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Weekend Stakes Span the Globe From Saudi Arabia to California
February 15, 2021 4 min read
Looking at this weekend’s notable stakes races takes the eye halfway around the world to the $20 million Saudi Cup. Another look also takes the eye back to three races postponed from last weekend to this weekend – the Southwest Stakes, the Bayakoa Stakes, and the Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park.
Mystic Guide comes into this weekend’s Grade 3 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park with six in-the-money finishes, including his victory in last summer’s Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. (Image: Coglianese Photos)
Weather permitting, those three races will plant Oaklawn as North America’s stakes center this weekend. The three races were pushed back a week due to ice storms pelting the central US. Oaklawn official originally scheduled them for Saturday, but moved them back to Sunday.
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