Last Samurai can become just the third horse to sweep Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort s three most lucrative two-turn races for older horses in the same year with a victory in today $1 million Grade II Oaklawn Handicap.
Trainer Nancy Knott’s one-horse stable has grown to two in recent months and both Sunset Paynter and Navy Seal are scheduled to run Saturday at Oaklawn.
“On the track, there are no buddies,” quipped Cristian Torres to a smiling Ricardo Santana, as the two longtime friends taunted each other during a dinner for owners, jockeys and trainers. The dinner hosted by Jane Phillips Jolly and Sadiq Mir, owners of J&S Italian Villa in Hot Springs, was an appreciation gala