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Simulcast and Gaming Resumes on Saturday; Second Day, Breeders' Cup; Razorback Football Telecast
Saturday, November 07, 2009
GATES OPEN AT 10:00 A.M.
OAKLAWN GAMING OPEN UNTIL 4:00 A.M.
ARKANSAS-SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL TELECAST SATURDAY
BREEDERS' CUP SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA
Simulcasting and Gaming will resume on Saturday. Gates open at 10:00 a.m. Oaklawn Gaming will remain open until 4:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Oaklawn's popular Twin Quin game will be offered again on Thursday, November 12. Players will be competing for $100 plus all the day's entry fees.
The football game between Arkansas-South Carolina will be telecast on Saturday in the simulcast area, including Signals, on the infield videoboard and in Pop's Lounge in the…
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Breeders' Cup Continues Saturday; Zenyatta, Summer Bird Matched in Classic
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Featuring some of the stars of Oaklawn racing from the past two seasons, the 2009 Breeders' Cup begins its two day blitz on Friday afternoon at Santa Anita. Zenyatta, considered the only serious threat to Rachel Alexandra in Horse-of-the-Year balloting, will be the star of the featured Breeders' Cup Classic on the Saturday card.
Friday's races were primarily filly and mare races. However Saturday's Breeders' Cup races are the more traditional group of eight, concluding with the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, a race which features a matchup between two stars of the past two seasons at Oaklawn, Zenyatta,…
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Oaklawn Handicappers Hour Returns on Saturday; Final Show of the Year
Sunday, November 01, 2009
The Resort Racing Network (KVRE, 92.9 FM) presents the final edition of the Oaklawn Handicappers' Hour, a one-hour interactive call-in show on Saturday. This week the show will at its normal time, 9:07-10:00 (CDT) on Saturday morning. The Oaklawn Handicappers Hour is also available here at the Oaklawn website. Simply click on the "Oaklawn Handicappers Hour" link on the left hand side of the page. Track Announcer Terry Wallace co-hosts the show with local radio personality Tom Nichols.
Each show focuses on racing around the country, especially those tracks simulcast at Oaklawn, and has a guest from the racing…
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DRF Pigskins & Ponies Promotion Returns Sunday
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Daily Racing Form Pigskins and Ponies Match Game, one of the most popular promotions ever at Oaklawn Simulcast, returns to Oaklawn on Sunday, November 8.
The Pigskins and Ponies Match Game allows patrons to win from $500 to $2,000, by requiring players to correctly solve matchups of horses running in specified races as well as matchups of NFL pro football games against the point spread. Entries must be submitted by 12:30 p.m. on Sunday to be eligible. Players may get an entry by presenting their Winner's Circle Club card to the Information Booth, across from the main elevator…
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Perfect Drive New Factor in Arkansas Derby Picture
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
On Saturday afternoon, October 24, trainer Steve Hobby saddled a speedy dark bay colt named Perfect Drive to win impressively in starter-allowance company at Keeneland and become the newest name in anticipation of the three-year-old class due in action for the 2010 live season at Oaklawn, beginning January 15.
Racing in the silks of Arkansas State Racing Commissioner, Alex Lieblong, and his wife, JoAnn, Perfect Drive sped away from the field and had plenty left to hold off the challenge of his highly-regarded challenger and heavily favored Workin for Hops. Jockey Jesus Castanon replaced Fernando Jara as the rider…
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Time Change This Weekend; Liverpool Legends Coming November 15
Monday, October 26, 2009
Time becomes a major factor over the next couple of weekends at Oaklawn. Of course the most immediate factor is that Central Standard Time returns this weekend. It is "fall back" time, which means that you turn your clock back one hour at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Gates open at Oaklawn on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. (CST),
Oaklawn's Gaming Center will remain open on Saturday night until 4:00 (CST).
Going back in time will also be on the minds of many Oaklawn fans when the new Finish Line Theater opens for its November act, the Liverpool Legends,…
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2008 Arkansas Derby Winner, Gayego, Takes Ancient Title at Santa Anita
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
from brisnet.com
Godolphin Racing's Gayego rallied from next to last in Sunday's $300,000 Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita, circled the entire field rounding the turn and ran off down the middle of the track to record an easy 1 1/4-length victory under jockey Garrett Gomez. Making just his second start off a near five-month break, the Saeed bin Suroor charge finished up in 1:08 1/5 for six furlongs on the Pro-Ride.
"The race went as I expected," bin Suroor said. "Before the race I told the jockey to make a wide move. I told him, it depends…
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Zenyatta Continues Undefeated
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Some copy from brisnet.com
Zenyatta, whose only career venture outside of California came in her 2008 win in the Apple Blossom Handicap, achieved an historic moment on Saturday afternoon when she won her thirteenth straight race by takingthe Lady's Secret Handicap before an appreciative crowd at Santa Anita.
The John Shirreffs trainee delivered the much-anticipated score, which now puts her on par with the great Personal Ensign, who accomplished the feat when ending her career in the 1988 Breeders' Cup Distaff. With win number 13 now firmly engraved on her record, Zenyatta has banked $2,774,580 in earnings to…
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Summer Bird, Tim Ice Coming to Oaklawn for 2010 Live Meet Before Returning to New York
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Trainer Tim Ice said Classic candidate Summer Bird, the winner of the Belmont, Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes this summer, will depart New York and head for California on Monday. He is next expected to contest the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, November 7.
Ice also said the colt would return to New York next season after the spring meeting at Oaklawn Park. “After the meet at Oaklawn Park, the plan is to come to New York,” said Ice, who previously has been based at Louisiana Downs. “I’d like to pick up some new owners. Right now,…
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Summer Bird, Pure Clan, Kodiak Kowboy Win Big Races at Belmont
Monday, October 05, 2009
Runners from Oaklawn Park once again performed with style, winning some of the most important races of the weekend and, perhaps, punching a Breeders' Cup ticket for each. In the case of Drs. K.K. and Devi Jayaraman's Summer Bird, the win in Saturday's $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup probably also put a lock on the 2009 Eclipse Award for the outstanding three-year-old colt or gelding.
Summer Bird, Lewis Lakin's Pure Clan and Fox Hill Farm and Vinery Stable's Kodiak Kowboy all put in winning performances over the sloppy and soft going at Belmont Park on Saturday afternoon and did…
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