Sam Houston Race Park on Saturday hosted Texas Preview Day with five stakes saluting Texas Thoroughbreds. The races serve as a springboard to Texas Champions Day, set for March 25.
Pan Zareta winner filly Oeuvre broke alertly and relaxed professionally behind a pair of Louisiana-bred longshots before taking command in the stretch and winning Saturday’s $100,000 Nelson J. Menard Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds by two lengths over seven other older females.