Renegade, who is trained by Todd Pletcher, can become one of the favorites to win the Kentucky Derby when he leaves the starting gate in the 2026 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark.

Multiple Oaklawn stakes winner Haulin Ice was crowned 2025 Arkansas-bred Horse of the Year during the annual Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders' and Horsemen's Association banquet Friday night at the ...

The Kentucky Derby is just five weeks away, and on Saturday the road to Louisville goes through Hot Springs, Ark., when 11 horses leave the starting gate in the 2023 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The team at Oaklawn has been preparing year-round for the biggest day of horse racing in Arkansas, and one of the biggest races in the country. “We start prepping for the Arkansas ...

HOT SPRINGS (KATV) — It is a big weekend in Hot Springs for horse racing lovers. The Arkansas Derby is set for Saturday, March 30 at the Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. President of Oaklawn, Louis Cella ...

HOT SPRINGS -- Louis Cella was asked Thursday whether Donald Trump had offered a Cabinet post for his second term as president. With Arkansans Warren Stephens tapped as ambassador to Great Britain and ...

Despite differing opinions on its constitutionality, the present members of the Arkansas State Racing Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to enter into a Voluntary Implementation Agreement with the ...

Columbia County produced the only Arkansas horse owner with a Kentucky Derby winner: Lil E. Tee in 1992 for the late Magnolia oilman Cal Partee, with the late Lynn Whiting saddling and Hall of Fame ...

The 2023-2024 racing season begins at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs today. It will be a busy opening weekend at the track, with 10 races scheduled both today and Saturday. Gates open at ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The state’s racing commission chair and his wife have been involved in horse racing since they met 56 years ago; now, one of their biggest accomplishments in the sport could be ...

In many regions of the country, it is not uncommon to find one racing group at odds with another. A horseman's organization might be in an adversarial relationship with a state or federal regulator, ...