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2009 Arkansas Derby (G2)

Date/Track:
4/11/2009, Oaklawn Park
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:49.01

What the Nation is saying about the 2009 Arkansas Derby (G2)...

It's a time when three-year-olds need to step up against older, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup is a great place... Read More
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  • likin sparks · I know where Mike is coming from, with this years race is kinda weak where half the competion has had a difficult time placing in the money so I wouldn't think the WOW factor will be there. As much as I haven't been sold on Stay Thirsty for him not to win by 7 or 10 lenghts would be a kick in the can. · 601 days ago ·
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  • brooklyn.steve · Stay Thirsty should win the JCGC, which should make him the co fav for Horse of the Year with HDG. He has come along nicely, and while Flat Out will be a tough challenge, Mike Repole will be standing in the winners circle at the end of the day. · 601 days ago ·
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The fact that the Arkansas Derby is not a Grade I stakes race is absolutely ridiculous. Of the past 18 Triple Crown races, six winners have come out of the Arkansas Derby, and that doesn't include Rachel Alexandra, who won two races at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs before winning this year's Preakness...Read More
Can't see these guys contending late in the game at Churchill...
Trainer Larry Jones says the injured Old Fashioned, who started the year as the favorite for the upcoming Kentucky Derby, is headed to Kentucky after all, but for surgery. ...Read More
Until Papa Clem won the Arkansas Derby (G2) on Saturday at Oaklawn Park, trainer Gary Stute’s fondest racing memory came vicariously through his father, Mel. For Gary Stute, Papa Clem will be his first Derby starter and a chance to write ...Read More
Summer Bird (Birdstone) was off slow and settled at the back of the pack. He made his move wide and quickly began picking up positions. He moved into third and was getting to the top 2 when the wire came. He galloped out strongly, passing both Papa Clem and Old Fashioned. I know that some will be di...Read More
The DRF is reporting Old Fashioned suffered a "non-displaced slab fracture to his right knee" during the Arkansas Derby, and will be shipped Monday to Rood & Riddle for surgery. While not life-threatening Read More
A maiden winner three starts back, Papa Clem entered the 1 1/8-mile event off a pair of seconds in the Louisiana Derby (G2) and Robert B. Lewis S. (G2), and the Gary Stute-trained colt continued to enhance his Kentucky Derby (G1) credentials with the ... Read More
Arkansas Derby GIAs discussed earlier this week Papa Clem is a colt I am anxious to play in the Arkansas derby. First time on dirt Friesan Fire blow his doors off on a sloppy track but he held gamelyRead More
Old Fashioned came out of the Arkansas Derby with an injury which is not life threatening but possibly career threatening according to his trainer, Larry Jones.Read More
Starting from the first Derby Dozen, I had Old Fashioned ranked No. 1 for five consecutive weeks, despite many people insisting he hadn’t beaten anyone and would not stay the mile and a quarter. Prior to the Rebel, my comment on Derby ...Read More
It's being 'capped as Old Fashioned's race to lose, but remember Win Willy who ran him down one month ago? The race is on in Saturday's $1 million Arkansas DerbyRead More
Terry Thompson, aboard for Old Fashioned's first two wins at Delaware Park, regains the mount for the Arkansas Derby from Ramon Dominguez. Thompson is Oaklawn's runaway meet leader. "Terry knows the track," Jones said. "He knows when he needs to be in, ...Read More
Once their 110 seconds of competition is complete, trainer Todd Pletcher and other horsemen around the country will do the math on money earned in the Oaklawn Park race. They are in a predicament because their horses don’t have quite enough graded ...Read More
Grade 3 winner BITTEL ROAD (Stormy Atlantic), who finished far back in the Lane's End S. (G2) last out, worked a half-mile in :48 3/5 over the Keeneland Polytrack for Todd Pletcher. "We're not ruling out the (April 18) Lexington (S. [G2]) yet, ...Read More
Remsen S. (G2) hero OLD FASHIONED (Unbridled's Song), gearing up for Saturday's Arkansas Derby (G2), breezed five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 on Oaklawn's fast track on Monday. Jockey Terry Thompson, who will pick up the mount in the Arkansas Derby, ...Read More
At Oaklawn Park on Saturday, Smarty Jones S. romper FLAT OUT (Flatter) worked one mile in 1:43 2/5 on the fast track. The Charles "Scooter" Dickey trainee, who has been sidelined since his fourth-place finish in the Southwest S. (G3), is targeting next ...Read More

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