HOT SPRINGS Both stakes winners Saturday at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort rode in stable silks colored like first-place ribbons at the county fair or actor Paul Newman s eyes.
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Next to last in the early stages, Dixiana Farms’ homebred Hayes Strike angled five wide in early stretch and uncoiled a torrid rally to wear down the front-runners and snatch victory by a nose in the $300,000 Texas Derby on Monday at Lone Star Park.
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Brad Cox set a single-season Oaklawn record for stakes victories by a trainer when heavily favored Merlazza captured Saturday’s inaugural $150,000 Valley of the Vapors for 3-year-old fillies going one mile at the Hot Springs, Ark. track.