (BT) | $200,000g | 3yos | 9f | Details | |
| Valley Of The Vapors S. (BT) | $200,000g | 3yos, Fillies | 8f | Details | |
| Oaklawn H. (G2) | $1,250,000g | 4&up | 9f | Details | |
| Bachelor S. | $200,000 | 3yos | 6f | ||
| Dig A Diamond S. | $200,000 | 4&up, f/m | 8f | ||
| May 2024 | |||||
| Natural State Breeders' S R | $150,000 | 3&up, f/m | 8f | ||
| Arkansas Breeders' Championship S R | $200,000 | 3&up, | 8.5f | ||
| Lake Hamilton S | $200,000 | 4&up, | 6f | ||
| Lake Ouachita S | $200,000 | 4&up, | 8.5f | ||
Sara Elbadwi & Paul Verderosa look ahead to the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap & Bath House Row at Oaklawn.
- April 19, 2024
Muth an Easy Winner Over Just Steel in Arkansas Derby
Taking command on the second turn, Muth rolls to victory in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby (G1) March 30 at Oaklawn Park.
- By Byron King
- March 30, 2024
HIWU: Levothyroxine Found in Diodoro Barn at Oaklawn
Multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Robertino Diodoro was allegedly found in possession of the banned substance levothyroxine and faces up to a two-year suspension.
- By Molly Rollins
- March 29, 2024
Stakes Preview: Tampa Bay Derby and Azeri Stakes
Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead to the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby from Tampa Bay Downs and Grade 2 Azeri at Oaklawn
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Azeri Stakes to Dictate April Plans for Hot and Sultry
Hot and Sultry's first 2024 audition for a grade 1 race in April didn't go as planned. She has a second chance March 9 at Oaklawn Park when she races in the $400,000 Azeri Stakes (G2).
- March 8, 2024
Oaklawn, Arkansas Groups Embrace Finding Common Ground
In many regions of the country, it is not uncommon to find one racing group at odds with another. These rifts do not appear to occur with the same frequency in Arkansas. "We all get along in the sandbox," said Oaklawn Park president Louis Cella.
- By Byron King
- March 4, 2024
Lukas Strikes Twice with Lemon Muffin, Seize the Grey
Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas looks to have two solid prospects in both the 3-year-old filly and male divisions with Honeybee Stakes (G3) winner Lemon Muffin and allowance scorer Seize the Grey.
- February 25, 2024
Time for Truth Attempts to Carry Speed in Rebel
Trainer Ron Moquett is testing the unknown with Time for Truth in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) Feb. 24 at Oaklawn Park.
- By Byron King
- February 22, 2024
Magic Tap Back Up in Class in Deep Razorback
It is anyone's race Feb. 24 in the 1 1/16-mile, $600,000 Razorback Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Parkwhen a deep field of older horses compete forgraded stakes glory.
- By Sean Collins
- February 20, 2024
Comebacking Timberlake Stands Tall in 13-Horse Rebel
Coined a "big league" horse by trainer Brad Cox after his sparkling five-furlong tune-up, WinStar Farm's Timberlake visits Oaklawn Park with a lofty chance in the $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) Feb. 24.
- By Molly Rollins
- February 18, 2024
Booth is Latest Promising Oaklawn Runner for Mitole
After five race victories as a runner at Oaklawn Park, champion Mitole was represented by his fourth and most exciting to date as a sire when heavily favored Booth delivered emphatically in his 3-year-old debut Feb. 11.
- February 14, 2024
Oaklawn Park Adds Racing on Two Sundays: April 7, May 5
Oaklawn Park will add two additional race days—April 7 and May 5—to its 2023-24 meet. The two added race days will provide more racing opportunities after winter cancellations due to inclement weather.
- February 10, 2024
Keith's Legacy Continues in Feb. 9 Races at Oaklawn
A passion for winning horse races brought Danny Caldwell and country music superstar Toby Keith together. That passion will keep them together for the time being in spirit.
- February 9, 2024
McPeek's Mystik Dan Surprises in Sloppy Southwest
Trainer Kenny McPeek and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. combine for stakes victories Feb. 3 at Oaklawn Park with Mystik Dan and Band of Gold in the $800,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) and $250,000 Martha Washington Stakes, respectively.
- By Byron King
- February 3, 2024
Timberlake Could Target Rebel for Sophom*ore Debut
The $1.25 million Rebel Stakes (G2) Feb. 24 at Oaklawn Park is among the races under consideration for Champagne Stakes (G1) winner Timberlake's 3-year-old debut, trainer Brad Cox said Jan. 31.
- February 3, 2024
Southwest Starter Wynstock Reminds Baffert of Solomini
Wynstock will try to do what his father could not: score a stakes victoryat Oaklawn Park.
- January 31, 2024
Southwest Stakes at a Glance: Liberal Arts the Pick
Bob Ehalt analyzes the lineup for the Feb. 3 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.
- By Bob Ehalt/America's Best Racing
- January 31, 2024
Hot and Sultry, Shotgun Hottie Return in Bayakoa
Racing action heats up at Oaklawn Park Feb. 2 when comebacking graded stakes winnersHot and Sultry and Shotgun Hottiereturn in the $250,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3).
- By Byron King
- January 26, 2024
Oaklawn to Require X-Rays for Repeat Fetlock Injections
Oaklawn has announced that beginning Jan. 25, a horse needing a repeated intra-articular corticosteroid injection to the fetlock joint requires the attending veterinarian to perform a radiograph of that fetlock joint.
- By Byron King
- January 24, 2024
Count Fleet Winner Skelly Returns Dec. 30 at Oaklawn
Oaklawn Park's top sprinter from its prior meet is ready to return. Red Lane Thoroughbreds' multiple stakes winner Skelly is entered in the eighth race Dec. 30 at the Arkansas track, a six-furlong $143,000 allowance.
- December 29, 2023
Flurry's Stable Off to Fast Start at Oaklawn
An Arkansan leads the Oaklawn owner's standings through the first five days of the 2023-24 meeting, but it is not record-setting John Ed Anthony or 2022-23 champions Heath and Sheena Campbell. It is Staton Flurry of Hot Springs, Ark.
- December 20, 2023
War Campaign Captures Oaklawn's Tinsel Stakes
Seizing upon an opening on the inside entering the second of two turns, War Campaign took command and captured the $200,000 Tinsel Stakes Dec. 16 at Oaklawn Park.
- By Byron King
- December 16, 2023
Sara Elbadwi & Paul Verderosa look back to the results of the Garland of Roses at Aqueduct & the Mistletoe Stakes from Oaklawn.
- December 10, 2023
Tejano Twist, Butterbean Rally to Win Stakes at Oaklawn
Tejano Twist is not fast early, but the sprinter is quick when it counts, such as when dashing to the finish. The late-running 4-year-old went from last to first in the $150,000 Ring The Bell Stakes Dec. 9 at Oaklawn Park.
- By Byron King
- December 9, 2023
Dinerman Named as Track Announcer at Oaklawn Park
Oaklawn Park announced Sept. 22 that Matt Dinerman has been hired as the track announcer for the upcoming Thoroughbred racing season, which begins Dec. 8.
- September 22, 2023
