Victory Formation joins Road to the Kentucky Derby with confident Smarty Jones triumph
Victory Formation brought his record to a perfect 3-for-3 and joined the Road to the Kentucky Derby with a triumph in the Smarty Jones S. at Oaklawn Park. […]
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Contrail all heart in Kikuka Sho to clinch Japanese Triple Crown
Shinji Maeda’s homebred champion Contrail looked in danger of losing his unbeaten record, and the Japanese Triple Crown in Sunday’s Kikuka Sho (G1) at Kyoto. […]
Gold Street surprise front-running winner of Smarty Jones
Trainer Steve Asmussen had the numbers in Friday’s $150,000 Smarty Jones S. with four entrants in the one-mile test for 3-year-olds on Oaklawn Park‘s opening day, and one of them, Gold Street, had the speed […]
Kentucky Derby Report – Enforceable broadens scope with Lecomte
Story talking points: Enforceable’s Lecomte S. performance analysis Smarty Jones S. preview analysis 3-year-olds of interest by state and region Kentucky Derby top 10 Enforceable Performance Analysis Enforceable rallied boldly from 11th to prove best […]
Using Optix and Brisnet data to bet the Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn
by EMILY GULLIKSON Opening Day at Oaklawn Park presents the first stakes race for 3-year-old runners and a likely prep for many of the graded stakes (i.e. Kentucky Derby points races) later this meet. At […]
Silver Prospector tops Asmussen quartet entered in Smarty Jones
Oaklawn Park opens its 2020 season Friday in the best position in its 100-plus year history, and no better reflection of that is the opening-day $150,000 Smarty Jones, which has seemingly attracted one of its […]
Pure Sensation wins fourth Turf Monster; Spun to Run fights back in Smarty Jones
Although headed by longshot Hollywood Talent passing the quarter pole, Monday’s $300,000 Turf Monster (G3), like several Turf Monsters before, was all about Purse Sensation. The 3-5 favorite to win the five-furlong dash for the […]
Eight vie in Smarty Jones; Pure Sensation seeks fourth Turf Monster
The Pennsylvania Derby (G1) in three weeks is expected to attract a slew of heavy hitters, including Maximum Security, War of Will, Game Winner, and Mr. Money. Its nominal local prep, the $300,000 Smarty Jones […]
Gray Attempt handles first distance test in Smarty Jones win
The only thing hustling more than Gray Attempt at the start of his gate-to-wire score in the Smarty Jones Stakes was his jockey Shaun Bridgmohan running to catch a plane to ride Saturday at Gulfstream […]
Kentucky Derby Report – War of Will aces Lecomte test
War of Will looked good winning the Lecomte (G3) at Fair Grounds, drawing off to a four-length decision, and Mark Casse came away extremely pleased with the colt’s first race over a fast track. “I […]