Simulcasting and Gaming Resume on Wednesday; Double Points Day; Live Racing Returns Thursday; Santa Anita Pick-Six Carryover Pool for Wednesday at $139,205
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
SIMULCASTING AND GAMING RESUME WEDNESDAY
GATES OPEN FOR GAMING AT 10:00 A.M.
GAMING REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 2:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY
GATES OPEN FOR SIMULCASTING AT 11:00 A.M.
DOUBLE POINTS DAY FOR WINNERS CIRCLE MEMBERS
Simulcasting and Gaming resume on Wednesday. Gates open for Gaming at 10:00 a.m. and Gaming will remain open until 2:00 a.m. on Thursday. Gates open for Simulcasting at 11:00 a.m. It is Double Points Day for all Winners Circle members.
Live Racing returns on Thursday. There are 10 races, first post time at 1:30 p.m. (CDT) The CLASSIX carryover pool stands at $19,799.…
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Apple Blossom Still on Schedule: Zenyatta Committed to Start; Rachel Alexandra Apparently Out
Monday, March 15, 2010
In spite of a statement by Jess Jackson, owner of Rachel Alexandra, indicating a withdrawl of his filly from consideration as a starter in the Apple Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn Park on Friday, April 9, the race will go on. Owners Jerry and Ann Moss have committed their undefeated superstar mare, Zenyatta, for the race which will be the headliner on the card on Friday, April 9, as part of Oaklawn's prestigious Racing Festival of the South.
Following Rachel Alexandra's defeat in Saturday's New Orleans Ladies Stakes at the Fair Grounds, owner Jackson released a statement saying " “We…
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Seats Still Available for Apple Blossom Invitational and Arkansas Derby
Monday, March 15, 2010
No fan who has a desire to witness some of the finest runners in training on Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10, will be turned away because of the "Sold Out" announcement concerning seating for racing events on those days.
Friday's program features the Apple Blossom Invitational, with a field which will include Zenyatta, in pursuit of her sixteenth consecutive win and the modern-day record set by Cigar, along with the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap, annually the sprint championship race of the meet at Oaklawn.
"While we are sold out of advanced-sale reserved seats, we always retain…
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Champion Lookin At Lucky Answers Questions With Rebel Score
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Watson, Pegram & Weitman's 2009 Two-Year-Old Champion Lookin At Lucky made a successful sophomore debut on Saturday, getting up in the final strides to defeat Chasing Dreams Racing 2008's Noble’s Promise by a head before the season's largest crowd of 36,298, in the Grade 2 $300,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn.
In the process, he secured his role among the early Kentucky Derby favorites by answering several questions in his first race on dirt and his first race in blinkers. Final time for the mile-and-a-sixteenth race was 1:43 over a fast track.
Breaking from post position two, Lookin at…
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No Such Word Continues Honeybee as a "Family" Affair
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Although they have now switched roles with Cindy serving as head trainer and Larry now her assistant, the training Joneses, along with owner-breeder Brereton C. Jones, continued the "Jones" dominance in earning their third consecutive $125,000 Honeybee Stakes triumph after No Such Word defeated Peter Callahan's heavily favored Beautician by 2 ½ lengths in the eighth race on the Saturday program at Oaklawn. With Larry Jones as trainer, Fox Hill Farm's ill-fated Eight Belles won the 2008 Honeybee. The couple returned with Cindy as owner and Larry as trainer to capture the 2009 edition with Just Jenda.
With owner-breeder…
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