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Total purses for Oklahoma Classics night reach $1,120,000 with seven other stakes events and two solid starter allowance stakes.
Absaroka, shown winning the $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup in 2021, is nominated to defend his title in this year’s race at Remington Park on October 21.
Shedaresthedevil, winner of the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1), improved her Churchill Downs record Saturday to six wins in seven starts when she ran down pacesetter Super Quick in deep stretch to win the $350,000 Fleur de Lis (G2) by 1 ¾ lengths.
A trio of fascinating match-ups are on tap this holiday weekend, all occurring on Saturday, July 2 at Churchill and Belmont Park.
Dynamic One, the “other” horse trained by Todd Pletcher, lived up to his name with a one-length victory over a closing Proxy in Saturday’s third running of the $198,750 Blame Stakes (Listed) at Churchill, a local prep for the Louisville racetrack’s $750,000 Stephen Foster (G2) on Saturday, July 2.