Usually brilliant Cezanne who made the stop and began his three-season racing career, will aim for a second straight win on March 28 against nine older than expected horses in the $400,000 Oaklawn Mile Stakes dollars at Oaklawn Park.
While Cezanne started the third season, her 5-year-old son Culin lightly raced after just one start in 2021 and three as a minor. Campaigned by Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and St. Elias Stables, Cezanne could hit her stride after opening 2022 with a third place in the Palos Verdes Stakes (G3) before turning heads on March 5 in the San Carlos Stakes presented by FanDuel (G2). ) when he drew in the innings to win the 2 and a half innings.
In search of a certain consistency, both start at Santa Anita . Park has been under his belt this season almost as encouraging as the recent competent victory. After competing in 6 feathers in Palos Verdes, coach Bob Baffert pulled him out 7 feathers for San Carlos. Scheduled to start two turns on Saturday, featuring a short with a finish line in the sixteenth column, will mark Cezanne’s first run since 2020 as he finishes fourth in the Shared Faith Stake in Del Mar.
The Oaklawn Mile will be Cezanne’s first start outside Southern California, but Oaklawn has been the site of much of Baffert’s success. In just 85 starts at Oaklawn through March 27, Baffert’s athletes have made more than $9.9 million. They won 36 races, including 22 graded bets. Additionally, regular racer Flavien Prat will be making the trip to Hot Springs, Ark.
While Cezanne will strive to win the third-ranked stake of her career, Oaklawn Market analysis earned the right to return to share competition after three strong races at Oaklawn this year. Coached by Robertino Diodoro, whose 31 wins so far March 27 at the meeting is second only to Steve Asmussen, Market Analysis boasts a clear winning pair at the allowance level revolving around the asia slot. troops at that level.
“He’s running the way he trains,” said Diodoro of the horse that began his career under Todd Pletcher and has been coached by Tim Padilla for most of last year. “He’s had great training since we got him. I’m not sure if he’s always trained like that, and I still don’t know his past because I don’t know horses. . But he trained and worked great. He is a different person, that kind of keeps getting better. He is meant to be a good horse. The story is that he had some problems. when he was 3 and they performed surgery on him.”
Inspector Silver was looking for his first wager win since February 2020 when he beat Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn, entering a strong runner-up in Mineshaft Stakes (G3) on February 19th at Fair Grounds & Slots. 5 year old son of Declaration of war took the lead throughout that 1/16 mile test before moving on to Olympiad in tension.
That effort was honored when the Olympiad returned to register a two-score score in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2) on March 26 at the Fair Grounds.
