Robert Yates

The Florida-based trainer won the Grade 3 Essex Handicap with Skippylongstocking, the Grade 1 Apple Blossom with Claret Beret, and the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap with White Abarrio

Starter in last year's Kentucky Derby after winning the Rebel and finishing third in the Arkansas Derby has not raced since last July

Mucho Macho Man mare kicked clear at the top of the stretch, then just held on to score her first stakes victory over the determined runner-up at Oaklawn

21-year-old graduated from Panama's famed Laffit Pincay Jr. Jockey Training Academy, which also produced top-tier U.S. rider Luis Saez

It's a two-man race with three days remaining. Ramon Vazquez leads Francisco Arrieta 70-66 for the top spot in the Oaklawn rider standings after each jockey won three races Sunday.

Robert Yates/Oaklawn Oaklawn's active training roster featured four octogenarians in April 2023. Soon, there will be none.

Coal Battle makes his 4-year-old debut in the 1 1/16-mile event

A former assistant trainer for Dallas Stewart and Chad Brown, Bentley Combs returns to the meet-closing starter allowance with Montauk Point

On the day of the Kentucky Derby, trainer Bentley Combs will be running in his Kentucky Derby.

It was another close finish. Willy D's, a forward factor from the start under Francisco Arrieta, battled back in deep stretch to win the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes on Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn.