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Simulcast and Gaming Resumes on Saturday; Razorback-Mississippi St. Telecast at 11:20 a.m.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
GATES OPEN AT 11:00 A.M..
OAKLAWN GAMING OPEN UNTIL 4:00 A.M.
Simulcasting and Gaming resume on Saturday. Gates open at 11:00 a.m. Gaming remains open until 4:00 on Sunday morning.
Oaklawn's popular Twin Quin game will be offered again on Friday November 27. Players will be competing for $492 plus all the day's entry fees.
The football telecast of the game this Saturday, November 21, between Arkansas-Mississippi State, will be shown in the simulcast areas, including Signals, on the infield Videoboard and in Pop's Lounge in the Gaming Center. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:20 a.m.
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Stall Allocations Complete; Horses Arrive This Week
Sunday, November 15, 2009
With nearly 3,000 horses on applications awaiting him, Oaklawn Park racing secretary, Pat Pope, faced the difficult task of sorting out assignments for the 1,500 available stalls in the Oaklawn stable area for the live 2010 racing season, which begins on Friday, January 15.The track’s stable area will open to receive horses on Monday, while training begins on November 23, one week from now.
The abundance of requests to race at the Oaklawn meet can be attributed to the excellent racing strip offered for racehorses of quality, the substantial purse structure enhanced by revenue developed through the expanded Gaming…
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DRF Pigskins & Ponies Promotion Returns Sunday
Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Daily Racing Form Pigskins and Ponies Match Game, one of the most popular promotions ever at Oaklawn Simulcast, returns to Oaklawn on Sunday, November 22.
The Pigskins and Ponies Match Game allows patrons to win from $500 to $2,000, by requiring players to correctly solve matchups of horses running in specified races as well as matchups of NFL pro football games against the point spread. Entries must be submitted by 12:30 p.m. on Sunday to be eligible. Players may get an entry by presenting their Winner's Circle Club card to the Information Booth, across from the main elevator…
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Summer Bird to JapanCup
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
edited from brisnet.com
Summer Bird, the leading contender for champion three-year-old male, will run in the mile-and-an-eighth Japan Cup at Hanshin, trainer Tim Ice told Daily Racing Form this week. Ice said an invitation has been accepted to run the colt in the December 6 race, which is held a week after the Japan Cup on turf.
Summer Bird, who finished fourth under jockey Kent Desormeaux in Saturday’s Breeders' Cup Classic at Oak Tree at Santa Anita, will remain at Santa Anita until flying to Japan Nov. 17.
“I’m filling out my paperwork right now, and…
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Zenyatta Classic Win Starts Horse-of-the-Year Controversy
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Throughout a career of stirring finishes, the sensational mare Zenyatta never had one mean more than the one she staged in front of an appreciative crowd at Santa Anita and millions on national television, as she wore down the game Gio Ponti and scored her first win over male rivals in the Breeders' Cup Classic, the headline event of a two-day showcase of some of the finest horses in the world.
Taking her unblemished record to 14 in a row, the big dark bay daughter of Street Cry was ridden to perfection by her regular rider, Mike Smith, who…
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She's Our Annie Returns in Winning Style
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Winner of the Prima Donna Stakes, capping a three-for-four season at Oaklawn during the 2009 live meet, She's Our Annie returned to the races for trainer "Jinks" Fires in the featured Dream Supreme Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon, easily outrunning the late-charging Adhrhythm by two-and-a-half lengths.
With regular rider Jon Court in the saddle, the front-running daughter of Medaglia d'Oro put away the early challenges of Selva and Keep the Peace, then drew well clear to capture her fourth win in five starts. The winner's share, $30,780, took her career earnings to $105,780 and set her up…
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Oaklawn Handicappers Hour Returns on First Saturday of the 2010 Live Season
Sunday, November 01, 2009
The Resort Racing Network (KVRE, 92.9 FM) has concluded its broadcasts for 2009 and will resume the weekly interactive call-in show on the opening Saturday of the live 2010 season, January 16, 2010.Track Announcer Terry Wallace will again co-host the show with local radio personality Tom Nichols.
Each show has focused on racing around the country, although Saturday's concluding show focused almost exclusively on the races of Breeders' Cup. Each show allowed for callers to phone in with their longshot picks for the day and the best were rewarded with prizes throughout the year. John from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, called…
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Perfect Drive New Factor in Arkansas Derby Picture
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
On Saturday afternoon, October 24, trainer Steve Hobby saddled a speedy dark bay colt named Perfect Drive to win impressively in starter-allowance company at Keeneland and become the newest name in anticipation of the three-year-old class due in action for the 2010 live season at Oaklawn, beginning January 15.
Racing in the silks of Arkansas State Racing Commissioner, Alex Lieblong, and his wife, JoAnn, Perfect Drive sped away from the field and had plenty left to hold off the challenge of his highly-regarded challenger and heavily favored Workin for Hops. Jockey Jesus Castanon replaced Fernando Jara as the rider…
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2008 Arkansas Derby Winner, Gayego, Takes Ancient Title at Santa Anita
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
from brisnet.com
Godolphin Racing's Gayego rallied from next to last in Sunday's $300,000 Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita, circled the entire field rounding the turn and ran off down the middle of the track to record an easy 1 1/4-length victory under jockey Garrett Gomez. Making just his second start off a near five-month break, the Saeed bin Suroor charge finished up in 1:08 1/5 for six furlongs on the Pro-Ride.
"The race went as I expected," bin Suroor said. "Before the race I told the jockey to make a wide move. I told him, it depends…
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Zenyatta Continues Undefeated
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Some copy from brisnet.com
Zenyatta, whose only career venture outside of California came in her 2008 win in the Apple Blossom Handicap, achieved an historic moment on Saturday afternoon when she won her thirteenth straight race by takingthe Lady's Secret Handicap before an appreciative crowd at Santa Anita.
The John Shirreffs trainee delivered the much-anticipated score, which now puts her on par with the great Personal Ensign, who accomplished the feat when ending her career in the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff. With win number 13 now firmly engraved on her record, Zenyatta has banked $2,774,580 in earnings to…
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