The numbers tell you how competitive Saturday’s Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap is from a wagering standpoint. Because this is a race where just about everyone can win. How competitive is the anchor stakes race on Oaklawn Park’s 12-race card? Six of the eight older horses in the 1 1/8-mile Oaklawn […]
Tag: Rated R Superstar
With Cox Duo, This Essex One of Saturday’s Best Races–Anywhere
Two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox is skilled at keeping his front-row charges apart from each other – a skill he abandoned for Saturday’s Grade 3 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. Cox sends out a pair of millionaire multiple Grade 3 winners: Plainsman and Warrior’s Charge, for the 1 1/16-mile […]
Lone Rock Becomes a Solid Choice in a Deep Razorback
This time last year, Lone Rock was preparing for a mid-level allowance race at Oaklawn Park. He was three months away from being claimed for $40,000 after a November race at Churchill Downs. Now, the gelding is two days away from racing for a chunk of a $600,000 purse in […]
After Preakness Plunge, 4-Year-Old Concert Tour Returns for Fifth Season Stakes
The last time we saw Concert Tour on the racing stage, it was a performance to forget. Consider his 2021 Preakness Stakes performance the equivalent of being booed off the stage. Now, it’s a case of new year, new trainer, new start. That’s what awaits the 4-year-old Street Sense colt on […]
Rated R Superstar Not Ready to Retire at Age 9
The “R” in Rated R Superstar’s name doesn’t stand for “retired.” Not even as a 9-year-old millionaire who is scheduled to open his season in Saturday’s Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The one-mile, $150,000 Fifth Season is for older horses, a category Rated R Superstar fits rather nicely. Even […]