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Oaklawn Park - April 3rd, 2004 - Race 9
Race name: Apple Blossom H.  Grade: 1

Stakes - For Thoroughbred Four Year Old and Upward Fillies and Mares One And One Sixteenth Miles On The Dirt

Purse: $500,000

Value of Race: $500,000 1st $300,000, 2nd $100,000, 3rd $50,000, 4th $25,000, 5th $15,000, 6th $10,000

Weather: Clear   Track: Fast    

Off at: 5:05     Start: Good for all

 

Pgm

HorseName (Jockey)

Wgt

M/E

PP

SP

1/4

1/2

3/4

Str

Fin

Odds

1

Azeri (Smith, M.E.)

123

L

1

4

1-1

1-1/2

1-1 1/2

1-2 1/2

1-1 1/2

2.00

2

Wild Spirit (CHI) (Bailey, J.D.)

119

L

2

5

4-1 1/2

5-8

4-2 1/2

2-1/2

2-1 3/4

1.50*

3

Star Parade (ARG) (McKee, J.)

114

L

3

6

2-2 1/2

2-3

2-1/2

3-5

3-7 1/4

10.50

5

Island Fashion (Desormeaux, K.J.)

118

L b

5

2

3-1/2

3-3

3-Head

4-3

4-2

1.80

4

Keys to the Heart (Prado, E.S.)

111

L

4

3

5-8

4-1

5-8

5-4 1/2

5-3

46.70

6

Golden Sonata (Marquez, Jr., C.H.)

114

L

6

1

6

6

6

6

6

34.20

Fractional Times:     23.29, 46.71, 1:10.99, 1:35.19, 1:41.24

 

 

Winner:

Azeri - Chestnut Mare, May 06, 1998
Bred by Allen E. Paulson in KY

Pedigree:

Jade Hunter - Zodiac Miss (AUS) , by Ahonoora (GB)

 

Pgm

Horse

Win

Place

Show

Total WPS Pool: $749,150

1

Azeri

6.00

3.20

2.20

 

2

Wild Spirit (CHI)

 

2.80

2.20

 

3

Star Parade (ARG)

 

 

2.60

 

 

Wager Type

Winning Numbers

Payoff

Pool

Carryover

$2 Pick 3

3-3/5/6-1 (3 correct)   

 192.80

27,589

 

$2 Exacta

1-2    

 16.40

337,530

 

$2 Trifecta

1-2-3    

 60.00

292,981

 

 

Pgm

Comment

1

Azeri: took control off rail, well clear again stretch, steady handling

2

Wild Spirit (CHI): unhurried early, closer rail 1/4, angled out, bumped foe

3

Star Parade (ARG): closest to winner off rail, soundly bumped 1/4, best of rest

5

Island Fashion: within striking distance well off rail, bothered 1/4, no bid

4

Keys to the Heart: single paced, no threat

6

Golden Sonata: fell back, trailed throughout

Footnotes

AZERI took control soon after the start while off the inside into the first turn, controlled a moderate pace, shook clear again second turn, maintained a comfortable advantage down the lane under steady handling. WILD SPIRIT (CHI) unhurried early, moved closer along the inside late in the second turn, angled out abruptly turning for home to soundly bump STAR PARADE who in turn bothered ISLAND FASHION, asked for her best, no match late. FOLLOWING A STEWARDS' INQUIRY AND A CLAIM OF FOUL BY THE RIDER OF STAR PARADE AGAINST WILD SPIRIT FOR INTERFERENCE ENTERING THE STRETCH, THE RESULT WAS ALLOWED TO STAND. STAR PARADE (ARG) closest to the winner, moved a bit closer into the far turn, soundly bumped by the runner up exiting the final turn, could not keep up with that one for the runner up spot the final furlong. ISLAND FASHION within striking distance well off the rail, bothered when STAR PARADE came out due to a bump from WILD SPIRIT into the stretch, came up empty in the late going. KEYS TO THE HEART went singularly paced, no threat. GOLDEN SONATA fell back to trail by a wide margin after the start, remained back, little late gain.

 

Owners:

1 - Allen E. Paulson Living Trust J. Michael Paulson, 2 - Sumaya Us Stables Oussama Aboughazale, 3 -Gary A. Tanaka, 5 - Everest Stables, Inc. Jeffrey Lynn Nielsen, 4 -Thomas L. Nichols, 6 -James C. Spence

Trainers:

1 -D. Wayne Lukas, 2 -Robert J. Frankel, 3 -Darrell Vienna, 5 -Marcelo Polanco, 4 -C. Beau Greely, 6 -Morris G. Nicks