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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