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Brian Nadeau’s Road to the Triple Crown: The Southwest Stakes

Oaklawn Park: The Grade III, $500,000 Southwest at 1 1/16 miles (Kentucky Derby qualifying points 10-4-2-1) by Brian Nadeau #1 My Boy Jack (12-1): California invader was a well-beaten third in Santa Anita’s GIII Sham to Baffert hotshot McKinzie, who is atop several Derby lists at this point, so that run should give him some…

February 19, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018, Oaklawn Park.

The Road to the Triple Crown with Brian Nadeau: The Smarty Jones

by Brian Nadeau Oaklawn Park: The $150,000 Smarty Jones at 1-mile (Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 10-4-2-1) Bob Baffert may have a wing in the Oaklawn Hall of Fame one day, as he’s shipped in countless 3-year-olds over the years to take home the hardware in their lucrative sophomore series, and this year looks no different…

January 14, 2018 in Kentucky Derby 2018, Oaklawn Park.

Brian’s Derby Preps: The Southwest Stakes

Brian Nadeau is back this year to offer insight and analysis on this year’s road to the Kentucky Derby. A handicapper at Horseplayer Now and Capital OTB, he’ll analyze every official Derby points race and the three Triple Crown races, back at Brooklyn Backstretch for the sixth year. Oaklawn Park: The Grade III, $500,000 Southwest at…

February 19, 2017 in Kentucky Derby 2017, Oaklawn Park, Uncategorized.

Mr. Z: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

As the field for the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes hit the eighth pole on Monday, owner Ahmed Zayat was probably thinking that he had a pretty good shot at winning his second Kentucky Derby prep this month, and a heck of a weekend. On Saturday, Zayat accepted the Eclipse Award for American Pharoah, last year’s…

January 20, 2015 in Kentucky Oaks 2015, Oaklawn Park.

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