oaklawn-park Stories - And Down The Stretch They Come
Brisnet: Blind Luck Wins the Grade 2 Fantasy Stakes
"Multiple Grade 1 queen BLIND LUCK (Pollard's Vision) successfully pulled off the win in her final prep for the April 30 Kentucky Oaks (G1) when rallying late in Friday's $285,000 Fantasy S. (G2) at Oaklawn Park. With Rafael Bejarano sitting confidently the entire time, the chestnut lass ran in...
Thoroughbred Times: 45 Fillies & Mares Nominated to the $5 Million Grade 1 Apple Blossom
"Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and undefeated two-time champion older female Zenyatta lead a list of 45 nominees to the $5-million Apple Blossom Invitational Stakes (G1) on April 9 at Oaklawn Park." Past Performances for all nominees can be found here. (from Equibase)...
DRF.com: Uh Oh Bango and Cardiff Giant work for Rebel
Uh Oh Bango, 2nd in the Grade 3 Delta Jackpot, and Cardiff Giant, 3rd in the Grade 3 Southwest, both turned in works over the Oaklawn Park surface in preparation for next Saturday's Rebel Stakes. The Rebel is shaping up to be an extremely tough race. In addition to the above two horses, Dublin,...
HRTV: Southwest Stakes Cancelled
HRTV just announced on the air that the Southwest Stakes to be run at Oaklawn Park, along with the rest of the card, has been cancelled today due to cold weather. UPDATED: Southwest will be re-scheduled for next Saturday. http://www.hrtv.com/
UPDATED - The Thoroughbred Times: Apple Blossom moved to April 9th; Rachel and Zenyatta to run
UPDATED 1:43PM: The Thoroughbred Times is now reporting that Oaklawn Park will move the Apple Blossom to Friday, April 9th, in order to accommodate Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. The DRF is reporting that both owners have agreed to run. ORIGINAL POST: Well, even if Rachel and Zenyatta never meet...
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to Meet at Oaklawn?
Officials at Oaklawn Park have indicated that they will announce "one of the greatest stakes races" in the history of the track at 10am local time Thursday morning. I don't want to speculate...well, sure I do...but anything less than a Rachel/Zenyatta match-up would fail to be "one of the...
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