Monday, July 23 2012

Arlington Park Barn Notes: Sunday, July 22

The fortunes of jockey Constantino Roman shot up like a Roman candle July 21 when the 21-year-old native of Guerrero, Mexico, scored the first graded stakes victory of his career in the Grade III Arlington Oaks.

Roman was aboard a ball of fire named La Tia, owned by the Hernandez Racing Club and trained by Brian Williamson in the Oaks, and the front-running filly forged her third straight win of the meeting with a three-quarter length tally.