The 500,000 dollar -essex -Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park March 22nd pulled a field of seven, but whether all top candidates still have to be determined.
Each of the top-three-morning selection possibilities of Godolphin Homebreds Kinetic (8-5) and Maycocks Bay (2-1) and David Bernsen's Tarantino . Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots On the same day. All three are double -digit numbers in the morning line of Up-to-date Orleans, a race that offers the seasonal debut of the defender Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Sierra Leone .
Godolphin's director of Bloodstock Michael Banahan confirmed Bloodhorse on March 18 that the Brad Cox-trained Kinetic will run in the Essex. Oaklawn was the place of his first victory for a career stakes, General Macarthur overnight on January 25th. Winner for the fourth time in six starts, the son of, the son of Feeling of street It was still showing signs of an immature, dragging itself through the route inwards, but prevailed through three quarters of a length through his talent.
Kinetic won all three starts at the removal of Essex of 1 1/8 miles.
“It's the perfect distance,” said Banahan. “Hopefully we can keep this series alive in this distance. After an ideal opportunity for him. He is also 1 for 1 on the racetrack. It is obviously a step into a graded race, but it looks like the right thing to see if he can reach this level.
“He should get a nice stalking pace there.”
Video: General Macarthur overnight S. (BT)
Banahan said a decision about the Maycocks Bay trained by Michael Stidham, which was shown on February 19 on March 19 on March 19 on March 19 on March 19.
Tarantino would be sent in three coordinated placements in California for coach Peter EURTON, most recently third place to the San Pasqual Stakes (G2) on January 25th Santa Anita Park. He is expected to start according to the Daily Racing shape in the essex.
Mellon patchs Patriot spirit (9-2) has the lowest probability of those who have been entered exclusively for the essex. A winner of a double stand, the 4-year-old son of Constitution The Illinois Derby won last April in its only start to the 1 1/8 mile distance of the Essex.
The remaining three participants, Red route one Present Speed distortion And Unload All sit on 15-1 or higher on the morning line.
Steve Asmussen trains stretch the Red Route and the Speedster Enterladen, both Winchell full blood Homebreds from Gun runner .
“Both are longer inexpensive horses in the (field), but they complement each other,” said Asmussen.
Red Route 1 wins the 2024 Prärie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap in Prairie Meadows
Entries: Essex H. (G3)
Oaklawn Park, Saturday, March 22, 2025, race 10
- Class III
- 1 1/8m
- dirt
- 500,000 US dollars
- 4 Yo's & Up
- 5:25 p.m. (local)
