April, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Oaklawn to Honor Hall of Famers

Oaklawn will host its first even Hall of Fame Day Apr. 16. The day, honoring members of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, will be highlighted by several special events, including winner's circle presentations. The feature race will be the GIII Count Fleet Sprint H. Race fans will receive a commemorative poster while supplies last, and an autograph session with Hall of Fame members will take place on the north end of the Grandstand from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“There are only a few other racing towns that can garner the enthusiasm and love for racing as Hot Springs, Arkansas, and we know this event will be a huge hit among our fans,” Oaklawn President Louis Cella said. “We are excited by the response we have received from the Hall of Fame members in the first year of this event, and we look forward to honoring some of our industry's greats.”

Scheduled to appear are 11-time Oaklawn leading trainer Steve Asmussen, Bill Boland, Calvin Borel, Ramon Dominguez, Earlie Fires, Sandy Hawley, Chris McCarron, Bill Mott, Don Pierce, Laffit Pincay Jr., Edgar Prado, Jose Santos, Gary Stevens and Nick Zito.

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Former Jockey Julio Pezua Injured

Former jockey Julio Pezua, winner of over 1,300 races, was injured last week in a spill at Belmont Park. The 65-year-old suffered several fractured vertebrae in his neck, requiring surgery, and is still hospitalized on Long Island.

Starting his American riding career at Calder in 1985, Pezua won several graded races, including the 1987 GI Manhattan S. and 1992 GI Met Mile. Since his retirement from riding races, he has remained at Belmont as an exercise and breeze rider.

Owner Aron Yagoda started a Gofundme to raise money for Pezua's lengthy recovery. Click here to donate.

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On The Trail Again

Charlie Appleby has two strong hands to play in the upcoming 2000 Guineas and one of them, the European champion juvenile Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream (GB), enjoys a surprise if welcome prep in Wednesday's G3 bet365 Craven S. at Newmarket. It's the age-old question, can the one who was at the apex the previous year maintain his dominion after the winter sojourn? It is necessary to go back to the mid-nineties and the likes of Alhaarth (Ire) (Unfuwain) and Xaar (GB) (Zafonic) to recall reigning champions taking in this trial en route to the first Classic and Godolphin's chief sophomore provides the race with a shot in the arm. There is nothing in his trainer's recent emissions to suggest that he has any concerns about the G1 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National S. and G1 Dewhurst S. hero, with this being more of a wake-up call than anything else.

“We are very confident at the moment and the team is in good form,” he said. “He has wintered very well and we have been pleased with his preparation, so we don't have any negatives going into this. It's only two and a half weeks until the 2000 Guineas, so we feel he is not going to need the run in the Craven, but it will help click his racing brain back into gear. It's of more benefit mentally rather than physically.”

TDN Rising Stars Assembling

Taking on Native Trail are two TDN Rising Stars in Star of India (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Al Mubhir (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who represent Ballydoyle and William Haggas respectively. The former took the eye when scoring on debut over seven furlongs at Leopardstown in October, while Al Mubhir beat a clutch of subsequent winners in a maiden over that trip on this course earlier that month.

Tom Marquand takes the mount on Al Mubhir and said, “He is a beautiful model, but he has done well for having that break. It is a stiff task second time out to try and win a Craven, but there is a reason he is in there and that is because William likes him and the team likes him. Our lad will be learning on the job a little bit and hopefully we will learn a bit more about him at the same time and what will be will be with Native Trail.”

A River Runs Through It

In the six-furlong G3 Connaught Access Flooring Abernant S., Al Shaqab Racing's Ebro River (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}) is the main player following his success in the G1 Phoenix S. at The Curragh in August. With no stand-out older sprinter in attendance, Hugo Palmer's stable star will be a warm order to get his campaign off to a flyer.

“We've decided to put a line through trying to make him stay, but I'm just really looking forward to running him at Newmarket. It wouldn't surprise me if we ended up going back to five for the King's Stand if he's good enough.”

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Gemologist, Nitrous Sold To Stand In Korea

Grade 1 winner and veteran sire Gemologist was sold to continue his stud career in Korea, while Grade 1-placed stakes winner Nitrous will begin his breeding career there, per Korea Racing Authority records.

Gemologist, a 13-year-old son of Tiznow arrived in the country on Dec. 10, 2021. He previously stood at Acadiana Equine at Copper Crowne in Louisiana for two seasons after entering stud at WinStar Farm in 2013. Gemologist also shuttled for a handful of Southern Hemisphere seasons in Chile.

From seven crops of racing age, Gemologist has sired 461 winners and amassed progeny earnings of more than $25.4 million.

His leading runner is Horologist, who retired a near-millionaire after a career that saw her win a trio of graded stakes races, including the Grade 2 Beldame Stakes.

Other runners of note by Gemologist include Grade 1 winner Yellow Agate, Grade 3 winners Miss Bigly, Theory, and Chilean Group 1 winner La Buena Vida.

Gemologist won five of seven starts during his own on-track career, and earned $794,855. He won each of his first five career starts, highlighted by victories in the G1 Wood Memorial Stakes and G2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.

Nitrous, a 6-year-old son of Tapit, also arrived on Dec. 10 after finishing a career that saw him win four of 21 starts and earn $563,382.

Trained by Steve Asmussen for the partnership of Stonestreet Stables and breeder Winchell Thoroughbreds, Nitrous finished third in the G1 Hopeful Stakes as a juvenile, and he kicked off his 3-year-old season with a victory in the Riley Allison Derby at Sunland Park. He won the listed Bachelor Stakes at Oaklawn Park two starts later, then finished second by a neck in the G1 Woody Stephens Stakes, before being runner-up again in the G2 Amsterdam Stakes.

His 4-year-old campaign in 2020 featured a win in the Thanksgiving Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds, which followed a third-place effort in the G3 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes at Pimlico.

Nitrous is out of the Grade 3-placed multiple stakes-winning City Zip mare Speedinthruthecity.

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