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Oaklawn Park Jan.25- Smarty Jones Stakes and 4 MSW’s for 3yos.
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Friday, January 25. Oaklawn Park is getting the jump on stakes racing this weekend with the Smarty Jones Stakes worth $150k for 3yo’s attempting to get on the Triple Crown Trail. It is a Kentucky Derby Points Race worth 10-4-2-1 as all the other Derby Prep Races have been so far.
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Oaklawn Race Track
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The two to beat in this race are the 1st and 2nd place finishers in the Springboard Mile, another ungraded prep race that was worth $400k and 10 points. Long Range Toddy, who ran near the pace, headed out Bankit who closed from last place halfway through. Both are trained by Steve Asmussen, the perennial top trainer at Oaklawn.
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The morning line favorite however, is Gray Attempt, making his first attempt at a distance greater than 6.5f. Last out he won the Sugar Bowl Stakes, beating Manny Wah and Hog Creek Hustle who recently also finished in the money the Lecomte G3.
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Super Steed finished 7 back in 4th in the Sugar Bowl, and would probably prefer a sloppy track like he had at Churchill where he beat Boldor, also in this race, by 6 for the win.
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Six Shooter looked good going into the Springboard but finished last for whatever reason. But he rebounded already with a nice win in the Big Drama $75k at Delta 3 weeks ago.
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Jack Van Berg’s first 2 races were stakes contests and he almost won the 2nd, then got his maiden next out. Last out he got whipped by Super Steed and Bolor in an OC75n1x on a sloppy track. Sleepy Eyes Todd broke his maiden first out is a big long shot here.
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The sleeper that I like is Forloveofcountry at 12-1 ml. After 3 straight turf races in which he did not make any improvement in form, he switched to dirt and had an impressive win on a sloppy track OC75n1x at a mile.
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There are 4 MSW’s for 3yos, 2 for fillies and 2 for all, on the card as well so trainers can gauge how their 3yo’s measure up.
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