West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables' Giant Game broke through for his first stakes win in gate-to-wire fashion Saturday in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3), scoring by three-quarters of a length from Skippylongstocking, who tried in vain catch the winner but ran out of ground.
On the eve of his father’s retirement, trainer Kelly Von Hemel notched his first victory of the 2022-2023 Oaklawn meeting with Ain’t Life Grand in Friday’s inaugural $150,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes for older horses at 1 1/16 miles.