"I'm proud of the way [Spielberg] ran. Coming off a win in the Breeders Cup Juvenile the target is on his back. Taken to the races at a very young age, Brian has been a passionate fan of horse racing his entire life. Keepmeinmind is coming into the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 15 at Oaklawn firing bullets. The Fountain of Youth at 6:10 pm. He did earn a hard-fought victory in his second start, but it was not overly impressive. 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Kentucky Derby (Churchill Downs) Predictions, Picks & Betting Odds 2021. 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. The crosshairs have been on this race for trainer Brad Cox who has stabled Essential Quality at Oaklawn … Southwest Stakes back on track after Oaklawn Park Snowstorm 2021 After a grueling winter … Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing! By Margaret Ransom. 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. … Jockey Luis Saez celebrates as he crosses the finish line aboard Essential Quality to win the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park Saturday. 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 Last Samurai (12-1) Jockey: Jon Court. On Saturday he looks for more with this $1 million son of Union Rags. 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. 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. Southwest Stakes Field 1 Essential Quality – 3/2 ML. Now the Steve Asmussen charge gets Essential Quality again, but this time in a small field, with much less early speed. (2021) ᐉ From a betting standpoint, Saturday’s Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park lacks value. Racing on a sloppy track for the first time after a 3-for-3 campaign on fast surfaces last year, the homebred son of Tapit handled the conditions as easily as the competition in the 1 1/16-mile Southwest. Despite finishing in the top four in all of them, his results have honestly been a little hit or miss. 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. 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. 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. Essential Quality … 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. 2021 Derby Trail: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for March 2, Five Weekend Takeaways: Key Derby Preps and a Superstar’s Return, Champion Essential Quality Returns a Winner in Southwest, Betting Against Essential Quality in Southwest Stakes, Where to Watch/Listen: Horse Racing Coverage for Feb. 25-March 1. Jockey Luis Saez is led into the winner’s circle aboard Essential Quality after winning the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 27. 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. I think the further we go the better he's going to get," Cox said. "After the start, Martin didn't panic. 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. Now he makes a big step up in class, though. Keepmeinmind was timed in :59 – fastest of 17 works published at the distance – and, following a final quarter-mile in a sharp … Trainer Bob Baffert has had a great history of bringing in his 3-year-olds to Oaklawn Park. Click Here Three Year Olds. 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 … Longshots Last Samurai, Santa Cruiser, and Saffa's Day completed the order of finish in the seven-horse field. 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. Trainer Bob Baffert has had a great history of bringing in his 3-year-olds to Oaklawn Park. Chris Garrity. Oaklawn's biggest stakes: Derby preps - Arkansas Derby, Rebel Stakes, Southwest Stakes plus the Apple Blossom. "But, you have to give credit to the winner. © Rebel Penguin ApS 2021 (a subsidiary of Gaming Innovation Group Inc.) We support responsible gambling. It came on the strength of four very impressive victories, including scores in the Grade 1 Hopeful and Grade 1 Champagne. The 2021 Kentucky Derby is the 147th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Email: [email protected]. He's a good horse. Among her younger foals, she has an unnamed Uncle Mo 2-year-old filly. Like Essential Quality, the two-time Grade 1 winner will be making his first start since the Breeders’ Cup on November 6. A third race has finally drawn a champion, too. Owner: Willis Horton Racing. Trainer Brad Cox, who admitted to nervousness before Saturday's race, was pleased to see Essential Quality ($3.80) take a step from age 2 to 3. Do you want 3/2 Essential Quality or 8/5 Jackie’s The Southwest Stakes is run in mid-February at Oaklawn Park Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pace-pressing Woodhouse weakened to fourth. He is the controlling pace of this race, and it will be up to one of the others to go and get him. Keepmeinmind Fires Bullet in Preparation for Southwest Stakes. If you're playing only to win, go with my top pick Jackie’s Warrior (2/1). He switched leads and just took off. Luis Saez will be aboard again for the champion’s first start in nearly four months. We shouldn’t forget why this one was heavily favored in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. He had a little wild trip today, [then] kicked on down the lane.". $20 Exacta – Jackie’s Warrior over Essential Quality = $20, $10 Exacta – Jackie’s Warrior over Spielberg = $10. 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. Road to the Kentucky Derby. He stayed back there and rode his race. When last seen, he was a rallying winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, which secured an Eclipse Award. Essential Quality … Trainer: Dallas Stewart. 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. 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. 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 finished very strong and I still had a lot of horse.". He opted instead to run the horse out of his own stall in the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn, which was rescheduled from Feb. 13 to Feb. 20 because of weather concerns. He was just moving a little," in the gate, said his trainer, Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. What a nice horse. He had some trouble in that one and was only beaten a length, so it was a good effort overall. I’ve done it before, and you’re taking a big chance of getting a horse sick,” Diodoro said. His fourth-place finish in the Juvenile was not great, but considering the fast pace and big field, it wasn’t so bad either. 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. Having said all that, he does not need to win on Saturday, as there are much bigger goals coming in a few months. The Southwest Stakes goes off at 5:58 pm EST. 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. Last season, he stormed through a maiden race at Churchill Downs and a pair of Grade 1 races at Keeneland. 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. Get an extra $100 when you sign up with TwinSpires! Racing: Jan 25 to May 4, 2019. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track. "He certainly acted like he had in the morning, but you never know till they show up in the afternoon," the trainer said. The odds for the Southwest Stakes 2021 are now available. "And he definitely looked like he did move forward. If he can relax in the early stages of this race, I expect the son of Maclean’s Music to prove very strong down the stretch. Essential Quality will return to training at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, where he prepped for the Southwest before shipping to Oaklawn. 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. Road to the Kentucky Derby: Leading Contender Essential Quality Heads Southwest Stakes. He lost by 3 1/4 lengths when fourth behind Essential Quality in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in his only other two-turn route last fall. The rescheduled Southwest Stakes is set for Saturday, Feb. 27 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. Southwest at Oaklawn Park, February 27, 2021. 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. 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. He showed up.". By Byron King March 16, 2021 2021 Southwest Stakes – February 27th, 2021, 4:58 CT – Oaklawn Park – Purse $750,000. 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. - Photo by Richard Rasmussen of The Sentinel-Record Career … 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. Fastest Time (since 1976): 1:34:60Greatest Winning Margin (since 1976): 12 lengths. Essential Quality and Jackie’s Warrior will make their long-awaited 2021 debuts Saturday in the $750,000, Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. 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. The least experienced horse in the field, this one will likely have big odds in the Southwest. The winner was timed in 1:45.48 for the distance, including a solid final sixteenth of a mile in 6.43 seconds. Santa Margarita (Santa Anita) Predictions, Picks & Betting Odds. 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. His final prep is likely to come in either the $800,000 Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland April 3 or the $1 million Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn. "The plan was to try to follow [Jackie's Warrior] the whole way," Saez said. Opened in 1904, Oaklawn Park's meet is highlighted each year by the "Racing Festival of the South." New to Horse Racing? 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. The event currently offers a … "Everything came together. With good tactical speed and a strong finishing punch, he was the best juvenile in the nation in 2020. 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. Keepmeinmind is coming into the $750,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) Feb. 15 at Oaklawn firing bullets. When people click on our affiliate links and make purchases, WSN earns a commission from our partners, including ESPN and various sportsbooks. There is every reason to believe he will run another strong race here, but I do see this as a tricky spot for the son of Tapit. If you feel like you're losing control over your gambling experience, call 1-800-GAMBLER (NJ, PA, WV), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-522-4700 (NV), 1-800-522-4700 (CO, TN), 1-855-2CALLGA (IL), 1-800-270-7117 (MI). Published on : 27 Feb, 2021 , 6:11 pm. Professionally, his work has been published on several leading industry sites. Check out our predictions, odds, and top picks for the Santa Margarita at Santa Anita on Saturday, April 24. Essential Quality (3-2) All eyes will be on trainer Brad Cox’s 2-year-old champion. The most experienced colt in the field, he’s already run in five graded stakes races out in Southern California. 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. Spielberg. Alright, it’s the early Kentucky Derby favorite making his return. 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. Check out our predictions, odds, and top picks for the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on Friday, April 30. 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. We came to the stretch just so easy. One And One Sixteenth Miles. Today is the day that the road to the Kentucky Derby gets serious. 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. She was reported bred to Nyquist for 2021. Though Delightful Quality was a sprinter, Essential Quality has shown no distance limitations. Jackie's Warrior is right behind Essential Quality at 8-5 in the 2021 Southwest Stakes field of seven. Still a maiden, because of the disqualification, he returned last time against non-winners and earned a nose victory at Oaklawn Park. 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. 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. 10–4–2–1 points available. Better known as Oaklawn Park, the Hot Springs, Arkansas track hosts the $750,000 race and awards 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner. Last Samurai (Jky: J. Court/Trn: D. Stewart): Bred well, and fully capable of running a big race, this … 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 … SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Golconda Stables, Siena Farm LLC and Masterson, Robert E. L and N Racing LLC and Brewster, Clark O. Two big preps, the Fountain of Youth in Florida and the Southwest Stakes in … 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. Answer In and Shoplifted get a rematch of the Springboard Mile. Check out our predictions, odds, and top picks for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 1. Essential Quality improved to 4-for-4 and elevated his lifetime earnings to more than $1.7 million. He simply did not accelerate when asked by regular jockey Joel Rosario when challenged on the second turn. Kentucky Oaks (Churchill Downs) Predictions, Picks & Betting Odds. While I believe he has much greater potential for the spring classics, he is vulnerable to the early speed of his main competitor on Saturday. Essential Quality (3-2) All eyes will be on trainer Brad Cox’s 2-year-old champion. Check out our predictions and odds for the 2021 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park! Advertising disclosure: WSN contains links to online retailers on its website. Garrity's Saturday Stakes 2 picks Derby Prep races: The Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream, Southwest at Oaklawn. In three starts last year, all at Churchill Downs, this son of Malibu Moon was twice well beaten by the good competition. He won nicely in his debut at Remington Park in December, and then came back to run third in an allowance race at Oaklawn Park. At his best, he’s a threat, but he will need to run better than his last to defeat either of the top two. 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. “There’s a drastic change in weather from here to New Orleans in the next few days. 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.. A son of Maclean's Music, Jackie's Warrior chased fast splits in the Juvenile, but he got his preferred front-running trip Saturday. Chief among his rivals will be the horse that was favored over him in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Jackie’s Warrior. Southwest Stakes. 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 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. 2021 Southwest Stakes (G3) Date/Track: 2/27/2021, Oaklawn Park. A new threat then emerged on the outside when Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity winner Spielberg made a four-wide sweep. 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 . 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. 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