Tag: Apple Blossom Stakes

Letruska Upsets Champions Monomoy Girl, Swiss Skydiver In Apple Blossom By Richard Rosenblatt Hello, Letruska. We know you now! In a thrilling stretch duel featuring two-time champion Monomoy Girl and the sort-of-overlooked Letruska, the final …

By Richard Rosenblatt   The last time these two champions met, it was no contest in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Preakness (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver stumbled at the start, and lost all chance of …

By Lynne Snierson Florent Geroux is packing his tack and moving to Oaklawn Park this season. The addition of one of the nation’s top riders to the already intensely competitive jockey colony makes a declarative …

Handicapping for Oaklawn Park and Apple Blossom Handicap – By Ed McNamara How much should you spread, and where, in a multiple-race wager? It’s always a balancing act between “Don’t leave out a logical contender” …

Apple Blossom Betting Odds: Race Preview by Richard Rosenblatt For those who might be thinking this year’s version of the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park is a bunch of hype because most …

Champion Unique Bella — in her first start outside of her home state of California — has been installed the favorite for the $700,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (GI) for older fillies and mares today at Oaklawn Park …