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Trainer Robertino Diodoro, Oaklawn’s leading trainer in 2020, is off to a fast start at the 2022-2023 meet, picking up his second stakes win since the Dec. 9 opening and his second straight $200,000 Tinsel Stakes victory on Saturday with John Holleman’s Bal Harbour.
John Holleman’s Bal Harbour rushed to the lead Saturday under jockey Cristian Torres and held it throughout for a win in the $200,000 1 1/8-mile Tinsel Stakes for horses 3 years old and up before an estimated crowd of 8,250 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs on Saturday.
Pretty Birdie and jockey David Cabrera are back, and Oaklawn racing stands to gain.
Frank Brothers will retire from his roles as bloodstock agent and a member of Keeneland’s yearling inspections team, he announced Friday.
Two six-figure stakes and the Oaklawn return of last year's Arkansas Derby runner-up highlight the track's second Saturday of racing.