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FRIDAYS RESULTS 2-9 (22.2%)

Add a pair of recent Oaklawn winners for trainer Kenny McPeek to the list of early probables for the $1.25-million Arkansas Derby (G1) April 1.

Although Razorback winner Last Samurai is a millionaire multiple graded stakes winner, he’s never won consecutive races

Sekie and Tsunebumi homebred Yoshihara’s 2022 Fantasy (G3) winner Yuugiri has returned to Oaklawn this season even stronger, winning her second straight impressively in Saturday’s $150,000 Carousel Stakes for older female sprinters.

It took a Fantasy Stakes winner to beat another fast filly here Saturday.

Those with long memories might recall a day when the Carousel Stakes, then a target for older male sprinters, carried different conditions than todays 6-furlong running at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. Nobody then thought to see the previous years Fantasy Stakes-winning filly or another distaffer with back-to-back stakes wins over the track

An evenly matched field of 12 is entered in the $300,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles Saturday at Oaklawn.

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Program favorite West Will Power hails from the powerhouse connections of trainer Brad Cox and Gary and Mary West.

FRIDAYS RESULTS 4-9 (44.4%)