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Justin Phillip Wins Count Fleet at Oaklawn

Justin Phillip Wins Count Fleet at Oaklawn

Zayat Stables' Justin Phillip rallied in the stretch to win the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Stakes (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 13.

 Saturday, April 13, 2013
Outta Tune Hits Right Note in Count Fleet

Outta Tune Hits Right Note in Count Fleet

Outta Tune, claimed for $5,000 last summer, became a graded stakes winner when he outlasted Apriority in the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.

 Saturday, April 14, 2012
Apriority Battles Izzy Rules in Count Fleet

Apriority Battles Izzy Rules in Count Fleet

Apriority, looking to establish himself as one of the top sprinters in the nation, heads a field of six for the $250,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 14.

 Thursday, April 12, 2012
Amazombie May Not Run in Palos Verdes

Amazombie May Not Run in Palos Verdes

Trainer Bill Spawr said he's undecided on a start in the Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 21 for Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Amazombie after the 6-year-old gelding worked six furlongs in 1:15 3/5 Jan. 14.

 Friday, January 13, 2012
Caleb's Posse Works, Met Mile the Early Goal

Caleb's Posse Works, Met Mile the Early Goal

Just a few days short of a year since he began his 3-year-old campaign that may result in an Eclipse Award, Caleb's Posse returned to the work tab Jan. 12 at Oaklawn Park.

 Friday, January 13, 2012
Oaklawn Park Announces $4.6 Million in Stakes

Oaklawn Park Announces $4.6 Million in Stakes

Oaklawn Park has announced a 32-stakes program totaling $4.6 million for the 56-day meet that begins Jan. 14, 2011.

 Friday, August 20, 2010
Semaphore Man Flags Foes in Count Fleet

Semaphore Man Flags Foes in Count Fleet

A sloppy track and red-hot pace battle did nothing to slow Semaphore Man, who repelled a challenge from Junior College through the stretch and drew off in the final strides for a front-running 1 1/4-length victory in the $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 10.

 Thursday, April 10, 2008

Bordonaro Repeats in Count Fleet Sprint 'Cap

California sprinter Bordonaro went gate to wire to successfully defend his title in the $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park Friday, but he had to work harder to do it.

 Friday, April 13, 2007

Bordonaro Overpowers Count Fleet Sprint H.

Fred Carrillo and Dan Cassella's California-bred invader Bordonaro, the 2-5 favorite trained by Bill Spawr and ridden by Patrick Valenzuela, won the $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) by 1 1/4 lengths over Friendly Island Thursday at Oaklawn Park.

 Thursday, April 13, 2006

Top Commander Takes Contol in Count Fleet

Top Commander led all the way for a 1 1/2 -length victory in the $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park on Thursday.

 Friday, April 15, 2005

Skeet Suffers Knee Injury in Count Fleet

The news was not good at the Bob Holthus barn for Skeet, who suffered a knee chip during his fourth-place finish in Thursday's Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III).

 Friday, April 09, 2004

Frisky Shake You Down Wins Count Fleet

Fast early, Robert L. Cole Jr.'s 7-5 favorite Shake You Down opened up a big lead in the stretch and held off a willing Where's the Ring in the closing yards to win the $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) by a head at Oaklawn Park Thursday.

 Thursday, April 08, 2004

Frankel Shipping Four For Oaklawn Festival of the South

Trainer Bobby Frankel is shipping a quartet of runners for Oaklawn Park's Racing Festival of South, including Peace Rules, who will look to defend the trainer's Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II) title. Frankel won the 2003 Oaklawn Handicap with Medaglia d'Oro, who is pointed toward the March 27 Dubai World Cup (UAE-I).

 Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Tenacious Beau's Town Wins Count Fleet

Heavy favorite Beau's Town and jockey Jamie Theriot grabbed the lead on the turn and held off Honor Me and Rodney Trader through the stretch for a half-length victory in Thursday's $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park.

 Thursday, April 10, 2003

Beau's Town Looks to Extend Streaks in Count Fleet

Beau's Town, the brilliant Arkansas-bred sprinter sporting wins this year in Oaklawn's King Cotton and Fair Grounds' Peletieri Breeders' Cup Stakes, heads the field of six in Thursday's $150,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park.

 Wednesday, April 09, 2003