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). The Azeri is ...

Dual grade 1 winner La Cara and multiple graded stakes winner Quietside have been retired from racing and will begin their next chapters as broodmares. Both 4-year-old fillies last raced March 7 in ...

Entries will be accepted and post positions drawn Sunday for the $400,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) March 7. The Azeri, which is for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles, closed Feb. 21 with 27 nominations ...

HOT SPRINGS -- Many attended the races Saturday to cheer for a champion. Thorpedo Anna did not disappoint them. The reigning Horse of the Year launched her 2025 campaign at Oaklawn Racing Casino ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thorpedo Anna, the 2024 Horse of the Year, is scheduled to break from the rail in her 4-year-old debut, the $400,000 Azeri Stakes ...

HOT SPRINGS -- Of trainer Mark Casse's eight stakes winners this season at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, at least one prevailed in jaw-dropping style. Saturday's Grade II $400,000 Azeri Stakes sheds ...

Four months after her smashing victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff clinched 2024 Horse of the Year honors, Thorpedo Anna returns to the races Saturday in the Azeri Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Not ...

No horse has swept Oaklawn’s three biggest two-turn races for older fillies and mares in the same year. Then again, no horse with Nitrogen’s resume has attempted it. After successfully negotiating the ...

HOT SPRINGS -- If not in Mark Casse's stable, stop by Dan Ward's barn for a look at arguably the most versatile horse of the local season if not in years. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturday’s Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark., brings together a field of seven with ...