March 13, 2011
Sure there were differences, but there were plenty of similarities between Joyful Victory's win in Saturday's Honeybee Stakes and the winning performance nearly one year ago by the great Zenyatta in the historic 2010 Apple Blossom Invitational. Read More
March 09, 2011
Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been renewed excitement in the Racing Festival at Oaklawn, a concept which was created in the mid-70s in a memorable post-racing conversation one evening between Oaklawn owner, Charles Cella, then racing secretary "Doc" Lavin and TRPB head, Spencer Drayton. Read More
March 06, 2011
I think it's fairly clear that the name Arienza doesn't strike fear in the heart of any horseman when she makes her first career start on Sunday in Oaklawn's 10th race. Not yet, anyhow. Read More
February 28, 2011
Since so many people seemed engaged in the annual Oscars Awards presentations on Sunday night, I thought I'd come up with my own set of the first half of the Oaklawn season Oscars to see how well they hold up as we head into the March and April segments of the season. Read More
February 25, 2011
On a day which starts out with six races that are either for maiden claimers or non-winners of two claimers, it is the CLASSIX carryover which has caught the attention of players and will make them more interested in some of these races than they normally would admit. Read More