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Horses break out of the starting gate on Rebel Stakes day in 2018 at Oaklawn Park. (Eclipse Sportswire)
Rebel Stakes day the second-biggest day of racing at Oaklawn Park is Saturday. Only Arkansas Derby day offers higher purses and bigger races at the Hot Springs, Ark. track.
The $1 million, Grade 2 Rebel, a Kentucky Derby prep offering 50-20-10-5 qualifying points to the top four finishers, anchors the five-stakes card, which also includes the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes for fillies and mares 4-year-olds and older.
In 2019, the Rebel set attendance and handle records when 45,500 fans (a best for this day) helped wager the then all-time Oaklawn record of $16.2 million. Last year, the race fell on the first weekend that COVID-19 led to empty grandstands (a few weeks later, a sports-hungry public wagered off-track handle of $41 million on Arkansas Derby day).