Oaklawn Barn Notes: Rebel Stakes Update

By Jennifer Hoyt —- REBEL STAKES AMERICAN ANTHEM American Anthem, Hall of Famer trainer Bob Baffert’s hopeful for the $900,000 Rebel Stakes-G2 at Oaklawn Park on Saturday, will break from post 7 in the field of 11 3-year-olds when the promising but lightly-raced colt meets...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, SANTA MARGARITA

By Mike Willman —- ECLIPSE CHAMP FINEST CITY TAKES ON STREAKING VALE DORI IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 SANTA MARGARITA STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES KRULJAC’S FINEST CITY STRETCHING OUT OFF BIG WIN IN GRADE II SANTA MONICA, WHILE BAFFERT’S VALE DORI EYES FOURTH CONSECUTIVE...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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Aqueduct: Clothes Fall Off, Hot City Girl set to face off in Correction

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Making her first start in New York since finishing fifth in the Interborough on January 22, Cheyenne Stables’ Clothes Fall Off will look to improve off a third-place running in the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie when she faces a...
Posted On 16 Mar 2017
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STREAKING GOODYEARFORROSES HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES

By Mike Willman —- STREAKING GOODYEARFORROSES HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA ANA STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF; TRAINED BY BALTAS, SHE BIDS FOR HER THIRD CONSECUTIVE WIN WITH NAKATANI UP ARCADIA, Calif. —Seemingly invigorated since changing her base of operations...
Posted On 11 Mar 2017
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OAKLAWN: MOTT-TRAINED ELATE FAVORED IN HONEYBEE

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 9, 2017) – Lightly raced Elate is the 5-2 program favorite for the $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 1 1/16-mile Honeybee, the eighth of nine races, is 4:38...
Posted On 10 Mar 2017
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GORMLEY, MASTERY & ILIAD ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES

By Mike Willman —- GORMLEY, MASTERY & ILIAD ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $400,000 SAN FELIPE STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES PIVOTAL RACE SERVES AS KEY STEPPINGSTONE TO $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY APRIL 8; 85 KENTUCKY DERBY QUALIFYING POINTS AT STAKE ON A 50-20-10-5...
Posted On 10 Mar 2017
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Aqueduct: Send It In looks to build on inner track success in Sunday’s Stymie

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Fresh off back-to-back stakes wins, Send It In will look to sustain his recent hot start in headlining a talented field of nine in the 62nd running of the $125,000 Stymie for 4-year-olds and up on the inner dirt track on Sunday at...
Posted On 10 Mar 2017
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MILLIONAIRE DORTMUND TO TRY TURF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GI KILROE MILE

By Mike Willman —- BOLO, WHAT A VIEW & CONQUEST ENFORCER HEAD DYNAMIC GRADE I, $400,000 FRANK E. KILROE MILE ON SATURDAY; MILLIONAIRE DORTMUND TO TRY TURF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5-YEAR-OLD DEBUT FOR SHERMAN ARCADIA, Calif. (March 8, 2017)—Separated by three quarters of...
Posted On 09 Mar 2017
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Aqueduct: Green Gratto makes return in G3 Tom Fool

By Najja Thompson —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – On the heels of picking up a graded stakes victory in the Grade 3 Toboggan on January 16, salty 7-year-old veteran Green Gratto makes his return on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack headlining a field of eight in the $200,000 Grade...
Posted On 09 Mar 2017
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OAKLAWN: ROCKSHAW FAVORED IN TOUGH GAZEBO STAKES

By Jennifer Hoyt —- HOT SPRINGS, AR (Friday, March 3, 2017) – Rockshaw returns to stakes action as the 5-2 program favorite for Saturday’s $125,000 Gazebo for 3-year-old sprinters at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 6-furlong event, the seventh of nine races, is 4:09...
Posted On 03 Mar 2017
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