Perennial Oaklawn training champion Steve Asmussen has the country’s top-ranked older dirt female (Midnight Bisou) and male sprinter (Mitole) – both stakes winners in Hot Springs. Asmussen may also train the country’s top female sprinter in another Oaklawn stakes winner, Mia Mischief, who recorded her fourth career stakes victory in the $120,000 Roxelana Saturday at Churchill Downs.

After competing in the Arkansas Derby and Kentucky Derby, one of Oaklawn’s leading 3-year-olds this year now gets his shot in the Ohio Derby.

A second Oaklawn-raced horse is headed for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff after capturing a “Win and You’re In” event Saturday night at Churchill Downs.

Churchill Downs will run two Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events Saturday. Oaklawn will have a strong presence in both in the $600,000 Stephen Foster Stakes (G2) and the $250,000 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2).

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen’s multiple Oaklawn stakes winners Mitole and Midnight Bisou continue to position themselves for year-end honors following sterling performances Saturday at Belmont Park.

Country Music legend Lee Greenwood will headline the 28th annual Spa Blast in Oaklawn’s Infield Wednesday, July 3. Gates will open at 5 p.m. and Greenwood will take the stage at 8 p.m. Following his performance will be one of the region’s largest fireworks displays (approx 9:30 p.m.).

Oaklawn will be well represented on Belmont Park’s stakes-packed cards Friday and Saturday, notably the prestigious $1.2 Met Mile (G1), a race that could factor into Horse of the Year voting.

Chris Wilkins’ Wilbo edged Petrov by a neck to win the $125,000 Aristides Stakes Saturday night at Churchill Downs, becoming the sixth Oaklawn-raced horse this decade to win the 6-furlong event.

Oaklawn-raced horses have flourished in one of Churchill Downs’ biggest sprint races each spring. They can add to that success in Saturday’s $125,000 Aristides Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward at 6 furlongs.

Three Oaklawn-raced horses this year won stakes races within two hours of each other Saturday afternoon, the most notable being Honey Bunny for trainer Johnny Ortiz and Arkansas owners Hootie Moore, William Simon and Brent and Sharilyn Gasaway.