Lake Hamilton’s Ty Robinson units single-game scoring document for Wolves as Misty Veil claims Pippin Stakes victory at Oaklawn.
MONTHS
Class A weekend for monitor’s head coach
By now, it must be apparent: There is no such thing as a slowing down or getting round Steve Asmussen.
Different horse trainers, to paraphrase an Outdated Testomony passage, have their hundreds. Asmussen alone, with a spring in his step at age 58, to not point out a sleeve of shiny grey hair, has ten thousand of his personal.
Getting into 2024, solely boredom or a incapacity appears prone to carry Asmussen all the way down to earth, along with his 10,000th coaching win (a North American document) coming Feb. 20 at Scorching Springs. Oaklawn Racing On line casino Resort’s profession chief in coaching wins, coaching titles and stakes wins rang within the previous yr Sunday along with his third stakes triumph of the weekend and fourth within the nine-day assembly. Chasing a 13th native title, he has 13 winners.
Smarty Jones Ninth Birthday Boys Contest
There isn’t any phrase on whether or not Monday’s first race card in 2024 will function birthday cake as a meals possibility, nevertheless it would not be misplaced.
In spite of everything, January 1st marks the all-inclusive event to blow out candles and make needs for horses bred within the Northern Hemisphere. January and uncommon June foals are handled alike, July 1 being the suitable date for these nice Argentine horses and others born south of the equator.
With their “horrible twos” hopefully behind them, a brand new batch of Kentucky Derby contenders turns Three on Could Four, and the 150th Kentucky Derby, the goal date.
TUESDAY
The New 12 months brings Cox his third “Smarty” win.
Till he hits different milestones — simply 25, that appears doable — Cristian Torres and the quantity 100 can be linked usually.
Wilt Chamberlain scored that many factors in a 1962 basketball sport, then held up a bit of paper marked solely with the quantity — C for Roman numerals. Or twice as some ways as rocker Paul Simon mentioned you may go away a lover.
Torres’ brush with triple figures got here final yr when he joined Corridor of Famer Pat Day as the one jockeys to win 100 races at an Oaklawn meet. His native mounts, who earned $6.1 million final season, have Torres drawing reward from a minimum of second-time monitor head coach Robertino Diodoro as one to look at nationally.
CMS goes again to again in Larry Ray, wins rematch with Jessieville Lions
JESSIEVILLE – A matchup of Garland County’s rising stars from Class 2A and Class 3A on Friday established that they’re legit contenders of their respective conferences and maybe even within the upcoming state basketball event.
The sixth annual Larry Ray Vacation Event is within the books, with Cutter Moring Star rising because the event’s first back-to-back winners. The Eagles defeated the Lions 49-37 within the championship sport.
Cutter Morning Star head coach Beau Brickell mentioned his group constructed confidence in convention play.
WEDNESDAY
Woman Lions take Larry Ray Event, stay undefeated
JESSIEVILLE – The Woman Lions have been topped Larry Ray Vacation Event champions Friday evening, defeating Perryville, 66-44, within the closing on the Jessieville Sports activities Enviornment.
Now boasting an 18-Zero document, head coach Magen Scrivner’s squad is clearly a power to be reckoned with this season.
She mentioned successful the event felt good.
THURSDAY
Wolves senior Robinson units single-game scoring document
PEARCY – Senior Ty Robinson is persistently placing exclamation factors on his closing season as a Lake Hamilton Wolf.
Robinson, who signed to play at Florida Atlantic College, now holds the varsity document for many factors scored in a sport at 46.
Wolves head coach Scotty Pennington mentioned the document got here on the heels of a 77-66 win over Forest Metropolis within the Kameron Hale Invitational championship sport on Saturday.
FRIDAY
The Scorching Springs Half Marathon is scheduled for January 20th
Wolf Creek Race Administration returns for the second Scorching Springs Half Marathon on Saturday, January 20th beginning at eight:00am.
Wolf Creek Race Administration co-owner Andrew Mascio mentioned the corporate, which offers skilled occasion administration and timing providers, hosts such vacation spot endurance occasions all through the US.
“Scorching Springs is a type of occasions,” he mentioned. “As a result of Scorching Springs Nationwide Park is such a spectacular space. I’ve been there numerous occasions and the path system is unimaginable when it comes to upkeep and the best way the paths are constructed.
Sprinters present up early at Oaklawn
Whitmore and Mitole have had championship seasons within the solar, and Aloha West is Oaklawn’s third latest winner of the Breeders’ Cup Dash.
However do not let anybody suppose that the older sprinters in horse racing are barren, regionally or nationally. Definitely not with the prospect of retired Horse of the 12 months Cody’s Want within the information.
Within the first 10 days of the brand new Oaklawn racing season, racegoers have seen stakes wins by two horses on the guidelines for November’s 2024 BC Dash at Del Mar in Southern California.
SATURDAY
Cox: Late however fairly good inexperienced ‘Smarty’ winner
Brad Cox is striving to develop into the brand new Bob Baffert amongst trainers sending Kentucky Derby contenders to compete at Scorching Springs.
Catching Freedom, with the identical connections as 2023 Arkansas Derby winner Angel of Empire, started his Three-year-old season Monday at Oaklawn in what has develop into a signature race for Cox. the Structure colt gained by 2 1/2 lengths as the favourite within the $300,00Zero Smarty Jones Stakes at 1 1/16 miles, Cox’s sixth victory within the final 13 Kentucky Derby qualifying occasions.
Catching Freedom, with Cristian Torres aboard, earned 10 qualifying factors for the 150th Kentucky Derby on Could Four at Churchill Downs in Cox’s hometown of Louisville. Cox could make historical past with no matter horse provides him a document third consecutive Arkansas Derby on March 30, which might be the coach’s 44th birthday.
Mistletoe rivals await Pippin’s defender
Robertino Diodoro was a little bit late to the celebration when Oaklawn’s racing season began final month, however he is right here now and do not be stunned if he shakes issues up quickly.
Oaklawn’s chief in coach wins in 2022-23, Diodoro began the primary 5 days of the brand new season after being suspended for a drug overdose in a stakes race right here final season. He gained Monday’s fifth race on his first day again with Royal Act for Scorching Springs consumer Jerry Caroom, though he misplaced the horse to native rider Staton Flurry by means of the claiming field.
Diodoro had 61 Oaklawn wins final season, holding off 12-time native champion and Corridor of Famer Steve Asmusssen. That bettered the coach’s 51 wins since 2020, when he snapped Asmussen’s eight-year native title streak.
SUNDAY
The Wolves begin late to take down the Rams
PEARCY — Lake Hamilton junior Zane Pennington turned his frustration into fifties and celebration within the fourth quarter of Friday’s 65-57 win over crosstown rival Lakeside.
Restricted to 3 factors within the sport’s first 26 minutes, Pennington made 9 of 10 free throws within the closing six minutes and completed with 14 factors. His heroics stored the Wolves third in 5A South.
Pennington’s late efficiency was wanted with Lakeside’s doubling and, at occasions, Ty Robinson’s triple. The Wolves’ 6-Four standout scored 20 of his 27 first-half factors. The Rams targeted on stopping Robinson within the closing quarter and held him to 2 factors.
Lake Hamilton fingers the Lakeside ladies their first convention loss on the expense
PEARCY — Lakeside’s hopes of going undefeated in 5A South Friday evening in opposition to Lake Hamilton’s ladies slipped away early within the first quarter.
The Woman Wolves (13-6, 5-Zero) scored the primary 11 factors of the sport after which went on a 14-Zero run within the second quarter to topple Lakeside, 74-44.
“I feel Lake Hamilton got here with a objective tonight,” Lakeside coach Jay Williams mentioned. “They proved they’re the most effective group in Garland County. They outplayed us, and when you will have a variety of threes (12) like they did, it nearly turns into unimaginable the best way we have been combating.”
Simply in Time: Black Man for Misty Veil
What higher manner for a horse about to go to sale than the reward Misty Veil obtained Saturday at Oaklawn Racing On line casino Resort.
The black kind of the $150,00Zero 6-year-old mare Pippin is available in time for this week’s Keeneland January Horses of All Ages sale in Lexington, Kentucky. The daughter of Tonalist scored her first stakes win in a $150,00Zero digital replay of Mistletoe on the identical monitor final month however with a unique working order.
Second on the day going a mile, Misty Veil edged out Pippin’s successful protection Beautiful Trip within the second flip. Ramon Vazquez, in his 400th win driving Oaklawn, held off Ice Orchid (third final time) as Mistletoe winner Butterbean moved into third. Beautiful Trip completed 6 Three/Four lengths away from the present within the area of 5 fillies and older mares.
Dozens of G1 wins, Cox’s $30.9 million yearling purses
Brad Henry Cox educated the winners of 12 Grade 1 races final yr, with 9 of the secure’s black-type triumphs coming at Oaklawn.
Though Moist Paint gained three stakes at Scorching Springs, a rifle Cox didn’t race regionally proved to be the barn’s job.
Putica Idiomatic peaked mid-to-late season, scoring three straight Grade 1 wins in an eight-win season. The daughter of Curlin, her solely defeat of 2023 coming second in a Grade 2 race at Belmont Park, emerged from the pack as the brand new chief within the older feminine division, leaving 2022 champion Three-year-old Nest and others.