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Three valuable Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifiers take place this weekend: the Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct racecoursethe Fountain of Youth (G2). Gulfstream Parkand the rebel (G2) op Oaklawn Park. Let’s dive in and handicap all three races: Gotham (G3) There are a few proven horses registered in the Gotham, including number 1 Balboa (6-1), […]
Asked what brought him back Oaklawn Park for the first time in many years, owner Mark Cornett said he wanted to witness history. Did Get ice cream ever deliver. The much-loved Haulin Ice on Feb. 20 became the first accredited Arkansas-bred male to reach $1 million in career earnings with a class-leading tour de force […]
In recent years, U.S.-based trainers fortunate enough to have multiple Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls might try to chart different paths toward the first Saturday in May, perhaps with one runner coming in on Gulfstream Park and another bee Aqueduct racecourseor one up Santa Anita Park and another bee Oaklawn Park. While these decisions are still […]
Roll on Big Joe does just that – and continues – as he captured the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes Oaklawn Park February 8, completing his first three-stake win streak. The six-furlong race was originally scheduled as a field of nine. But with four scratches, the competitive depth was significantly reduced. Roll on Big Joegr/ro, 6/grProspective […]
Silent tactics will move to the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) on March 1 Oaklawn Park Following his victory in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 6, Mark Casse, the colt’s two-time Hall of Fame trainer, said on February 8. Silent Tactic received a preliminary Beyer Speed ​​Figure of 88, a career-high, after his 3 […]
Blackout Time is targeting the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 1 at Oaklawn for its 3-year-old debut, co-owner Lance Gasaway said Saturday morning. Blackout Time hasn’t started since a second-place finish behind eventual 2-year-old champion Ted Noffey in the Breeders’ Futurity Stakes (G1) at 1 1/16 miles on Oct. 4 at Keeneland. Blackout Time […]
After running an easy second in his first dirt start in the January 3 Smarty Jones Stakes, Silent tactics announced his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials on February 6 with a hard-hitting, ever-expanding win in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) Oaklawn Park. Although he was overshadowed by others competing in the 1 1/16 mile race, […]
Riding the rail under Ricardo Santana Jr., Will take it came through a narrow opening in the early stretch and was fought out Houthof to win the $150,000 fifth season stake on February 5 Oaklawn Park. Will Take It finished third in the five-horse field over the first six furlongs of the race, on the […]
After two runaway wins in ungraded stakes, Strategic risk steps into an esteemed company and finds himself in the $1 million spotlight in the Southwest Stakes (G3) on February 6. Oaklawn Park. Preparation for the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) was postponed from Jan. 31 due to subzero temperatures in Arkansas. Strategic Risk, winner of […]
