Racing News
Chief of Affairs Equals Stakes Record in Hot Springs
March 20, 2011
Chief of Affairs capped off a huge weekend at Oaklawn Park with a dominating performance in Sunday’s $75,000 Hot Springs Stakes that equaled the stakes record time of 1:08 2/5 for six furlongs. His win follows victories on Saturday by Havre de Grace, who equaled the stakes record in the $150,000 Azeri Stakes (G3), and The Factor, who jumped onto Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with his eye-catching effort in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (G2). Read More
The Factor Rolls to Front-Running Rebel Score; Havre de Grace Starts 2011 Strong in Azeri
March 19, 2011
The question asking if The Factor could carry his brilliant speed farther down the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail was emphatically answered Saturday as the 3-year-old colt owned by George Bolton and Fog City Stable rolled to a 6 ¼-length victory in the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) in front of 34,698 fans at Oaklawn Park. Read More
All About Allie Gives Whited The Sweep of Rainbow Stakes
February 27, 2011
Trainer David Whited, a former top jockey at Oaklawn, went from having no stakes wins as a trainer at his home track to having two within a 24-hour period when Sanders Brothers’ All About Allie made a front-running score in Sunday’s $50,000 Rainbow Miss for Arkansas-bred 3-year-old fillies. Saturday, Whited saddled Sanders Brothers’ Rattlesnake Holler to victory in the $50,000 Rainbow Stakes, the counterpart race for colts and geldings. Read More
Rattlesnake Holler Scores Rainbow for Jockey Turned Trainer
February 26, 2011
As a jockey, David Whited had won many important races at Oaklawn Park, including a sweep of its 3-year-old series – the Southwest, Rebel and Arkansas Derby – in 1975 with Promised City. Saturday, he became an Oaklawn stakes winning trainer when Sanders Brothers’ Rattlesnake Holler caught Ile St. Roy in the final jump to score by a head in the $50,000 Rainbow Stakes for 3-year-old Arkansas-bred colts and geldings. Read More
Salty Wave Gives Jack Frost Spring Fever Win
February 20, 2011
After all the winter weather, Salty Wave, owned and trained by a man named Jack Frost, sprinted away with a Spring Fever win Read More
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