Oaklawn Park and The Rebel Stakes
The Rebel Stakes is the 2nd of three big Kentucky Derby Prep Races run at Oaklawn Park this year. The race run at a 1 1/16 mile, the purse is $900,000, grade ll and the race is worth 50 points on the road to the Kentucky Derby. It is also the final prep race for the Grade l Arkansas Derby.
American Pharoah won the 2015 Rebel on the way to the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown. Curlin and Smarty Jones have also won the Rebel which was established in 1961.
Bob Baffert trains the likely favorite Solomini. Baffert has won six of the last eight Rebel Stakes. Trainers Todd Pletcher, D. Wayne Lucas, and Steve Asmussen will challenge Bob Baffert.
The results in the Rebel will do much to clarify the Derby picture, the field is deep and the winner should be very worthy.
American Pharoah won the 2015 Rebel on the way to the Kentucky Derby and the Triple Crown. Curlin and Smarty Jones have also won the Rebel which was established in 1961.
Bob Baffert trains the likely favorite Solomini. Baffert has won six of the last eight Rebel Stakes. Trainers Todd Pletcher, D. Wayne Lucas, and Steve Asmussen will challenge Bob Baffert.
The results in the Rebel will do much to clarify the Derby picture, the field is deep and the winner should be very worthy.
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