Email: [email protected]. 10–4–2–1 points available. Longshots Last Samurai, Santa Cruiser, and Saffa's Day completed the order of finish in the seven-horse field. Chris Garrity. Luis Saez will be aboard again for the champion’s first start in nearly four months. © Rebel Penguin ApS 2021 (a subsidiary of Gaming Innovation Group Inc.) We support responsible gambling. LaPenta, Robert V. and Rosenblum, Harry T. Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul, Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Mrs. John, and Smith, Derrick. He is the top pick. Perhaps he still has more upside than a few other longshots in here, but this looks like a tall order for the son of Speightstown in his stakes debut. Wednesday, February 03, 2021. Check out our predictions, odds, and top picks for the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Friday, April 30. Southwest at Oaklawn Park, February 27, 2021. Now the Steve Asmussen charge gets Essential Quality again, but this time in a small field, with much less early speed. Essential Quality (3-2) All eyes will be on trainer Brad Cox’s 2-year-old champion. Distance: 1 1/16 m (Dirt) Age/Sex: 3 M Time: 1:45.48 *Rating is based on HRN fan votes, which rank the Top Active Horses in training. After a couple of weather delays, last year’s 2-year-old champion, Essential Quality, will begin his road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby when he headlines a field of seven 3-year-olds set for Saturday’s Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. A nice win in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity in December was followed by a disappointing fourth last time in the Robert B. Lewis. Keepmeinmind Fires Bullet in Preparation for Southwest Stakes. Trainer: Dallas Stewart. Spielberg. The 2021 Kentucky Derby is the 147th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Horse Racing from Oaklawn Park. There is plenty of room for improvement for the Dallas Stewart-trainee, but expecting him to make a splash in his stakes debut, and against this bunch, is hard to see. A winner of all three of his starts in 2020, the Brad Cox-trained son of Tapit will be heavily favored in his 3-year-old debut. The stakes winner did it again Tuesday morning, completing major preparations for the Southwest with a swift 5-furlong workout under regular rider David Cohen. In rallying for second following a poor start under Martin Garcia, Spielberg rebounded from a fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, in which he was beaten more than 11 lengths by Medina Spirit. The least experienced horse in the field, this one will likely have big odds in the Southwest. "He's a very fit horse that really, he doesn't seem to have a bottom to him. Oaklawn’s four-race Kentucky Derby points series, specifically the Rebel and Arkansas Derby, is littered with starters who were Eclipse Award winners at 2. This son of Dialed In showed some promise as a juvenile, but he has already had two chances against quality competition over in New Orleans and failed to menace each time. Essential Quality will return to training at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where he prepped for the Southwest before shipping to Oaklawn. Essential Quality improved to 4-for-4 and elevated his lifetime earnings to more than $1.7 million. He stayed back there and rode his race. Southwest Stakes back on track after Oaklawn Park Snowstorm 2021 After a grueling winter … Some current Kentucky Derby favorites will race at Oaklawn Park on Satuday, February 27, 2021 in the 2021 Southwest Stakes in a Derby prep race. He faded to fourth in that race, but before that he rattled off four straight easy victories, three of them coming in graded stakes. He's a good horse. Like Essential Quality, the two-time Grade 1 winner will be making his first start since the Breeders’ Cup on November 6. When last seen, he was a rallying winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, which secured an Eclipse Award. Last season, he stormed through a maiden race at Churchill Downs and a pair of Grade 1 races at Keeneland. “There’s a drastic change in weather from here to New Orleans in the next few days. Guided off the inside by jockey Luis Saez to secure a position into the first turn toward the outside, seemingly the best part of the racetrack, Essential Quality rated in fourth, as Jackie's Warrior went to the lead with a half-mile in :48.11. He had some trouble in that one and was only beaten a length, so it was a good effort overall. He simply did not accelerate when asked by regular jockey Joel Rosario when challenged on the second turn. A deserving champion after convincing scores in both the Grade 1 Breeders Futurity and the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, it’s finally time we see the undefeated champion return to the races. Seven times stakes-placed, including once in a Grade 3, Delightful Quality is a half-sister to Folklore, winner of the Grade 1 2005 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the champion 2-year-old filly of that year. Bred in Kentucky by Godolphin, Essential Quality is the only winner and the second starter of five foals from the Elusive Quality mare Delightful Quality. Click Here The event currently offers a … Three Year Olds. Oaklawn's biggest stakes: Derby preps - Arkansas Derby, Rebel Stakes, Southwest Stakes plus the Apple Blossom. By Margaret Ransom. A third race has finally drawn a champion, too. Godolphin LLC’s Essential Quality, the country’s champion 2-year-old male, will make his 2021 debut in Saturday’s $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) at 1 1/16 miles. Jackie's Warrior, winner of three graded races last year, including twice in Grade 1s, again could not keep pace with Essential Quality in a two-turn, 1 1/16-mile contest. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track. The Southwest earned him 10 qualifying points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, leaving him with 40 points, in third place on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard behind Greatest Honour and Mandaloun. Though Delightful Quality was a sprinter, Essential Quality has shown no distance limitations. After being taken down from an impressive debut win sprinting at Keeneland, this Steve Asmussen-trained son of Carpe Diem tried stakes company in his next two starts but was no match in either the Nyquist or Springboard Mile. … At his best, he’s a threat, but he will need to run better than his last to defeat either of the top two. Do you want 3/2 Essential Quality or 8/5 Jackie’s He did earn a hard-fought victory in his second start, but it was not overly impressive. (2021) ᐉ From a betting standpoint, Saturday’s Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park lacks value. February 25th, 2021 A trio of stakes events, led by the $750,000 Southwest S. (G3), highlight an excellent Saturday of racing at Oaklawn Park . I think the further we go the better he's going to get," Cox said. Today is the day that the road to the Kentucky Derby gets serious. The odds for the Southwest Stakes 2021 are now available. What a nice horse. Contested at 1 1/16-miles, the $750,000 Southwest Stakes will offer Kentucky Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1, respectively, to the top four finishers. Alright, it’s the early Kentucky Derby favorite making his return. We shouldn’t forget why this one was heavily favored in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The rescheduled Southwest Stakes is set for Saturday, Feb. 27 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. Saez sent his mount three wide after the leader on the second turn, with Woodhouse bidding in between horses, and shortly after six furlongs in 1:13.59, Essential Quality had moved to the lead. The Southwest Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt run annually in February, usually during the President's Day weekend at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Answer In and Shoplifted get a rematch of the Springboard Mile. A new threat then emerged on the outside when Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity winner Spielberg made a four-wide sweep. Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:34:60Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 12 lengths. Published on : 27 Feb, 2021 , 6:11 pm. Two big preps, the Fountain of Youth in Florida and the Southwest Stakes in … Saturday marks the 56th running of the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park after a nearly two-week delay due to winter storm Uri, which blanketed the southeast From Texas to North Florida with frigid temperatures, ice, and snow for about 10 days.. If you're playing only to win, go with my top pick Jackie’s Warrior (2/1). Racing: Jan 25 to May 4, 2019. In three starts last year, all at Churchill Downs, this son of Malibu Moon was twice well beaten by the good competition. Despite finishing in the top four in all of them, his results have honestly been a little hit or miss. Godolphin's Essential Quality, the champion 2-year-old male of 2020, shined his first start at age 3, defeating Spielberg and Jackie's Warrior in the $750,000, Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn … Chief among his rivals will be the horse that was favored over him in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Jackie’s Warrior. Brian served as the Editor of Horse Racing Nation from 2010-2017, where he still writes a regular column and hosts the popular weekly webcast HorseCenter. Get an extra $100 when you sign up with TwinSpires! 3 spot off his March 13 Rebel Stakes (G2) performance at Oaklawn Park as the Derby Dozen continues on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. By Margaret Ransom Saturday marks the 56th running of the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park after a nearly two-week delay due to winter storm Uri, which blanketed the southeast From Texas to North Florida with frigid temperatures, ice, and snow for about 10 days. Keepmeinmind is coming into the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 15 at Oaklawn firing bullets. The 11-race card has a great mix of races that offer mostly big and competitive fields. Southwest Stakes 2021 Entries and Morning Line Odds as HorseRacing.net provide all the Information on the Kentucky Derby Prep Race including a list of all the winners of the race at Oaklawn Park He switched leads and just took off. The Fountain of Youth at 6:10 pm. With good tactical speed and a strong finishing punch, he was the best juvenile in the nation in 2020. This will be his third try against graded stakes competition within six weeks and unless he just didn’t care for the Fair Grounds racing surface, I cannot imagine him handling the likes of Essential Quality and Jackie’s Warrior on Saturday. That race had followed a nose victory over The Great One in the Los Alamitos Futurity and earlier stakes placings in Grade 1 races in California last year. Owner: Willis Horton Racing. - Photo by Richard Rasmussen of The Sentinel-Record I’ve done it before, and you’re taking a big chance of getting a horse sick,” Diodoro said. He is the controlling pace of this race, and it will be up to one of the others to go and get him. A son of Maclean's Music, Jackie's Warrior chased fast splits in the Juvenile, but he got his preferred front-running trip Saturday. "Everything came together. Godolphin's Essential Quality, the champion 2-year-old male of 2020, shined his first start at age 3, defeating Spielberg and Jackie's Warrior in the $750,000, Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park Feb. 27. The Southwest Stakes goes off at 5:58 pm EST. It was a good prep, and game performance, but not enough to believe he can beat the best in this $750,000 race. Although the distance of the race has changed over the years, since 2013 it has been run over 1 1/16 miles on the dirt course, and as of 2020 carries a purse of $750,000. Pace-pressing Woodhouse weakened to fourth. The Southwest Stakes is run in mid-February at Oaklawn Park Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He and Spielberg were also racing on a sloppy track for the first time, though Spielberg did have experience on a drying-out track rated good in the Robert Lewis. Professionally, his work has been published on several leading industry sites. Jockey Luis Saez is led into the winner’s circle aboard Essential Quality after winning the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 27. 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Given hand urging from Saez, he drew away by 4 1/4 lengths from Spielberg, who was another 4 1/4 lengths clear of third-place Jackie's Warrior. The Southwest was his third stakes victory, all at 1 1/16 miles, following earlier triumphs in the Grade 1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and Grade 1 TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Essential Quality (3-2) All eyes will be on trainer Brad Cox’s 2-year-old champion. Garrity's Saturday Stakes 2 picks Derby Prep races: The Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream, Southwest at Oaklawn. Essential Quality answered the challenge. Check out our predictions, odds, and top picks for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 1. By the middle of March, Cox and the Godolphin team will decide where the colt will make his second and final start before the May 1 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs. - Photo by Richard Rasmussen of The Sentinel-Record Jockey Luis Saez celebrates as he crosses the finish line aboard Essential Quality to win the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park Saturday. Concert Tour jumps to the No. Sanders, Jamie, Logsdon, Gary S. and Kelly, Donnie, Karkenny, Alex, Roberts, William and Levy, Robert, TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile Presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, Don't Tell My Wife Stables and Monomoy Stables, LLC, WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. and SF Racing LLC. She was reported bred to Nyquist for 2021. He showed up.". "The plan was to try to follow [Jackie's Warrior] the whole way," Saez said. The Grade III $750,000 1 1/16-mile Southwest Stakes for 3-year-old horses, originally scheduled for Feb. 15, is the second of four races at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort that … He finished very strong and I still had a lot of horse.". 2021 Southwest Stakes – February 27th, 2021, 4:58 CT – Oaklawn Park – Purse $750,000. Guide to Live Betting, In-Play and In-Game Betting, Southwest Stakes (Oaklawn Park) Predictions, Odds & Picks, Saturday, February 27 — 4:58 pm Central time. It came on the strength of four very impressive victories, including scores in the Grade 1 Hopeful and Grade 1 Champagne. Last Samurai (Jky: J. Court/Trn: D. Stewart): Bred well, and fully capable of running a big race, this … His fourth-place finish in the Juvenile was not great, but considering the fast pace and big field, it wasn’t so bad either. He had a little wild trip today, [then] kicked on down the lane.". Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs) Predictions, Picks & Betting Odds 2021. 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