First Look: Opening weekend at Oaklawn, Los Alamitos

First Look: Opening weekend at Oaklawn, Los Alamitos

Oaklawn opens Friday with a sprint stakes for 2-year-olds, and Los Alamitos will host a Kentucky Oaks point race on the first weekend of its six-day meet. Aqueduct also offers a stakes on a light weekend.

Here is an early look at the likely fields.


Friday

Advent (listed), Oaklawn, 5 1/2 furlongs, 2-year-olds

Spirit’s Mischief switched to dirt and broke his maiden in her second start, winning by 4 1/4 lengths at this distance last out at Keeneland. Frost Free is 1-for-1 after a maiden-special-weight win at Lone Star. Ceepeegee won his second start at 32-1 after a stretch duel on turf. Bye Bye Liam broke his maiden at Churchill Downs in his second start and first on dirt, winning by a head at 27-1.

Post Silks Horse / Sire Rating Trainer / Jockey Last Start / Next Start HRN
1 Horse Silk Spirit's Mischief Spirit’s Mischief

Into Mischief

0.00

Wesley A. Ward

Gerardo Corrales

1st, Kee MSW (10/20/23-R5)

Entered

Last Race

1st, Kee MSW (10/20/23-R5)

2 Horse Silk Frost Free Frost Free

Frosted

5.09

Brett Creighton

Chel-c Bailey

1st, LS MSW (6/8/23-R3)

Entered

Last Race

1st, LS MSW (6/8/23-R3)

3 Horse Silk Market Street Market Street

Street Sense

5.45

D. Wayne Lukas

Cristian A. Torres

6th, CD AlwOC (11/25/23-R7)

Entered

Last Race

6th, CD AlwOC (11/25/23-R7)

4 Horse Silk Molly's Town Molly’s Town

Mo Town

0.00

Genaro Garcia

Emmanuel Esquivel

4th, 2023 Ed Brown LS

Entered

Last Race

4th, 2023 Ed Brown LS

5 Horse Silk Ceepeegee Ceepeegee

Army Mule

0.00

Ron Moquett

Rafael Bejarano

1st, CD MSW (9/29/23-R4)

Entered

Last Race

1st, CD MSW (9/29/23-R4)

6 Horse Silk Sweet Soddy J Sweet Soddy J

Bee Jersey

0.00

Raymond Ginter Jr.

Martin Chuan

4th, 2023 James F. Lewis III Stakes LS

Entered

Last Race

4th, 2023 James F. Lewis III Stakes LS

7 Horse Silk Andy's Candy Andy’s Candy

Practical Joke

0.00

Chris A. Hartman

Chris Landeros

1st, Kee Mcl (10/14/23-R2)

Entered

Last Race

1st, Kee Mcl (10/14/23-R2)

8 Horse Silk Drewmania Drewmania

St. Patrick’s Day

0.00

Lonnie Briley

Jon Kenton Court

1st, DeD MSW (11/15/23-R8)

Entered

Last Race

1st, DeD MSW (11/15/23-R8)

9 Horse Silk General Shipman General Shipman

Midshipman

5.45

Casey Schleis

Francisco Arrieta

5th, 2023 Clever Trevor LS

Entered

Last Race

5th, 2023 Clever Trevor LS

10 Horse Silk Valentine Candy Valentine Candy

Justify

4.79

Steven M. Asmussen

Ramon A. Vazquez

3rd, 2023 Bowman Mill LS

Entered

Last Race

3rd, 2023 Bowman Mill LS

11 Horse Silk Bye Bye Liam Bye Bye Liam

Bolt d’Oro

0.00

Steven M. Asmussen

Keith Asmussen

1st, CD MSW (10/29/23-R2)

Entered

Last Race

1st, CD MSW (10/29/23-R2)

12 Horse Silk Willy D's Willy D’s

Lookin At Lucky

0.00

Greg Compton

Nik Juarez

9th, 2023 Rocky Run LS

Entered

Last Race

9th, 2023 Rocky Run LS

Saturday

Starlet (G2), Los Alamitos, 1 1/16 miles, 2-year-old fillies, 10-5-3-2-1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points

Probables were not available for this race, so here are some of the nominees with recent works. Chatalas led gate to wire in the Chandelier before finishing ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Nothing Like You broke her maiden in his fourth start then won the listed Desi Arnaz Stakes by a nose, with Don’t Bring Crazy and Halone, also nominated here, finishing fourth and fifth. Great Forty Eight broke her maiden last out at a mile.

Silks Horse / Sire Rating Trainer / Jockey Last Start / Next Start HRN
Horse Silk Nothing Like You Nothing Like You

Malibu Moon

0.00

Bob Baffert

1st, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Probable

Last Race

1st, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Horse Silk Chatalas Chatalas

Gun Runner

6.34

Mark Glatt

9th, 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies G1

Possible

Last Race

9th, 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies G1

Horse Silk Don't Bring Crazy Don’t Bring Crazy

Maximus Mischief

0.00

Doug F. O’Neill

4th, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Possible

Last Race

4th, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Horse Silk Grazia Grazia

Uncle Mo

0.00

Bob Baffert

1st, Dmr MSW (11/12/23-R1)

Possible

Last Race

1st, Dmr MSW (11/12/23-R1)

Horse Silk Great Forty Eight Great Forty Eight

Constitution

0.00

Tim Yakteen

1st, Dmr MSW (11/12/23-R3)

Possible

Last Race

1st, Dmr MSW (11/12/23-R3)

Horse Silk Halone Halone

Justify

0.00

Bob Baffert

5th, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Possible

Last Race

5th, 2023 Desi Arnaz Stakes LS

Mistletoe (listed), Oaklawn, 1 mile, 3-year-old fillies

Big Bad Diva has only an allowance win in seven starts this year and in her only stakes start, she was third in the Iowa Distaff, with Butterbean also entered here, finishing fourth. Effortlesslyelgant returned from a layoff to finish fourth in an optional-claming allowance at Churchill Downs. Lovely Ride has moved from Robertino Diodoro to Sean Williams and will have her first start since May 29.

Post Silks Horse / Sire Rating Trainer / Jockey Last Start / Next Start HRN
1 Horse Silk Big Bad Diva Big Bad Diva

Skipshot

4.45

Timothy E. Martin

Ramsey Zimmerman

3rd, 2023 Iowa Distaff LS

Entered

Last Race

3rd, 2023 Iowa Distaff LS

2 Horse Silk Misty Veil Misty Veil

Tonalist

4.45

Michael J. Maker

Isaac Castillo

4th, 2023 Falls City G3

Entered

Last Race

4th, 2023 Falls City G3

3 Horse Silk Charlize Charlize

Curlin

4.12

John H. Prather, Jr

Chris Landeros

8th, OP MSW (3/5/23-R7)

Entered

Last Race

8th, OP MSW (3/5/23-R7)

4 Horse Silk Lovely Ride Lovely Ride

Candy Ride

4.45

Sean Williams

Cristian A. Torres

5th, 2023 Ouija Board Distaff LS

Entered

Last Race

5th, 2023 Ouija Board Distaff LS

5 Horse Silk Saddle Up Jessie Saddle Up Jessie

More Than Ready

4.45

Brittany T. Russell

Francisco Arrieta

5th, Dmr MSW (11/7/21-R9)

Entered

Last Race

5th, Dmr MSW (11/7/21-R9)

6 Horse Silk Coastal Charm Coastal Charm

Ghostzapper

4.12

Steve Hobby

Martin Garcia

5th, 2023 Groupie Doll LS

Entered

Last Race

5th, 2023 Groupie Doll LS

7 Horse Silk Effortlesslyelgant Effortlesslyelgant

Liam’s Map

4.45

Norm W. Casse

Rafael Bejarano

5th, 2023 Ashland G1

Entered

Last Race

5th, 2023 Ashland G1

8 Horse Silk Charlee Mae Charlee Mae

Gormley

3.79

Jose R. Gonzalez Jr.

Luis A. Fuentes

5th, TP AlwOC (3/10/23-R8)

Entered

Last Race

5th, TP AlwOC (3/10/23-R8)

9 Horse Silk Adaline Julia Adaline Julia

Oxbow

3.79

Sean Williams

Ramon A. Vazquez

2nd, 2023 Flashy Lady Handicap LS

Entered

Last Race

2nd, 2023 Flashy Lady Handicap LS

10 Horse Silk Ice Orchid Ice Orchid

Super Saver

3.79

John A. Ortiz

Ricardo Santana, Jr.

4th, 2023 Groupie Doll LS

Entered

Last Race

4th, 2023 Groupie Doll LS

11 Horse Silk Butterbean Butterbean

Klimt

4.09

Kenneth G. McPeek

Julien R. Leparoux

4th, 2023 Iowa Distaff LS

Entered

Last Race

4th, 2023 Iowa Distaff LS

Garland of Roses (listed), Aqueduct, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

Headland was in the money four times with two wins before switching to turf and finishing ninth in the Autumn Days. Downtown Mischief returns from a break after finishing fifth in the Victory Ride. Before that, she had a record of 5: 4-1-0, including two stake wins. Kant Hurry Love had eight straight in-the-money finishes before finishing fourth in the Pumpkin Pie. Disco Ebo has a record of 5: 4-1-0 this year and won an allowance at Parx last out after a six-month layoff.

Silks Horse / Sire Rating Trainer / Jockey Last Start / Next Start HRN
Horse Silk Headland Headland

Paynter

4.79

George Weaver

9th, 2023 Autumn Days LS

Probable

Last Race

9th, 2023 Autumn Days LS

Horse Silk Downtown Mischief Downtown Mischief

Into Mischief

4.45

Linda Rice

5th, 2023 Victory Ride G3

Probable

Last Race

5th, 2023 Victory Ride G3

Horse Silk Kant Hurry Love Kant Hurry Love

Kantharos

4.45

David P. Duggan

4th, 2023 Pumpkin Pie LS

Probable

Last Race

4th, 2023 Pumpkin Pie LS

Horse Silk You Look Cold You Look Cold

Frosted

4.45

Bill Mott

3rd, Sar AlwOC (8/25/23-R7)

Probable

Last Race

3rd, Sar AlwOC (8/25/23-R7)

Horse Silk Disco Ebo Disco Ebo

Weigelia

3.79

Robert E. Reid Jr.

2nd, 2023 Unique Bella Stakes RS

Probable

Last Race

2nd, 2023 Unique Bella Stakes RS

Horse Silk Olga Isabel Olga Isabel

Tiznow

4.79

Brad H. Cox

1st, Sar AlwOC (8/30/23-R8)

Possible

Last Race

1st, Sar AlwOC (8/30/23-R8)

Horse Silk Quick Munny Quick Munny

Munnings

4.45

Rob Atras

4th, Sar Claim (7/28/23-R4)

Possible

Last Race

4th, Sar Claim (7/28/23-R4)

Horse Silk Self Isolation Self Isolation

Square Eddie

4.45

David Jacobson

4th, Aqu AlwOC (10/12/23-R8)

Possible

Last Race

4th, Aqu AlwOC (10/12/23-R8)