Two Oaklawn Racing Festival of the South winners are scheduled to run Saturday, with Lady Apple entered in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (G1) for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga and Quip entered in the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar.

Go Google Yourself, an allowance winner earlier this year at Oaklawn, recorded her first career stakes victory in the $125,000 Groupie Doll for fillies and mares Sunday at Ellis Park.

Two horses that competed in the final three legs of Oaklawn’s four-race Kentucky Derby points series in 2017 scored stakes victories Saturday.

Three Oaklawn stakes winners are scheduled to run Saturday at Mountaineer, which features a nine-race program highlighted by the $500,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) at 1 1/8 miles.

Four $1 million stakes races – the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2), $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1), $1 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) and $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) – highlight Oaklawn’s historic 2020 stakes schedule.

Cistron became the fourth Oaklawn-raced horse to earn an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita with a front-running victory in the $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) Saturday at Del Mar.

Three Oaklawn-raced horses that didn’t compete in the Kentucky Derby can still punch their ticket to the Mid-Summer Derby, aka the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 24 at Saratoga. Those chances come in Friday’s $100,000 Curlin Stakes and Saturday’s $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), 1 1/8-mile events that are Saratoga’s major steppingstones toward the Travers.

The country’s top older female dirt runner this year, Midnight Bisou was a one-length winner of the $150,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) to remain perfect in nine career starts at 1 1/16 miles. Midnight Bisou is also perfect in five starts this year, with two of the victories coming in Oaklawn’s $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) March 16 and $750,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 14. All five of Midnight Bisou’s starts in 2019 have come at 1 1/16 miles.

Several Oaklawn stakes winners are scheduled to run Saturday, notably the country’s top-rated older female in the $150,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.

Rick Hammerle, a highly respected racing official with more than 30 years of experience in the industry, has joined Oaklawn’s racing department as Racing Coordinator.