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Gaslight Dancer swept to the lead at midstretch and held off a late bid from Two of a Kind to win the $250,000 Palisades for 3-year-olds by 1½ lengths Sunday at Keeneland.

Jockey Irad Ortiz’s four stakes victories, including two graded races, capped six total winners on Saturday.

Following Saturday’s closure of the 49-day Winter/Spring Meet at Turfway Park, jockey Walter Rodriguez, trainer Wesley Ward, and owner Roy Jackson’s Lael Stables were awarded with  respective meet-leading titles.

Two starts after being claimed by trainer Mike Maker for $50,000 on behalf of owner Michael Dubb, 8-year-old Therapist secured the first graded stakes victory of his long career Saturday in the $200,000 Pan American (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

2023 Fantasy Stakes Betting Odds and Contenders Preview:Oaklawn’s road to the Kentucky Oaks draws to a close Saturday, April 1, with the Fantasy Stakes (G3).? Read it now on numberFire!

Hoolie Racing Stable’s stakes-winning 3-year-old Somebody’s Problem is set to make her first start of the year against 11 rivals that entered Saturday’s second running of the $125,000 Serena’s

Newly acquired eight-time stakes winner Therapist and stablemates Wicked Fast and Bay Street Money give Mike Maker three chances to earn a second career win in the $200,000 Pan American (G2) presented by Rood & Riddle Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

FRIDAYS RESULTS 2-7 (28.6%)

Oaklawn’s four-race Kentucky Derby (G1) points series will produce four different winners. But two trainers will have a chance to win multiple races in the series that concludes with the $1.25 million Arkansas Derby (G1) at 1 1/8 miles April 1.

Jeff Ruby Steaks Odds, Betting, Prep, Contenders:Turfway’s signature race, the cheekily-named Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), happens Saturday, March 25.? Read it now on numberFire!