Sunday, April 14 2013

OVERANALYZE ON HIS WAY TO KENTUCKY AFTER ARKANSAS DERBY SCORE

HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 13, 2013) – Repole Stable’s Overanalyze, a top 2-year-old last year, who had fallen off the radar, jumped back into the Kentucky Derby picture with a dominating 4 ¼ length victory in Saturday’s $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) before a crowd of 66,158. The victory earned him 100 points based on Churchill Downs’ criteria for making the 20-horse field and ranks him fifth among the hopefuls for the first Saturday in May.

Arkansas Derby Quotes:

Owner Mike Repole, Repole Stable (1st Overanalyze) (via phone) – “When (jockey) Johnny (Velazquez) got off him after the Gotham he said he flattened out probably needed the race. Todd was going to run Verrazano in the Wood, so we decided to split the two horses up and come here. I wasn’t surprised that he won, but I was shocked at how easy he won. I’m really blessed to have a filly (Unlimited Budget) for the Oaks and now a colt for the (Kentucky) Derby.”

Saturday, October 16 2010

CALIFORNIA CUP XXI ATTRACTS 309 NOMINATIONS

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (October 16, 2010)—The seven stakes races that will comprise the 21st California Cup on Saturday, Oct. 30 at Oak Tree/Hollywood Park attracted a total of 309 nominations.

The stakes, topped by the $150,000 California Cup Classic Presented by City National Bank, are part of a 10 race card restricted to California breds.

Friday, February 12 2010

The “Race for the Ages” is Back On!

HOT SPRINGS, AR (Feb. 10, 2010) – Following conversations with Jess Jackson and Jerry Moss, the Grade I $5,000,000 Apple Blossom Invitational is back on, Oaklawn President Charles J. Cella announced Thursday. The race, which was increased to a total purse of $5,000,000 provided both Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta start, will now be held Friday, April 9, the day before the Grade I $1,000,000 Arkansas Derby, Oaklawn’s traditional closing day.

“The most important day in Arkansas sports history has now become the most important two days in Arkansas sports history,” Cella said. “This is truly a race for the ages.”