Live Racing, Simulcasting and Gaming Resume on Saturday; Aqueduct Cancels
Saturday, March 13, 2010
LIVE RACING, SIMULCASTING AND GAMING RESUME SATURDAY
GATES OPEN FOR GAMING AT 10:00 A.M.
GAMING REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 4:00 A.M. ON SUNDAY
GATES OPEN FOR LIVE RACING AND SIMULCASTING AT 11:00 A.M.
AQUEDUCT CANCELED LIVE RACING FOR SATURDAY.
Live Racing, Simulcasting and Gaming resume on Saturday. Gates open for Gaming at 10:00 a.m. and Gaming will remain open until 4:00 a.m. on Sunday. Gates open for Live Racing and Simulcasting at 11:00 a.m.
Live Racing returns on Saturday. There are 11 races, first post time at 1:00 p.m. CLASSIX carryover pool stands at $6,254. The co-features are the eighth…
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Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta & 43 Others Nominate to Apple Blossom
Friday, March 12, 2010
As expected, 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and two-time champion Zenyatta were chief among the 45 fillies and mares nominated to the 45th running of the $5 million Apple Blossom Invitational (G1) at Oaklawn Park on Friday, April 9.
Nominations closed March 10. Should the two superstars enter the 1 1/8th-mile event, Oaklawn Park will extend invitations to eight other nominees to face them in what would be the richest race ever run exclusively for fillies and mares.The connections of Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have both expressed their desire to see the two horses meet in the…
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Oaklawn Handicappers Hour Returns on Saturday
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Once again this year fans from around the country may tune into the Resort Racing Network, which has covered Oaklawn and national racing for over three decades.
The Resort Racing Network (KVRE, 92.9 FM) presents the Oaklawn Handicappers' Hour, a one-hour interactive call-in show, presented each Saturday through Breeders' Cup, Saturday, November 6. This week the show airs from 9:07-10:00 (CST). The Oaklawn Handicappers Hour is also available at the Oaklawn website. Simply click on the "Oaklawn Handicappers Hour" link on the left hand side ot the page. Oaklawn track announcer, Terry Wallace, will co-host the show this week…
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Lukas Stars May Shine in Three-Year-Old Stakes This Weekend
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas may be sitting in the catbird seat at Oaklawn this weekend as he send two of the stars of his heralded barn postwards as main contenders for honors in Saturday's $300,000 Rebel Stakes and $125,000 Honeybee Stakes. Both races are scheduled for a mile-and-a-sixteenth and should label the winners as among the elite from the three-year-old crop.
Dublin, a son of Afleet Alex and second place finisher in the recent Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn, will try to put himself square in Triple Crown consideration in the Rebel. The chestnut runner was flying…
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Win Willy, Freedom Star Capture Co-Features on Saturday Card
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Showing a powerful move not seen since his shocking upset over Old Fashioned in the 2009 Rebel, Jer-Mar Stable's Win Willy stayed off the pace, took command by mistretch and powered to a three-and-three-quarters score over Robert Yagos' Spotsgone in Saturday's $150,000 Razorback Handicap at a mile-and-a-sixteenth. The four-year-old son of Monarchos toured the distance in 1:43 4/5 over the fast track before a crowd of 19,292 gathered in near-perfect spring racing conditions.
Confidently handled by jockey Cliff Berry, the late-running gray responded to the removal of blinkers by trainer Mac Robertson and posted a win which should set…
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