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Oaklawn Report #14: Creator from Last to First to Win the Arkansas Derby

Three Stars of the Week – 1st Star: CREATOR – This years Arkansas Derby certainly had the looks of an upset in the making, and Creator did not disappoint us. […]

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Determined Forever Unbridled Earns First G1 Win in Apple Blossom

Hot Springs, AR (Friday, April 15, 2016) – Forever Unbridled vaulted up the ranks of the country’s top older and filly mare division with a resounding defeat of champion Untapable […] Read More

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Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Pletcher Hoping Oaklawn Luck Continues

When he came from off the pace and dug down deep inside the sixteenth pole to edge stable mate Stanford just before the wire in the Gulfstream Park (G2) Handicap […] Read More

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Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Forever Unbridled and Effinex Arrive at Oaklawn

Forever Unbridled and Effinex arrived at Oaklawn Monday following a flight originating in New York. Forever Unbridled is scheduled to run in Friday’s $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) for older […] Read More

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Oaklawn Barn Notes: Dazzling Gem Gets Green Light for Arkansas Derby

Dazzling Gem will be entered in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) Saturday at Oaklawn and is probable for the 1 1/8-mile race, trainer Brad Cox said Sunday morning. Cox […] Read More

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Oaklawn Barn Notes: American Pioneer Leads Friday’s Works for Festival Races

American Pioneer worked 7 furlongs in 1:28.40 over a fast track Friday morning at Oaklawn in preparation for the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 16. He breezed during a […] Read More

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Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Rebel, Razorback and Azeri Recaps

REBEL Cupid gave trainer Bob Baffert his record sixth win in the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes in the last seven runnings of the race, and the morning after he was so still […] Read More

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Call Pat Upsets Odds-On Favorite Untapable in G2 $350,000 Azeri Stakes

Hot Springs, Ark. (Saturday, March 19, 2016) – It was a different year, but the same result in the Grade 2 $350,000 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Saturday when champion and […] Read More

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Champion Untapable, Upstart Top Rebel Day Undercard

Hot Springs, Ark. (Thursday, March 17, 2016) – Champion Untapable and multiple graded stakes winner Upstart will kick off their 2016 campaigns at Oaklawn Park Saturday when they each take […] Read More

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Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Champion Untapable Back at Oaklawn

Champion Untapable Back at Oaklawn Champion Untapable will return to the track Saturday morning after arriving Thursday at Oaklawn, said Darren Fleming, who oversees trainer Steve Asmussen’s local division. Unraced […] Read More