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In 1941, purses again set Oaklawn records. By 1943, the Arkansas Derby had a purse of $10,000. Oaklawn stayed open in 1944, after most American tracks had closed because of World War II. It cancelled the spring season in 1945. At the end of WWII, Oaklawn held a 30-day late-autumn-and-winter season; together with postwar exuberance and spending ...
Since 2013, the event has been part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In 2019, the event was split into two divisions after Oaklawn president Louis Cella presented a sporting gesture after the San Felipe Stakes was abandoned in California. Road to Kentucky Derby qualification points for the first four finishers were adjusted. [4]
It is the first in a series of races – including the Southwest Stakes, Rebel Stakes, and Arkansas Derby – held at Oaklawn that are commonly used as preps for the Kentucky Derby. [ 2 ] Note that a second Smarty Jones Stakes, a Grade 3 race for 3-year-olds run at a distance of 1 and 1/16 miles, was created in 2010 and is held at Parx in late ...
Before Lance Gasaway saw Mystik Dan win the 2024 Kentucky Derby, he visited the grave of his father back in Arkansas. ... Arkansas, to Hot Springs for the meets at Oaklawn. “To me, this is for ...
Owned by Lance Gasaway, 4 G Racing (Brent Gasaway) and Daniel Hamby — all making their first appearance in the Kentucky Derby — Mystik Dan improved to 3-1-1 in seven career starts and earned ...
And the 101 for Mystik Dan came on a muddy track at Oaklawn Park in ... at how each horse finished its final pre-Derby prep race, crediting those that either ran the last quarter-mile in 13 ...
Since 2013 the event has been part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby. [8] For many years the event was usually held during the President's Day weekend but was moved to late January after Oaklawn Park introduced a new schedule of their expanded program for the 2021–22 racing season. [6]
Road to the Kentucky Derby points (ranking): 16 (No. 10) Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4 odds: 30-1 (co-No. 11 choice) Last start: Fourth in Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Nov. 3 at Santa ...