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Magdalena Racing, Colette Marie Vanmatre, and James Ball’s Defining Purpose, winner of Friday’s Central Bank Ashland (G1), is scheduled to ship to Churchill Downs on Monday or Tuesday to prepare for her next start in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 5.

Trainer Ken McPeek equaled a career high with four victories on the 10-race card – the first in Oaklawn history exclusively for 2-year-olds – highlighted by a sweep of the Renaissance Stakes at six furlongs and the Year’s End Stakes for fillies at one mile.

Dash Attack completed major preparations for the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds with a five-furlong bullet workout over a fast track Saturday morning for trainer Kenny McPeek at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Ark.