Apple Blossom

While it is not clear whether Grace Hall sustained the injury before, during, or after the Apple Blossom, most are putting a line through her dismal performance on account of her recently discovered injury. Though it makes sense to give the filly a pass for the Apple Blossom, that excuse only covers...Read More

On Fire Baby rewarded her connections’ patience with a gate-to-wire victory in Friday’s Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap, her first race in over 300 days. Read More

Alpha Delta Stable’s Grace Hall, the 118 lb. highweight, drew post position two of seven as she prepares to face a strong local contingent led by Tiz Miz Sue and Don’t Tell Sophia in Friday’s $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1). The 4-year-old Empire Maker filly and fellow Apple Blossom contender S...Read More

My Miss Aurelia, the 2011 champion juvenile filly, who just missed being named the 2012 champion 3-year-old filly, will begin her 4-year-old campaign against a red-hot Don't Tell SophiaRead More

Breathtaking shots from this week's Kentucky Derby preps and more!Read More

With Havre de Grace away, Plum Pretty was left to play with her four opponents in the Oaklawn Park Grade I...Read More

2011 Horse of the Year and defending Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) champion Havre de Grace tuned up for a possible defense of her title this Friday with a five furlong breeze in 1:02 1/5 under jockey Jenna Joubert. Trainer Larry Jones said that the work was a little slower than they had wanted and he ...Read More

4-5 favorite Plum Pretty makes her season debut over four other fillies and mares in the $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) Friday at Oaklawn Park. Read More

In this case, two wrongs result in only one thing ... nothing but disappointment for the racing fans at Oaklawn Park. Read More

Trainer Bob Baffert, who has already won three stakes races this meet, is going to attempt to win three more by taking two shots at Wednesday’s Fantasy Stakes with Jemima’s Pearl and Mamma Kimbo, one shot at Friday’s Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) with Plum Pretty and two shots in Saturday’s Arkansas D...Read More

Havre de Grace closed out her New Orleans winter vacation with a five furlong workout Sunday morning and will now ship to Oaklawn Monday with trainer Larry Jones expecting her to defend her title in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom on Friday, April 13.Read More

As compelling, or not, you found her seasonal debut, I believe the more interesting thing is all the talk surrounding where her connections chose to make her first start of the year.Read More

On paper, yesterday’s $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes at Oaklawn Park looked like a two-horse race. Absinthe Minded and Tiz Miz Sue who had run one-two in the recent Pippin Stakes, were sent off as the 3-2, and 7-5 clear choices in the five-horse field. Looking at the past performances of the two it was cle...Read More

Why is it that every time you have two horses from either coast that develop a rivalry, the fans on the West Coast go completely insane?Read More

Havre De Grace tracked the pace in third and ran down Switch in late stretch to win Friday's Apple Blossom from Oaklawn Park. Read More

Impressive Azeri Stakes winner Havre De Grace squares off against West Coast invader Switch in Friday's Apple Blossom at Oklawn Park. Read More

As one of the elite races on the calendar for fillies and mares, the Apple Blossom tends to draw its share of champions. That should again be the case this year as trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said Friday that Blind Luck will likely make her next start in the Grade 1, $500,000 race at Oaklawn.“I’m pla...Read More

Mrs. Yoshio Fujita’s Ravi’s Song, convincing winner of Saturday’s second running of the $100,000 New Orleans Ladies, is being considered for a trip to central Arkansas to run in Oaklawn’s Grade I Apple Blossom Handicap on April 15.   “She came out of that race yesterday just fine,” said traine...Read More

Today, the Paulick Report received a puzzling email from PETA claiming that the upcoming Apple Blossom featuring Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta would be a 'grueling match race'. They went on to compare the April 9th race to the infamous breakdowns of Ruffian and Go For Wand. It appears that someone n...Read More