In the 2017 Breeders' Cup, she nailed 11-1 long shot Wuheida to win the Filly and Mare Turf. Hoppert: The Calumet homebred finished third in two Santa Anita prep races but was never a factor. Why he can’t win: Finishing seventh and fourth in your last two races before the Derby doesn’t inspire confidence. – The first Saturday in April is Frank Fletcher’s first Saturday in May. April 1, 2023 · 3 min read. The first day of April brings two prominent prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby: the $1. Gold Square LLC's Cyberknife exited his win in Saturday's GI Arkansas Derby in fine shape and is expected to ship to Louisville Tuesday to continue preparations for the May 7 GI Kentucky Derby. 42. A son of 2017 Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire, he was purchased for $70,000. HOT SPRINGS, AR (Saturday, April 1, 2023) – Albaugh Family Stables LLC’s Angel of Empire capped a big day for trainer Brad Cox as he provided his trainer with his second straight victory in the $1. After his eye-catching win in the Grade 3 Bob Hope. 10; Cyberknife wins Arkansas Derby; filly finishes 3rd. 0. He was extremely impressive when winning the Arkansas Derby in April and he's nowhere near his ceiling just yet. He paid $11. Angel of Empire, who went off at 4-1 odds, won the Arkansas Derby by 4¼ lengths at Oaklawn Park on April 1. Division 1. The most recent Kentucky Derby winner to run in the Arkansas Derby was Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who went on to be named Horse of the Year. Past Arkansas Derby Betting. 42, was the first Arkansas Derby winner for Cox. Angel of Empire rolls to second prep win in Arkansas Derby at the Kentucky Derby. North Carolina vs Arkansas Betting Records & Stats. The horse, led by jockey Flavien Prat, won the Arkansas Derby with a breathtaking move around the final turn and straightaway, blowing away the field to win at Oaklawn Park. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. 60, $7. 10;Cyberknife wins Arkansas Derby; filly finishes 3rd. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. A son of 2017 Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire, he was purchased for $70,000. . In an exciting finish down the stretch, Practical Move, trained by Tim Yakteen, took home the win in the Santa Anita Derby in California, edging out Japan-based Mandarin Hero at the finish line. m. 42, was the first Arkansas Derby winner for Cox. 25 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 1. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. 1943: Count Fleet. 25 million Arkansas Derby 2022 is 7:35 p. Wet Paint has won the first two legs in. The win will make Angel of Empire one of the favorites for next months running of the 2023 Kentucky Derby. The large, yet speedy charge, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite and will look to pull off a monster win in the crucial Derby prep race. Call: 501-363-4660. 1930: Gallant Fox. After. The first was Sunny’s Halo in 1983. 8. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. White Abarrio got 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points for the win and is now certain to have a spot in the May 7 race at Churchill. American Pharoah in DOMINANT fashion won the 79th running of the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, earning him 100 points in the Kentucky Derby standings and all but making him a. Taiba was the favorite and paid $4. His promising first crop included 2022 George E. If he does not win the Arkansas Derby, he could still make the Kentucky Derby field, but he will need to have a strong performance in the race. The race (7:50 p. The first Arkansas Derby winner to win a Triple Crown race was Elocutionist, who won the 1976 race and that year’s Preakness Stakes. Tapit Trice, 150. He’s by Pioneerof the Nile, runner-up in the 2009. 60. Arkansas. 5 of the Last 7 Arkansas Derby Favorites Have Won. Classic Causeway (7-2) earned 50 points toward the Kentucky Derby on March 12 when he won the Tampa Bay Derby (G2). How to. The deep and top-heavy field in the second division of Oaklawn's Grade I Arkansas Derby has the horse racing world's attention today. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Slew o' Gold. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Lukas won the 1984 Arkansas Derby with Althea, a week after she finished second in the Fantasy. The Arkansas Derby will offer 200 points to the top five finishers (100-40-30-20-10, respectively) toward starting eligibility for the Kentucky Derby. 40 as the winner on a fast track by 3/4 lengths over Epicenter, who returned $7. Smarty Jones won the race by 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 lengths, earning $854,800 for the Chapmans along with a bonus of $5 million from Oaklawn Park for sweeping the Rebel Stakes, the Arkansas Derby, and the Kentucky Derby. “The only negative on him was that he was hard on himself. Date / Track: 04/12/2014, Oaklawn Park Post Time: 06:20 PM ET Distance: 1 1/8 m (Dirt) Age / Sex: 3 M NEW >. 80 and $4. Kentucky Derby: the build-upThe last winner of the Arkansas Derby to go onto win the Kentucky Derby was the classy American Pharoah in 2015. m. Two Phil’s returned $10. Mellon in the Rushaway in his last start, paid $12. Jason Frakes: 502. But it was Smarty Jones (2004) who propelled. 25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) and his third stakes win of the day. The horse, led by jockey Flavien Prat, won the Arkansas Derby with a breathtaking move around the final turn and straightaway, blowing away the field to win at Oaklawn Park. 25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 1 at Oaklawn Park off impressive efforts, Albaugh Family Stables' Angel of Empire is the. Doppleganger, running his first race for trainer Tim Yakteen after being transferred from the barn of Bob Baffert, finished fourth. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Nodouble’s dam, Abla-Jay, by Double Jay, was purchased by Goff for $3,200 from Clay. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. @horseracingtote. ET post time) will be televised on Fox Sports. 25 million, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs. (AP) — Cyberknife won the $1. Arkansas Derby Results. Angel of Empire, a son of Classic Empire, cruised to a 4 1/4-length victory in the $1. The Arkansas Derby, which celebrated its inaugural running in 1936, has produced seven Kentucky Derby winners: Sunny’s Halo (1983), Lil E. 18, Risen Star Stakes This race, which was won by Angel of Empire, has been lost with the last round of Derby preps, but it produced the winners of both the Arkansas Derby (Angel of Empire. Grindstone in 1996 was the last winner of the Louisiana Derby to win the Kentucky Derby. (He leads both the Apple Blossom and the Rebel as the jockey. -- Cyberknife won the $1. The Arkansas Derby will offer 200 points to the top five finishers (100-40-30-20-10, respectively) toward starting eligibility for the Kentucky Derby. You won’t find many Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races older than the Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds. 25 million Arkansas Derby (G1). An off-the-pace runner, Angel of Empire displayed a terrific turn of foot in the Arkansas Derby (G1), surging from sixth to reach the lead by the top of the stretch, and the up-and-coming colt established himself as a serious Kentucky Derby contender while notching his first triple-digit Brisnet Speed rating (101). 18, Angel of. Two-time Eclipse Award winning trainer Brad Cox is scheduled to send out one of the favorites in Angel of Empire , who returns to Oaklawn after winning the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2. Sent off at 9-2 odds, he paid $11. Both races have drawn large fields. 25 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 1. Date / Track: 04/13/2019, Oaklawn Park Post Time: 06:41 PM CT Distance: 1 1/8 m (Dirt) Age / Sex: 3 M NEW > Get a $150. ”Favorites won 12 of 18 runnings of the Arkansas Derby between 2004 and 2020. 15-1 horse dug deep to win fastest 2 minutes. Howard : 7th, 1989 Arkansas Derby G2: Last Race 7th, 1989 Arkansas Derby G2: 8: Really Loaded: 3. While there are a number of horses entered in the $1. At age three, Sunny's Halo won the Arkansas Derby with jockey Eddie Delahoussaye aboard. Retired. Lolbolly Stable has won three total Arkansas Derby’s to lead all ownership groups in Arkansas Derby history. 68 at Oaklawn. The third and final leg of Oaklawn Park’s 3-year-old Kentucky Derby prep series is the Arkansas Derby, which is run at a distance of 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs). He won 144 races in 1895, and finished third in the Preakness Stakes in 1896,” according to. Cyberknife, who won in 1:50. 0. Eyes on Lukas filly at Arkansas Derby. Angel of Empire won the Arkansas Derby ($11. A win or second-place showing will certainly drop his Derby Day odds. In 2019, Arkansas Derby runner-up Improbable was awarded fourth in Kentucky after the disqualification of Maximum Security. He has won 20 Breeders' Cup races and his horses have. The 2022 Arkansas Derby offers 170 Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifying points, with the winner getting 100, second place 40, third place 20 and fourth place 10. True to his word, the Southern California-based Yakteen has returned to Oaklawn for Saturday’s $1. The colt rallied from sixth place at the top of the stretch to win the Grade 1 race. Afleet Alex won the event in 2005 and went on to win the Preakness. (Charlie Riedel/AP) Bettors and casual fans will hear a lot. John Magnier owns Ashford Stud, the home of Coolmore Stud. Family ties: Sired by Curlin, the legendary winner of the 2007 Arkansas Derby, Preakness Stakes and. Super Stock surged ahead of Concert Tour and Caddo River to win the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He won a Derby prep in the. What do the Arkansas Derby, Wood Memorial, Blue Grass, and Santa Anita Derby have in common this year aside from being Grade 1, $1 million events?. He won eight of nine starts and earned $7,613,155, including a $5 million bonus from Oaklawn Park for taking the Rebel, Arkansas Derby. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 4 1/4 lengths Saturday, putting him on a path to the Kentucky Derby in May. Secret Oath has won her last three starts, all at Oaklawn, including a 7 1/2-length romp in the Grade III Honeybee on Feb. He won at this distance in the Risen Star Stakes last time out and has shown flashes of. Only Donerail in 1913 won the Kentucky Derby with longer odds at 91-1. He won’t be at the Derby, either. 73: George Gianos Heberto Castillo Jr: 6th, 1989 Arkansas Derby G2: Last Race 6th, 1989 Arkansas Derby G2: 7: Trapp Mountain Cox's Ridge: 4. Gold Square LLC’s Cyberknife capped a huge day for jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Brad Cox with his victory at 5-1 in Saturday’s $1. Cox enters Angel of Empire in this year’s edition, though Geroux does not return for the race. A son of 2017 Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire, he was purchased for $70,000. Cyberknife, shown working out at Churchill Downs, won the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby. White Abarrio got 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points for the win and is now certain to have a spot in the May 7 race at Churchill. Arrieta won the first race aboard Mystery Mo ($6) for trainer Scott Becker and the third race aboard favored Too Pretty ($3. Lukas won the 1984 Arkansas Derby with Althea and the 1988 Kentucky Derby with Winning Colors, both fillies. #7 Rocket Can battled to victory in the Grade 3 Holy. Ridden by Flavien Prat. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. Todd Pletcher holds the record for most Arkansas Derby wins by a trainer with four; he has won it in back-to-back years twice. But the now-defunct Arkansas Jockey Club did card a race known as the Arkansas Derby at Little Rock’s Clinton Park in the late 1890s and early 1900s, according to the Gazette. Angel of Empire (Classic Empire) sails into the Derby off back-to-back, come-from-behind wins at nine furlongs in the GII Risen Star S. Cox also notched his second career victory in the 1 1/16-mile Fantasy with Wet Paint, a homebred daughter of Blame who races for her. Alonzo “Lonnie” Clayton reached stardom at age fifteen as the youngest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. 50-Point Prep Races. Watch on. Fletcher, who won his first race at Oaklawn in 1989, has started only two horses in the Arkansas Derby, finishing third in 2001 with Son of Rocket and seventh in 2007 with Officer Rocket . 3. Post time is about 7:24 p. Baffert has won the Arkansas Derby twice, with subsequent Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister in 2012 and with eventual Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year American Pharoah in 2015. ET. Angel of Empire is the. (AP) — Cyberknife won the $1. A son of 2017 Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire, he was purchased for $70,000. A total of 200 Derby qualifying points are. 25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park and the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park. Arkansas Derby (G1) Race 12 at Oaklawn Park on April 2, 2022. The 2023 Florida Derby has a prohibitive favorite in Forte (4/5), who is currently the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby at leading online sportsbooks and FanDuel Racing. 40) for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Flavien Prat. The Arkansas Derby pushed Angel of Empire’s earnings over $1 million. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Indiana Oaks. -- Arkansas Derby winner Cyberknife made a bold move along the rail to pass previously unbeaten Jack Christopher, then held off Bob Baffert's Taiba to win the $1 million Haskell. In 2015, American. 25 million, Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park offers Kentucky Derby contenders the opportunity to compete for the top-level points (100-40-20-10) at a distance of a 1 1/8 miles. The Grade 1 Arkansas Derby April 1 is $1. Bred at Blackstone Farm in Pine Grove, Pa. Like Smarty Jones, he too swept the Rebel and Arkansas Derby. as he won the Rebel Stakes by six and a quarter lengths and the Arkansas Derby by. Pre-race favorite Nadal took down the second division of the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at. Tee (1992) and Grindstone (1996) went on to win the Kentucky Derby. (AP) — Angel of Empire won the $1. TVG @ TVG SUPER STOCK scores 100 points on the #. The most recent Kentucky Derby winner to run in the Arkansas Derby was Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who went on to be named Horse of the Year. Super Stock, a son of Dialed In, benefitted from a speed duel between 1-5 favorite Concert Tour and Caddo River to take charge in the stretch and win the $1 million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 10 at. 42. Share on. 15 post position. 11/24 2023 Clark Stakes. 80 Place: $2. Tee (1992 Derby winner) as the only Pennsylvania-bred horses to ever win the Kentucky Derby. 2023 Arkansas Derby Field. 39:. He is the first Arkansas Derby champion to win the Triple Crown. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, eight Preakness Stakes, three Belmont Stakes, and three Kentucky Oaks. Fletcher co-owned Fast Fan, winner of the 11th race April 1, 1989, with Holthus. Nearly 40 years ago, a brilliant filly named Althea unleashed a terrific performance in the 1984 Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Angel of Empire, ridden by jockey Flavien Prat for trainer Brad Cox, runs away from the field to win the 87th Arkansas Derby on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Oaklawn. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. He won the Belmont Stakes as a gargantuan 53/1 underdog. The $1. The road to the Kentucky Derby culminates on Saturday with the final prep race of the year, the 2021 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. #NBCSports #ArkansasDerby2019» Subscribe to NBC Sports: ties: Sired by Curlin, the legendary horse who won 11 of 16 career starts, including the Rebel Stakes, Arkansas Derby, Preakness Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2007. None of the 17 colts that Mage defeated at Churchill Downs made the trip to Pimlico Race Course for Saturday’s race. 80, $3. In winning the $1. In an exciting finish down the stretch, Practical Move, trained by Tim Yakteen, took home the win in the Santa Anita Derby in California, edging out Japan-based Mandarin Hero at the finish line. Angel of Empire, a son of 2017 Arkansas Derby winner Classic Empire, finished second behind stablemate Victory Formation in the. 40 second March 8 and is scheduled to have her final pre-race breeze March 25, Lukas said. Charlatan - Win: $2. Arkansas Derby. American Pharoah and jockey Victor Espinoza win the $1 million Arkansas Derby horse race at Oaklawn. 25 million and the Fantasy as the last major local prep, and an increasingly important one, for. The Grade 2 Rebel Stakes, a race for 3-year-olds run at a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8. 1. Wayne Lukas, Reylu Gutierrez, 15-1. With the Run for the Roses less than six weeks away, this will be the last chance for the horses in the field to. Cyberknife, a son of Gun Runner, earned 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby, assuring a spot in the May 7 race at Kentucky. The race (7:50 p. He was the slight 2. Cox won the Arkansas Derby with Angel of Empire, a horse that seems to have push-button acceleration around the final turn. If he wins the Arkansas Derby, he will likely be one of the top contenders in the Kentucky Derby. That "one" was a decisive winner Saturday in a field of 10 Saturday that seemed evenly matched with four 3-year-olds sent off at odds between 5-2 to 9-2. Ridden by Florent Geroux, who got dumped in the post parade, Cyberknife ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50. Charge It: Trainer Todd Pletcher is the king of the Florida Derby having won the race seven times. 25 million Grade 1 Arkansas Derby for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park in decisive fashion and beating Barber. For 100 pts Forte wins the 2023 Florida Derby #Horseracingtips #Horseracing #Horsesoftiktok #Horses #Horse #FYP #Sports ♬ original sound – horseracingtote –. It appeared just as easy for American Pharoah as his Rebel win in the slop. The 20-horse field includes Forte, last year’s juvenile champion who’s won four straight starts; Angel of Empire, the fast-closing Arkansas Derby winner; Tapit Trice, the blossoming threat and. The Road to the Kentucky Derby in Arkansas continues Saturday, February 25, with the Rebel Stakes (G2). HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Bill Mott trains Rocket Can for Arkansas-based Frank Fletcher Racing Operations. Lukas also finished third in the 1986 Arkansas Derby with another filly, Family Style, a week after she. The Tigers won 66. 100–40–30–20–10 points available. In 2019, Arkansas Derby runner-up Improbable was awarded fourth in Kentucky after the disqualification of Maximum Security. The Arkansas Derby (G1), Florida Derby (G1) and Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) will all pay Road to the Kentucky Derby points on a 100-40-20-10 basis. 5 Troy Stakes (G3T). The value of the purse tripled within a span of ten years following Lawyer Ron’s $300,000 win in 2006. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 4 1/4 lengths, putting him on a path to the Kentucky Derby in May. After a series of qualifying stakes that stretches back to September, the final prep of them all, the $1 million Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, brought down the curtain on the chase for spots in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and left one horse standing tall as a clear-cut favorite for the. Get Expert Oaklawn Park Picks every day. The win gives him 100 points for the. Rockamundo paid $427. 11/18 2023 Hill Prince G2. 1935: Omaha. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)The horse comfortably won the race in 1:48. HORSE RACING. The Arkansas Derby is a. (Arkansas Derby: Post Position, Horse, Trainer, Jockey, Morning Line) 1. Angel of Empire earned 100 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, boosting his total to 154. 52. Ridden by Florent Geroux, who got dumped in. Like the King won the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks on the. Both 1 1/16-mile races were at. Granted, the Arkansas Derby has never produced a Kentucky Derby winner, and it might seem an odd place to go looking for a horse that can beat Spectacular Bid. S. 1941: Whirlaway. The 2023 Kentucky Derby is the 149th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. HOW TO WATCH AND BET THE ARKANSAS DERBY AND PICKS TO WIN. Bubble Rock, his entry in the Mile, finished third. The race was a prep in more ways than one for the horse who was a $70,000 purchase as a yearling at Keeneland September 2021. To date, the winningest trainer is Todd Pletcher who won in 2000 with Graeme Hall, 2001 with Balto Star, 2013 with Overanalyze and 2014 with Danza. 20 and $29. who won the Grade 3 Bold Ruler at Aquedu. Wet Paint, last of 10 early. Division 1. This is the second-biggest upset in the Kentucky Derby's 148-year history. 2021: Third City, ch c, by Collected. Likely next race: Kentucky Derby on May 6 at Churchill. Althea, who has won eight of 13 starts and been worse than second only once, earned $361,150. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. On Feb. Arkansas Derby (G1) Race 12 at Oaklawn Park on April 1, 2023. Last year, winner Cyberknife went. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track. Fletcher, who won his first race at Oaklawn in 1989, has started only two horses in the Arkansas Derby, finishing third in 2001 with Son of Rocket and seventh in 2007 with Officer Rocket. Tabor won the 1995 Derby with Thunder Gulch. The 1 1/8-mile, Grade 1 race is headlined by Bob Baffert-trained Concert Tour, who won the Rebel. So I think with the odds being 5-1, Tapit Trice is in good position to win this Kentucky Derby race, giving Todd Pletcher Derby victory No. Florida Derby Race Video. Second to. Saturday's $1. Her final time of 1:46 4/5 for 1 1/8 miles remains the fastest ever seen in. In 2015, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert sent American Pharoah to Oaklawn for the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby. Angel of Empire won the $1. Date / Track: 04/02/2022, Oaklawn Park Post Time: The 1994 winner, Concern, won that year's Breeders' Cup Classic. At 3: Won Arkansas Derby (G1), Risen Star S presented by Lamarque Lincoln and Lamarque Crescent City Ford (G2), 2nd Smarty Jones S. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 4 1/4 lengths Saturday, putting him on a path to the Kentucky Derby in May. 40) for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Flavien Prat. She has run six races, winning four of them and finishing third in another. The 1 1/8-mile race offers 100-40-30-20-10 qualifying points for Kentucky Derby 2023 to the top five finishers. Robert A. 2021 Arkansas. 8 choice among bettors. 34: George R. Road to the Kentucky Derby. Angel of Empire and Tapit Trice were both. “They’ve run, I don’t know, 130 Kentucky Derbies,” Stauffer said. In 2007, Curlin won the Arkansas Derby by a record 10 ½ lengths on his way to winning the Preakness Stakes, Breeders’ Cup Classic and 2008 Dubai World Cup. 1937: War Admiral. 49, and earned 100 points towards the run to the Kentucky Derby. Flavien Prat, who won the 2019 Derby on Country House. 42. Reincarnate is a Good Magic colt trained by Tim Yakteen after being transferred from Bob Baffert’s barn ahead of the Rebel. The Arkansas Derby will be her first race against male competition. Arkansas Derby winner first at Haskell. - Today's Games - Play a Free Game Over $20 million won! - Monthly. HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Arkansas Derby 2022: Odds and analysis. Credentials would peg him as a top tier competitor. At 3: Won Arkansas Derby (G1), Risen Star S presented by Lamarque Lincoln and Lamarque Crescent City Ford (G2), 2nd Smarty Jones S. The 1 1/16-mile race over the Oaklawn dirt drew a field of 11 to compete for rich spoils: a. The Arkansas Derby victory was a second for Baffert, who won with eventual Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister in 2012. 2014 winner Danza was third in the Kentucky Derby, 2012 winner. Leading Oaklawn Park trainer Steve Asmussen has won the Arkansas Derby three times – with Private Emblem in 2002, with eventual two-time Horse of the Year Curlin in 2007, and last year with Creator. A field of 11 has entered the 2023 Arkansas Derby. OCEANPORT, N. In addition to the Derby, his horses have won a Belmont Stakes (G1), a Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), and nine Breeders' Cup races, including a Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). Three horses have won both the Arkansas Derby and then gone on to score in the Kentucky Derby. But two trainers will have a chance to win multiple races in the series that concludes with the Grade 1, $1. The Southwest was run. Opened in 1904, Oaklawn Park's meet is highlighted each year by the "Racing Festival of the South. Earnings. He also won the Arkansas Derby last year with Cyberknife. Oaklawn Park Entries & Results. King Russell finished second and Reincarnate finished third. Holl Image finished sixth in the Kentucky Derby. The three-year-old colt, trained by the legendary Bob Baffert, is coming off a big win at the Rebel Stakes on March 14 and will be looking to again take home the top position at the Arkansas Derby. April 1, 2023 · 1 min read. (AP) — Cyberknife won the $1. Trainer Bob Baffert ruled the Arkansas Derby on Saturday, taking wins in both divisions, as Charlatan led all the way to win the first division and Nadal took the victory in the second division. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 4 1/4 lengths Saturday, putting him on a path to the Kentucky Derby in May. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. 40. 9 hours ago · Arsenal's David Raya can't face Brentford, but Aaron Ramsdale has little chance to win the starter job back Ramsdale will get the nod against the team Raya is. The race unfolded like something from the Ruidoso Downs. The top 20 on the points ledger will qualify for the Derby. ($23,000 ftkjul. There were two other 100-point qualifiers Saturday. The Arkansas Derby is grade one, and the Southwest Stakes is grade three. Ridden by. He also joined Lil E. After winning his 2nd straight prep following the Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds, is the Brad Cox trainee a top threat to win on the First Saturday ofAngel of Empire comes into the Kentucky Derby off a 4 ¼-length victory in the Arkansas Derby. 20 and $6. 2. Two Kentucky Derby long shots worth a bet to win. Angel of Empire proved his love of distance and his power as he took the Arkansas Derby by four and a half lengths on Saturday at Oaklawn, cementing his Derby bid and notching up his trainer. Luis Saez piloted Tapit Trice past Tyler Gaffalione aboard Verifying to win the 2023 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes April 8 at Keeneland. American Pharoah won the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby on a sun-filled Saturday at Churchill Downs. 25 million Arkansas Derby by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday in the richest prep race for the Kentucky Derby. PPHOT SPRINGS, Ark. Angel of Empire capped a big day for trainer Brad Cox when he provided his trainer with his second straight victory in the Grade 1, $1. . Tee won the Grade II Jim Beam Stakes and finished second by a neck to Pine Bluff in the Arkansas Derby, results that led to his appearance in the 1992 Kentucky Derby. The most recent Kentucky Derby winner to run in the Arkansas Derby was Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who went on to be named Horse of the Year. Nadal's win all but. He was twice voted American Champion Older Male Horse by. The $1 million Arkansas Derby will generate big online betting interest in Race 12 with post time at 7:41 p. The first Arkansas Derby winner to go on and win a Triple Crown race was Elocutionist, who captured the 1976 Preakness. The value of the purse tripled within a span of ten years following Lawyer Ron’s $300,000 win in 2006.