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Texas Bling, Brown Almighty Work at Oaklawn

Southwest Stakes contenders Texas Bling and Brown Almighty were on the worktab at Oaklawn Park Feb. 9, along with Bayakoa Stakes hopefuls Tiz Miz Sue, Don't Tell Sophia, and She's All In.

 Saturday, February 09, 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
On-Track Betting Improves at Prairie Meadows

On-Track Betting Improves at Prairie Meadows

The 66-day meet at Prairie Meadows produced a 5.7% increase in average on-track wagering, but a 2.7% decline in total betting due to a dip in wagering from simulcast outlets.

 Monday, August 15, 2011
No Such Word Punctuates Her Year in Gazelle

No Such Word Punctuates Her Year in Gazelle

Favored No Such Word became a grade I winner for trainer Cindy Jones with her fifth stakes victory of the year in Aqueduct's $250,000 Gazelle Nov. 27.

 Saturday, November 27, 2010
Pleasant Prince Shows Royal Touch in OK Derby

Pleasant Prince Shows Royal Touch in OK Derby

Favored Pleasant Prince took the overland route in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park Oct. 10, scoring a convincing four-length victory for his second win in three starts.

 Sunday, October 10, 2010
Poseidon's Warrior, Soundwave Win NATC Stakes

Poseidon's Warrior, Soundwave Win NATC Stakes

Poseidon's Warrior and Soundwave cruised to easy victories in their respective divisions of the Monmouth Park NATC Futurity in New Jersey Sept. 26.

 Sunday, September 26, 2010
In Final Start, Just Jenda Tops Malibu Prayer

In Final Start, Just Jenda Tops Malibu Prayer

Just Jenda went out a winner when she overtook odds-on favorite Malibu Prayer in upper stretch and rolled to an easy 3 1/2-length victory in the $294,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 29.

 Sunday, August 29, 2010
No Such Word Stings Beautician in Honeybee

No Such Word Stings Beautician in Honeybee

Late-running No Such Word, making her stakes debut for trainer Cindy Jones, upset 11-10 choice Beautician in the $125,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies at Oaklawn Park March 13.

 Saturday, March 13, 2010
Oaklawn Kicks Off Meet With Dixie Belle

Oaklawn Kicks Off Meet With Dixie Belle

Westrock Stable's Decelerator and Jay Em Ess Stable's Rapid Racer head a field of seven talented 3-year-old fillies going six furlongs in the $50,000 Dixie Belle Stakes as Oaklawn opens its 54-day meet Jan. 15.

 Thursday, January 14, 2010
Trainer Wiggins Goes Out a Winner at 26-1

Trainer Wiggins Goes Out a Winner at 26-1

With his final starter as a trainer Nov. 27, Hal Wiggins watched as Robert V. Hovelson's High Spirit closed from far back to win Churchill Downs' 10th race by a nose and pay $55.60 under Terry Thompson.

 Saturday, November 28, 2009
Payton d'Oro Wires Black-Eyed Susan Field

Payton d'Oro Wires Black-Eyed Susan Field

Jockey Terry Thompson had one mount at Pimlico May 16 and he made the most of it, controlling the pace aboard Payton d'Oro to win the biggest race of the day, the grade II Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

 Friday, May 15, 2009
Thompson to Ride Old Fashioned

Thompson to Ride Old Fashioned

Trainer Larry Jones says that Oaklawn Park leading jockey Terry Thompson will ride Fox Hill Farms' Old Fashioned in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (gr. II) April 11.

 Friday, March 20, 2009
Let It Rock Rolls in Razorback

Let It Rock Rolls in Razorback

Stalking Let It Rock emerged from between horses in deep stretch to score his first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Razorback Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park March 7.

 Saturday, March 07, 2009
Honest Pace Helps Honest Man Win Iselin

Honest Pace Helps Honest Man Win Iselin

An honest pace helped the stalking Honest Man register victory over a heavily favored Grasshopper in the $300,000 Philip H. Iselin Beeders' Cup Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park Aug. 16.

 Saturday, August 16, 2008
Maren's Meadow Pulls Monmouth Oaks Upset

Maren's Meadow Pulls Monmouth Oaks Upset

River Ridge Ranch's Maren's Meadow, dismissed at odds of 11-1 in a field of five 3-year-old fillies, broke on top and never trailed, pulling away in the stretch to win the $150,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) by 4 1/2 lengths Aug. 9.

 Saturday, August 09, 2008

Oaklawn Win is Number 2,000 for Terry Thompson

Jockey Terry Thompson won the 2,000th race of his 15-year career when he rode David Vance trainee Peace Pledge to a three-length victory in Oaklawn Park's fifth race on Sunday.

 Monday, January 22, 2007

Irish Dreamer Upsets Dixieland in Oaklawn Opener

Irish Dreamer, a $1,500 Ocala Breeders' Sale colt, stormed to a decisive upset victory in the $50,000 Dixieland Stakes on opening day at Oaklawn Park Friday before a crowd of 20,070.

 Saturday, January 20, 2007

Doocy Sidelined With Separated Pelvis

Jockey Tim Doocy will likely miss the rest of the year after suffering injuries that included a separated pelvis during a fall July 21 at Prairie Meadows. Another veteran jockey, Terry Thompson, returned to action the same night after recovering from a pelvic dislocation.

 Saturday, July 23, 2005

Leading Rider Thompson Injured at Prairie Meadows

Jockey Terry Thompson suffered a broken leg June 29 during a three-horse spill in the second race at Prairie Meadows.

 Wednesday, June 30, 2004

First Jewel of Triple Tiara is Mother Goose

Six talented fillies will contest Saturday's $300,000 Mother Goose (gr. I) at Belmont Park, including the top two finishers from the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), Ashado and Island Sand. The other two legs of the Triple Tiara include the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I) on July 24th, and the $750,000 Alabama (gr. I) on Aug. 21st.

 Thursday, June 24, 2004

Island Sand Scores Acorn Upset

James L. Osborne's Island Sand rallied in the stretch under jockey Terry Thompson to win Friday's $250,000 Acorn Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park by 1 3/4 lengths.

 Saturday, June 05, 2004

Game Sir Cherokee Wins Maxxam Gold Cup

Favored Sir Cherokee, passed in the stretch by Freefourinternet, responded with a determined rally to inch away to a three-quarters of a length victory in Saturday's night's $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup Handicap at Sam Houston Race Park.

 Sunday, January 18, 2004

Sir Cherokee Returns With Victory at Churchill

Trainer Mike Tomlinson is eyeing stakes competition for Domino Stud's Sir Cherokee after Thursday's successful return to competition by the winner of the 2003 Arkansas Derby (gr. II).

 Friday, November 28, 2003

Arkansas Derby Helps Oaklawn Meet Recover

The 2003 Oaklawn Park meet started with cancellation of the opening weekend's cards due to terrible weather, but ended its 49-day run with an outstanding crowd of 61,752 for the Arkansas Derby program April 12.

 Sunday, April 13, 2003

Ruby's Reception Beats Favorites in Fantasy

Ruby's Reception mowed down favorites Go for Glamour and My Trusty Cat in the stretch to register a mild upset in Friday's $200,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park.

 Friday, April 11, 2003

Crowned King Reigns Supreme in Rebel

McKeever Racing Stable's Crowned King, a 36-1 shot ridden by Chandra Rennie, wore down 3-5 favorite Great Notion in mid-stretch and went on to win the $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park Saturday.

 Saturday, March 22, 2003

Rebel Stakes a Longer Test for Great Notion

Silverton Hills' Great Notion, a nine-length winner of the Southwest Stakes on March 1, figures to be a heavy favorite in Saturday's $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park.

 Thursday, March 20, 2003

Great Notion Wins Southwest by Nine Lengths

Silverton Hills' Great Notion made Saturday's featured $75,000 Southwest Stakes, in front of a crowd of 16,910 at Oaklawn Park, his showcase.

 Saturday, March 01, 2003

My Trusty Cat Wins Delta Princess Duel

Carl F. Pollard's My Trusty Cat, ridden by Terry Thompson, collared favored Souris in the stretch and won the duel to the wire by a length, capturing the inaugural $250,000 Delta Princess Stakes at one mile for 2-year-old fillies at Delta Downs Saturday night.

 Friday, December 20, 2002

Thompson Makes Most of Opportunity to Ride in Cup

Jockey Terry Thompson is taking his first opportunity to ride in a Breeders' Cup race quite seriously. This week he gave up his regular nighttime schedule at Hoosier Park, where he is close to becoming the all-time leading rider, to get a handle on the Arlington Park surface.

 Friday, October 25, 2002

Thompson Sets Prairie Record With Six-Win Day

Jockey Terry Thompson set a Prairie Meadows record May 20 by winning six races in one day. Thompson had shared the old record of five victories with David Essman, Vicki Warhol, and Cindy Noll.

 Tuesday, May 21, 2002