Kentucky Derby Basin Headlines Stacked Oaklawn Stakes April 8, 2020 Basin and his connections after winning the Hopeful (Credit: NYRA) Kentucky Derby Basin Headlines Stacked Oaklawn Stakes April 8, 2020 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article HOT SPRINGS, AR – With several major circuits’ schedules on hold due to COVID-19, the Kentucky Derby (G1) Trail action unofficially continues this Saturday in a 13-strong stacked edition of the $200,000 Oaklawn Stakes. Jackpot Farm’s Grade 1 winner Basin headlines the field of sophomores that features 11 colts and 2 geldings going 1 1/8 miles over the Oaklawn Park dirt. Check out the Inside Track Wagering Guide to the Oaklawn Stakes, available for purchase now! See who WE are betting in EVERY RACE on the card! After winning a pair of races at Saratoga last summer, including the Hopeful Stakes (G1), Basin took the rest of 2019 off to grow and continue developing. The Steve Asmussen trainee made his 2020 debut in the Rebel Stakes (G2) here on March 14, finishing third while traversing two turns for the first time. Basin drew the rail and will have Florent Geroux in the saddle. Joining Basin from the Asmussen barn are the Remington Springboard Mile Stakes winner Shoplifted (who was also second in the Hopeful) and the local Smarty Jones Stakes winner Gold Street. Shoplifted drew post 6 and will have Ricardo Santana, Jr., aboard, while Gold Street will exit the far outside gate under Tyler Baze. Jockey Martin Garcia, who rode Gold Street to his 10/1 upset in the Smarty Jones, opted to ride the Todd Pletcher trainee Farmington Road. After breaking his maiden at Tampa Bay Downs in his seasonal unveiling, Farmington Road ran fourth in the Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds. The son of Quality Road drew post 12. Leading rider Joe Talamo will board the multiple graded stakes winner Thousand Words, invading from Southern California for trainer Bob Baffert. Talamo and Baffert spent several years successfully working together before Talamo moved his tack late last year. He and Thousand Words will break from post 4. ( Content Continues Below Ad ) Here is the full field for Saturday’s Oaklawn Stakes: PostHorseJockeyTrainerOwner 1BasinFlorent GerouxSteve AsmussenJackpot Farm 2Coach BaheSanto SanjurPhilip BauerRigney Racing 3Mr. Big NewsGabriel SaezBret CalhounAllied Racing Stable 4Thousand WordsJoe TalamoBob BaffertAlbaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm 5Sir RickDavid CohenRobertino DiodoroRichard Davis 6ShopliftedRicardo Santana, Jr.Steve AsmussenGrandview Equine, Cheyenne Stables, and LNJ Foxwoods 7Flap JackAdam BeschizzaJack SistersonCalumet Farm 8TaishanJoel RosarioRichard BaltasCalvin Nguyen and Joey Tran 9DigitalBrian Hernandez, Jr.Bret CalhounTom Durant 10Something NaturalFernando de la CruzBrad CoxMadaket Stables, Kent Spellman, and Ten Strike Racing 11BackgroundJoe Rocco, Jr.Michael PuhichGiddyup Stables 12Farmington RoadMartin GarciaTodd PletcherEclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Chrysalis Stables, and Robert LaPenta 13Gold StreetTyler BazeSteve AsmussenMike McCarty
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