Stakes Recap: Whitmore & Cicada
Maggie Wolfendale and Sara Elbadwi look back at the Grade 3 Whitmore from Oaklawn and Cicada at Aqueduct.
Maggie Wolfendale and Sara Elbadwi look back at the Grade 3 Whitmore from Oaklawn and Cicada at Aqueduct.
Harry Rosenblum and Cheyenne Stable's Time for Truth (Omaha Beach) tuned up for an expected start in the Mar. 30 GI Arkansas Derby with a six-furlong work in 1:13.00 (1/1) work over a muddy Oaklawn strip Saturday. “This was our…
March 16 was Hall of Fame Day at Oaklawn Park. Fans in attendance to celebrate some of the best in the sport's history were treated to a thriller in the $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) as Jaxon Traveler defeated Tejano Twist…
Andy Serling and Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Grade 3 Whitmore from Oaklawn and Cicada at Aqueduct.
6th-Oaklawn, $115,000, Msw, 3-15, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.53, sy, 6 1/2 lengths. THIS IS USCAR (c, 3, Oscar Performance–Journey On {GSP, $259,878}, by Good Journey) drifted up from his 5-1 morning line to jump as a 9-1 longshot in this debut…
Trainer Mark Glatt is weighing his options for the promising Judge Miller (Curlin). The lightly raced 4-year-old, a jaw-dropping winner while making his route debut in an optional claimer at Santa Anita Feb. 24, has been nominated to Oaklawn's $600,000…
Quite a few horses have lately nourished the illusion that we might, collectively, actually know what we're doing. Sierre Leone (Gun Runner), for instance, is threatening to make sense of the second-highest price paid for an American yearling in 2022;…
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Keith Asmussen, Oaklawn Park's second-leading rider this season, will retain the mount aboard Honeybee Stakes (G3) winner Lemon Muffin for the March 30 Fantasy Stakes (G2).
Trainers Ron Moquett and Dale Romans joined Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) CEO, Lisa Lazarus, on the agency's virtual town hall Monday. Both trainers sit on the HISA Horsemen's Advisory Group. A good portion of the HISA Town Hall…
JD Thoroughbreds and Joey Keith Davis' Tejano Twist looks to live up to the race's name by earning a second-consecutive victory in the six-furlong $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park March 16.