Oaklawn Park Entries & Results for Friday, March 17, 2023

Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, AR
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Opened in 1904, Oaklawn Park's meet is highlighted each year by the "Racing Festival of the South."
Oaklawn's biggest stakes: Derby preps - Arkansas Derby, Rebel Stakes, Southwest Stakes plus the Apple Blossom.

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Power Picks stats the last 60 days: Top picks are winning at 31.1%, second picks are winning at 21.9%, and third place picks are winning 16.4%.

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6F, Dirt, $20,000 Claiming
Open | 4 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $39,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 5 (Races 1-5)

  • Picks Report HRN Power Pick selection. (races 1-3 provided free)
    Race 1: The top pick is #1 Tizhotndusty the 2/1 ML favorite trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Ricardo Santana, Jr.. The six-year-old gelding by Unusual Heat has good early speed in a projected paceless race in combination with better overall speed figures against this bunch to win in this spot. Get Oaklawn Park Picks for all of today's races.

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1 Picks Report

Tizhotndusty

Unusual Heat

Brad H. Cox

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

2/1

2 2

Ginsburned

Noble Mission (GB)

Martin Villafranco

Isaac Castillo

15/1

3 3

Square Deal

Square Eddie

Allen Milligan

Erick Medellin

10/1

4 4

Alvaaro

Old Fashioned

Robertino Diodoro

Ramsey Zimmerman

3/1

5 5

Black Storm

Treasure Ride

Robertino Diodoro

Cristian A. Torres

5/2

6 6

Mystery Mo

Uncle Mo

Scott Becker

Francisco Arrieta

4/1

Runner Win Place Show
Mystery Mo  6 $6.00 $3.60 $2.40
Square Deal  3 - $10.20 $4.00
Black Storm  5 - - $2.60
Ginsburned  2 - - -
Also rans: Tizhotndusty
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Exacta 6-3 $70.60 $40,159.00
Superfecta 6-3-5-2 $462.60 $11,785.00
Trifecta 6-3-5 $190.40 $20,900.00
Fractions and final time: :22.64, :46.62, :59.16, 1:11.53
Winning Owner: Ritter, Charles W. and Becker, Scott
Winning Breeder: Grousemont Farm
MYSTERY MO broke with the field, raced in the second flight outside, four wide through the turn, advanced and challenged into the stretch, wore down leader, drw.

6F, Dirt, $20,000 Maiden Claiming
Fillies & Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $28,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 2-3-4) / 50 Cent Pick 4 (Races 2-3-4-5)

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    Race 2: The top pick is #6 Iconic Bonnet the 9/5 ML favorite trained by Jaime N. Gonzalez and ridden by Alfredo Triana Jr.. The three-year-old filly by Icon Ike has some upside still being lightly raced and speed figures that match up well in this field. Get Oaklawn Park Picks for all of today's races.

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Brooke's All In

Double Irish

Tim Dixon

Kelsi Harr

20/1

2 2

Lori's Eyes

Laurie's Rocket

William N. Martin

Walter De La Cruz

20/1

3 3

Kootenai Falls

Street Strategy

Tammy Hornsby

Chel-c Bailey

20/1

4 4

Kitiara

Gentlemen's Bet

Ernie Witt, II

Travis Wales

8/1

5 5

Tiz a Strategy

Street Strategy

Timothy E. Martin

Alberto Pusac

5/2

6 6 Picks Report

Iconic Bonnet

Icon Ike

Jaime N. Gonzalez

Alfredo Triana Jr.

9/5

7 7

Relentless Rocket

Laurie's Rocket

Lynn Chleborad

Kylee R. Jordan

9/2

8 8

May Disco

Macho Rocket

Ronald L. Westermann

Eduardo Gallardo

4/1

Runner Win Place Show
Kitiara  4 $10.20 $6.20 $4.60
Iconic Bonnet  6 - $4.00 $3.00
Lori's Eyes  2 - - $4.40
Tiz a Strategy  5 - - -
Also rans: Brooke's All In, May Disco, Relentless Rocket, Kootenai Falls
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 6-4 $41.40 $31,725.00
Exacta 4-6 $34.80 $111,391.00
Superfecta 4-6-2-5 $350.60 $48,793.00
Trifecta 4-6-2 $142.40 $65,169.00
Fractions and final time: :23.41, :48.09, 1:00.81, 1:13.53
Winning Owner: Ernie Witt, II
Winning Breeder: McDowell Farm
KITIARA off a step slow, moved up to race in the second flight toward the inside, dropped all the way to the rail turning for home, rail bid a furlong out, proved best in a determined effort.

Trainer Don Von Hemel wraps up extraordinary 67-year career

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1M, Dirt, Starter Allowance
Fillies & Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $55,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 3-4-5)

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    Race 3: The top pick is #5 Too Pretty the 6/5 ML favorite trained by Daniel C. Peitz and ridden by Francisco Arrieta. The six-year-old mare by Alternation has the controlling early speed and standout speed figures in a projected slow pace. Get Oaklawn Park Picks for all of today's races.

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Hot Springs Bling

Race Day

Jerry Donaldson

Jon Kenton Court

10/1

2 2

Hissy Missy

Medal Count

Michael Hewitt

Kylee R. Jordan

12/1

3 3

My Dams Atitude

Hamazing Destiny

Ronald L. Westermann

Isaac Castillo

4/1

4 4

C. C. Harbor

Commissioner

Al Cates

Cristian A. Torres

3/1

5 5 Picks Report

Too Pretty

Alternation

Daniel C. Peitz

Francisco Arrieta

6/5

6 6

Navagationalbeacon

Prom Shoes

Melton Wilson

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

15/1

7 7

Courtney Fay

Birdstone

Danele Durham

Ramsey Zimmerman

8/1

Runner Win Place Show
Too Pretty  5 $3.20 $2.80 $2.40
Hissy Missy  2 - $11.20 $6.20
Courtney Fay  7 - - $5.20
My Dams Atitude  3 - - -
Also rans: Hot Springs Bling, C. C. Harbor, Navagationalbeacon
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 4-5 $13.20 $17,475.00
Trifecta 5-2-7 $501.40 $92,549.00
Exacta 5-2 $32.20 $130,328.00
Superfecta 5-2-7-3 $2,526.80 $61,496.00
Fractions and final time: :23.85, :48.36, 1:13.48, 1:26.57, 1:39.38
Winning Owner: Richard B. Christian
Winning Breeder: Five Star Racing
TOO PRETTY broke alertly, cleared in the two path first turn, rated in the run up the backstretch, dropped to the inside, midway through the second turn, not threatened through the lane while being kept to task with a steady right handed crop.

1 1/16M, Dirt, Allowance
Open | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $103,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 4-5-6)

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

C. J's Storm

Storm's Eye

John Haran

McKenna Anderson

30/1

2 2

Arman

Bolt d'Oro

Peter Miller

Martin Garcia

15/1

3 3

Rocking Rocket

American Pharoah

D. Wayne Lukas

David Cabrera

12/1

4 4

Ten Gauge

Gun Runner

Steven M. Asmussen

Keith J. Asmussen

9/2

5 5

Bucktown

American Pharoah

Randy L. Morse

Rafael Bejarano

8/1

6 6

King Ottoman

Curlin

Steven M. Asmussen

Cristian A. Torres

6/5

7 7

Cawkab

Curlin

Brad H. Cox

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

2/1

Runner Win Place Show
King Ottoman  6 $4.00 $2.60 $2.10
Cawkab  7 - $3.20 $2.40
Ten Gauge  4 - - $2.20
Bucktown  5 - - -
Also rans: Rocking Rocket, C. J's Storm
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 5-6 $5.80 $15,589.00
Superfecta 6-7-4-5 $38.40 $41,150.00
Trifecta 6-7-4 $17.00 $68,042.00
Pick 3 4-5-2/6 $33.40 $23,668.00
Exacta 6-7 $10.60 $106,677.00
Fractions and final time: :23.4, :47.28, 1:12.51, 1:37.86, 1:44.03
Winning Owner: Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (Goncalo B. Torrealba)
Winning Breeder: Three Chimneys Farm, LLC
KING OTTOMAN off the early pace, in some traffic in waiting briefly onto the backstretch, moved out to be four wide when beginning to advance second turn, three wide bid turning for home, drove well clear.

Belmont Stakes: Tapits jump forward from Derby to Belmont

His offspring have been very successful when going from the Kentucky Derby to the Belmont.

1 1/16M, Dirt, $7,500 Claiming
Open | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $26,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 5-6-7) / 50 Cent Pick 5 (Races 5-9)

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Namesake

Bernardini

Thomas H. Swearingen

Chel-c Bailey

9/2

2 2

Pittsburgh

Khozan

Peter Miller

Nik Juarez

6/5

3 3

Depart

Spotsgone

Allen Milligan

Erick Medellin

20/1

4 4

Koselio

Upstart

Ike Green

Kylee R. Jordan

8/1

5 5

Levy

Gun Runner

Ron Moquett

Rafael Bejarano

8/1

6 6

Skyline

Street Sense

John Haran

McKenna Anderson

12/1

7 7

Quality Run

Quality Road

William N. Martin

Walter De La Cruz

12/1

8 8

Mystifier

Americain

Coty W. Rosin

Francisco Arrieta

7/2

Runner Win Place Show
Namesake  1 $5.60 $2.80 $2.60
Mystifier  8 - $3.20 $2.60
Quality Run  7 - - $3.20
Koselio  4 - - -
Also rans: Depart, Skyline, Pittsburgh
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 6-1 $16.00 $11,135.00
Exacta 1-8 $19.60 $123,340.00
Superfecta 1-8-7-4 $203.40 $54,374.00
Trifecta 1-8-7 $55.00 $76,174.00
Pick 3 5-2/6-1/5 $21.20 $28,843.00
Pick 4 4-5-2/6-1/5 $123.40 $72,511.00
Pick 5 6-4-5-2/6-1/5 $555.00 $134,433.00
Fractions and final time: :23.06, :47.09, 1:14.47, 1:40.58, 1:46.93
Winning Owner: Carl Brittingham
Winning Breeder: John C. Oxley
NAMESAKE broke back, outrun for a half, advanced on the lead pack three wide second turn, bid, showed the way into the lane briefly headed, battled back to prove best.

6F, Dirt, $30,000 Claiming
Open | 3 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $37,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 6-7-8) / 50 Cent Pick 4 (Races 6-7-8-9)

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Best of Greeley

Greeley's Conquest

Robertino Diodoro

Ramsey Zimmerman

7/2

2 2

Ship It Red

Jersey Town

Valorie Lund

Francisco Arrieta

8/1

3 3

City Rage

City Zip

Robertino Diodoro

Cristian A. Torres

5/2

4 4

Colonel Klink

Awesome Patriot

Chris Richard

Kylee R. Jordan

9/2

5 5

Meet Joe

Uh Oh Bango

R. Kory Owens

Elvin Gonzalez

15/1

6 6

Jerry's Eighty

Palace

Kenny P. Smith

David Cabrera

20/1

7 7

Papa Rocket

Into Mischief

D. Wayne Lukas

Keith J. Asmussen

2/1

Runner Win Place Show
Papa Rocket  7 $7.00 $3.80 $2.80
Ship It Red  2 - $6.60 $4.40
Jerry's Eighty  6 - - $5.80
City Rage  3 - - -
Also rans: Colonel Klink, Best of Greeley, Meet Joe
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 1-7 $18.40 $14,863.00
Exacta 7-2 $44.00 $114,890.00
Superfecta 7-2-6-3 $1,113.00 $50,166.00
Trifecta 7-2-6 $348.20 $74,641.00
Pick 3 2/6-1/5-7 $53.60 $25,939.00
Fractions and final time: :22.59, :46.69, :59, 1:11.25
Winning Owner: Frank Fletcher Racing Operations, Inc.
Winning Breeder: Bluewater Sales LLC, Three DiamondsFarm & Glenn Hogan
PAPA ROCKET outrun in the early going while in the two path up the backstretch, angled out four wide when moving to challenge turning for home, outside bid when straightened for home, edged clear late under steady handling.

Belmont Stakes 2023: 2 horses have speed, stamina to win

2 Belmont Stakes probables may last the distance even with an early lead.

1 1/16M, Dirt, Maiden Special Weight
Fillies | 3 Year Olds
Purse: $90,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta 50 Cent Pick 3 (Races 7-8-9)

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Exponential Star

Accelerate

Lindsay Schultz

Isaac Castillo

12/1

2 2

Magical Song

Tapit

Brad H. Cox

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

2/1

3 3

Unstable Princess

Cairo Prince

William N. Martin

Ramsey Zimmerman

4/1

4 4

Magic Bubbles

Empire Maker

John Henry Prather, Jr.

Rocco Bowen

15/1

5 5

D'oro Street

Medaglia d'Oro

Robertino Diodoro

Cristian A. Torres

9/2

6 6

No Guilt

Blame

D. Wayne Lukas

Gabriel Saez

5/2

7 7

A Little Good News

Tapit

Steven M. Asmussen

Keith J. Asmussen

20/1

8 8

Star of Tomorrow

Union Rags

Ingrid Mason

Tyler Baze

30/1

9 9

Dogtown Diva

Arrogate

Steven M. Asmussen

Francisco Arrieta

20/1

Runner Win Place Show
Exponential Star  1 $38.40 $18.20 $9.60
Unstable Princess  3 - $7.60 $4.20
Magic Bubbles  4 - - $9.20
No Guilt  6 - - -
Also rans: Magical Song, D'oro Street, A Little Good News, Dogtown Diva
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 7-1 $199.00 $16,579.00
Exacta 1-3 $296.60 $163,549.00
Superfecta 1-3-4-6 $10,793.60 $77,358.00
Trifecta 1-3-4 $3,776.20 $108,945.00
Pick 3 1/5-7-1 $458.40 $21,779.00
Fractions and final time: :23.54, :47.83, 1:13, 1:39.19, 1:45.56
Winning Owner: Ten Strike Racing
Winning Breeder: Dr. & Mrs. A. Leonard Pineau
EXPONENTIAL STAR a bit slow to settle into the first turn when closest to the leader, continued to chase that one up the backstretch, advanced and took over turning for home, clear to the wire under steady handling.

1M, Dirt, $62,500 Allowance Optional Claiming
Fillies & Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $106,000

Daily Double / Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Shezz Koldazice

Keen Ice

Cipriano Contreras

Francisco Arrieta

20/1

2 2

Butterbean

Klimt

Kenneth G. McPeek

Cristian A. Torres

9/5

3 3

Lil Kings Princess

Street Boss

John Alexander Ortiz

David Cabrera

10/1

4 4

Speedometer

Tapit

Steven M. Asmussen

Nik Juarez

3/1

5 5

Traverse

Street Sense

Riley Mott

Isaac Castillo

2/1

6 6

It'sfiftyshadetime

Not This Time

David C. Gomez

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

6/1

Runner Win Place Show
Traverse  5 $4.60 $2.60 $2.20
Butterbean  2 - $3.00 $2.20
Lil Kings Princess  3 - - $4.00
Speedometer  4 - - -
Also rans: Shezz Koldazice, It'sfiftyshadetime
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 1-5 $39.00 $18,215.00
Exacta 5-2 $13.00 $124,356.00
Superfecta 5-2-3-4 $251.80 $54,134.00
Trifecta 5-2-3 $74.60 $80,161.00
Pick 3 7-1-5 $541.20 $16,933.00
Fractions and final time: :24.28, :49.4, 1:13.66, 1:26.13, 1:38.14
Winning Owner: Claiborne Farm
Winning Breeder: Claiborne Farm
TRAVERSE allowed the pace to go early, in the second flight three wide when moving closer into the far turn, took over turning for home, quickly clear, strongly to win ridden out.

Barn Tour: Antonucci says Arcangelo is figuring it out

Jena Antonucci says Arcangelo is figuring it out and updates on 6 others in her stable.

6F, Dirt, $50,000 Allowance Optional Claiming
Open | 4 Year Olds And Up
Purse: $106,000

Exacta / 50 Cent Trifecta / 10 Cent Superfecta

# PP Horse / Sire Trainer / Jockey ML
1 1

Doctor Oscar

Shackleford

Tim P. Padilla

Alonso Quinonez

7/2

2 2

Skelly

Practical Joke

Steven M. Asmussen

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

4/1

3 3

Life Is Hard

Munnings

James P. DiVito

Francisco Arrieta

3/1

4 4

Mrs. Beans

Cyber Secret

Martin Villafranco

Isaac Castillo

10/1

5 5

Ruggs

Gun Runner

Ron Moquett

David Cabrera

15/1

6 6

Whelen Springs

Street Sense

John Alexander Ortiz

Rafael Bejarano

12/1

7 7

Albizu

Include

Robertino Diodoro

Cristian A. Torres

5/1

8 8

Exxel

Tale of Ekati

Valorie Lund

Tyler Baze

20/1

9 9

Improbable Journey

Majesticperfection

J. Larry Jones

Kelsi Harr

12/1

10 10

Ram

American Pharoah

D. Wayne Lukas

Gabriel Saez

30/1

11 11

Vulcan

Munnings

Cipriano Contreras

Walter De La Cruz

20/1

12 12

Mowins

Mohaymen

Michael E. Lauer

Richard E. Eramia

20/1

13 13

Ghostlore

Ghostzapper

Ron Moquett

Rafael Bejarano

(Also-eligible)

15/1

AE

14 14

Colonel Bowman

Curlin

David Jacobson

Isaac Castillo

(Also-eligible)

15/1

AE

Runner Win Place Show
Skelly  2 $9.00 $5.00 $3.60
Doctor Oscar  1 - $5.60 $3.80
Albizu  7 - - $4.00
Mrs. Beans  4 - - -
Also rans: Life Is Hard, Improbable Journey, Ram, Ruggs, Vulcan, Exxel, Ghostlore, Whelen Springs
Pool Finish $2 Payout Total Pool
Daily Double 5-2 $22.20 $89,305.00
Exacta 2-1 $33.80 $290,830.00
Superfecta 2-1-7-4 $1,459.00 $145,776.00
Trifecta 2-1-7 $200.60 $185,890.00
Pick 3 1-5-2 $489.00 $61,178.00
Pick 4 7-1-5-2 $2,465.20 $124,543.00
Pick 5 1/5-7-1-5-2 $5,914.00 $155,116.00
Fractions and final time: :21.97, :45.3, :57.29, 1:09.52
Winning Owner: Red Lane Thoroughbreds LLC
Winning Breeder: H. Allen Poindexter
SKELLY with the pace from the start, between horses into the turn, disposed of the other speed turning for home, kicked well clear through the lane under steady handling.

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