Oaklawn Handicap

Oaklawn Park Barn Notes: Cupid Arrives for Arkansas Derby, Installed as 2-1 Favorite

Accompanied by the rest of the contingent of California horses jetting in to contest Oaklawn Park’s Racing Festival of the South, Cupid settled in nicely on Wednesday afternoon as he […]

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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 Park Barn Notes: Rafael Bejarano to Ride American Pioneer in Arkansas Derby

Discreetness Drills for Arkansas Derby Try Xpress Thoroughbreds’ Discreetness worked 5 furlongs in 1:03.20 Sunday morning at Oaklawn, the first breeze for the multiple stakes winner since finishing seventh in […] 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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Upstart Makes 2016 Debut a Successful One to Win G3 Razorback Handicap

Hot Springs, Ark. (Saturday, March 19, 2016) – The Grade 3 Razorback Handicap, which was also run on the Grade 2 $900,000 Rebel Stakes under card, Upstart made his eagerly-anticipated return […] 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: Far Right Returns for Final Prep for G3 Razorback Handicap

Multiple stakes winner Far Right is scheduled to have his final prep for the $350,000 Razorback Handicap (G3) March 19 in Thursday’s eighth race at Oaklawn, an allowance/optional claimer for […] Read More

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La Macchina Upsets to Win Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park

Hot Springs, Ark. (Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016) – Trainer Otabek Umarov said after the race that he doesn’t look at the odds board and while others dismissed La Macchina at […] Read More

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Cougar Ridge and Carve Lead Essex Field at Oaklawn, Baffert’s Midnight Hawk Stays Home

Hot Springs, Ark. (Friday, Fe. 12, 2016) – Cougar Ridge will try to stretch his winning streak to five in Saturday’s $100,000 Essex Handicap for older horses Saturday at Oaklawn. […] Read More