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HOT SPRINGS – Racing the weather as much as each other, Stonestreet Stables Clairiere caught Secret Oath in the shadow of the wire to win Saturday s Grade I $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap as severe weather bore down on Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort.
Trainer Steve Asmussen won four races on Oaklawn's 12-race card, including the $1-million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) with Clairiere, who used an electrifying late kick under Joel Rosario to edge favored Secret Oath by a neck in the 1 1/16-mile event for older fillies and mares.