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That Fickle Mother Nature Shows Up Again

January 17, 2013

Oaklawn only started racing in January in 1991. Except for two years, 2000-2001, the track has scheduled January racing days each year since. Initially Oaklawn took on January dates as an accommodation to horsemen who were already here, getting ready for the live meet. The horsemen and Oaklawn became partners. The horsemen helped support gaming in this area, to fend off the competition of Tunica, and Oaklawn opened in January. It was a compromise the kind of which never happens in Washington, D.C. Read More

 

The Times, They are A-Changing

January 09, 2013

It has been a month since I have had the chance to write in this space and so much has happened and so much is about to happen that I have way more to write about than this blog has space. Read More

 

Horses Being Horses and "Never Give Up"

December 04, 2012

These days, as I walk across the Oaklawn parking lot and look at the racetrack, I am enjoying watching the horses on their morning exercise. There a very few involved in serious workouts. Instead they are jogging and simply enjoying the time out of their stalls. In short, they are horses being horses. In older times horses were customarily given this time off between the Fall and Spring racing seasons. The economics of the sport changed that some time ago and many are kept on their toes for competitions to which they will be shipped from their Oaklawn homes. The Indian summer weather conditions of late November and early December have allowed them the luxury of getting to the track on a daily basis and that has been good for both man and beast in this area. Read More

 

A Truly Happy Thanksgiving

November 20, 2012

There are a number of reasons to be especially happy about this year’s Thanksgiving. As usual, in this location, the basis for this happiness can be traced to action on the racetrack. Read More

 

At Last

November 14, 2012

For many of us the greatest moments in recent Oaklawn history were created by Zenyatta’s performances here in winning the 2008 and 2010 Apple Blossom Handicaps and, in between, capturing the nation’s attention as, arguably, the greatest American racehorse since Secretariat. Read More

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