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 Jose Ortiz celebrates aboard Quip after winning the Oaklawn Handicap |
Date: 04/13/2019
The co-feature on Arkansas Derby day, the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2), featured a field of 9 older horses going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. Steady rain fell during the card downgrading the track to sloppy with temperatures in the mid 50's for the approximately 45,000 fans in attendance. Tenfold was sent off as the 2-1 favorite off a close 4th in an allowance last out after finishing 7th in last year's Travers (G1). In to challenge him included 3-1 second choice Giant Expectations, 5th in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) before finishing 3rd in the San Pasqual (G2) and Essex Handicap, and 11-2 third choice Quip, 3rd in the Hal's Hope (G3).
 Shortly after the start of the Oaklawn Handicap. |
Also check out Omaha Beach winning the Arkansas Derby and Lady Apple winning the Fantasy Stakes during the Racing Festival of the South at Oaklawn.
Past winners of the Oaklawn Handicap
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 7 Quip Ortiz 13.00 7.40 6.20 8 Lone Sailor Prat 8.20 6.20 2 Pioneer Spirit Saez 7.80 Winning Time: 1:50.21 $1 Exacta 7-8 54.70 $0.50 Trifecta 7-8-2 359.85 $0.10 Superfecta 7-8-2-5 722.34 |
Left: Quip in the winner's circle. Winning trainer Rodolphe Brisset said, "We were expecting to be close. He looked like on the backside, the horse was not really taking us anywhere, but he was keeping position. He had to make an early move and was very wide on the turn, but the horse ran his usual race. He's been taking us on a fun ride. It's very sweet. This horse is special. I had no idea (if Quip won). Lone Sailor made his usual run. He came running at the end. I'm sure it was a short nose."
Right: Quip in the post parade. Winning jockey Jose Ortiz said, "He broke really clean. He put in a good position early, but I had to fight with Joel Rosario (on Giant Expectations) to keep I got a lucky I had the horse. Last time, they went really fast off the layoff. Quip was very game and never let them by him."
Left: Second place finisher Lone Sailor in the post parade. Trainer Tom Amoss said, "He ran a great race. Just didn't get there. He ran a really good second. He ran good."
Right: Third place finisher Pioneer Spirit in the post parade. The Brad Cox trainee improved his record to 8 wins, 4 seconds, and 5 thirds in 22 starts, earning $494,250 for owner Steve Landers Racing LLC.
Three hours before the Oaklawn Handicap was the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3). A compact field of 5 older horses sprinted 6 furlongs around one turn of the historic Hot Springs oval, with Mitole sent off as the 2-5 favorite off a 4 race win streak including an allowance last out. In to challenge him included 8-5 second choice and last year's winner Whitmore, 2nd in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) before winning the Hot Springs Stakes, and 16-1 third choice Bourbon Cowboy, an allowance winner last out.
Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. sent Mitole to the lead exiting the chute and he set fractions of 22.49 and 45.54 while pressed by Whitmore and stalked by Bourbon Cowbow and 22-1 longest shot Storm Advisory. Turning for home Mitole continued to lead through 5f in 57.33, then drew off late to win bu 2 3/4 lengths over Whitmore in 1:09.36. It was a long 7 lengths back to Bourbon Cowboy third.
Left: Mitole in the winner's circle. Winning trainer Steve Asmussen said, "To win his first graded stakes is special. He's an elite caliber horse. He handles the wet track extremely well. He won the Chick Lang under similar conditions. He broke well and was fast to the wire. Very grateful to have him in our barn."
Right: Mitole returns after the race. Winning owner Bill Heiligbrodt said, "He's a special horse. I don't think we've seen the bottom of him yet. I don't think we saw it today. He's out of an Indian Charlie mare, and I think that's where he gets a lot of his speed." Jockey Ricardo Santana added, "Since he was a young horse, I felt like he had a lot of talent. Today, he proved it a lot."
Left: Second place finisher Whitmore heads out to the track. Trainer Ron Moquett said, "Today was their day. The short field, lone speed, that's not his deal. 22 and change opening quarter. I'm proud of my horse." Jockey Luis Saez added, "Good trip, no excuses."
Right: Third place finisher Bourbon Cowboy heads out to the track. The Robertino Diodoro trainee improved his record to 8 wins, 10 seconds, and 6 thirds in 38 starts, earning $434,116 for owners Randy Howg, Selman Shaby, and Lana Smith.
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