LITTLE ROCK — Borel, 0 for 2, denied
HOT SPRINGS - Jockey Calvin Borel will have to wait a little longer for his 5,000th career victory after finishing out of the money with two mounts Saturday afternoon at Oaklawn Park.
Borel, who has 4,999 career victories, was riding for the first time since Dec. 28.
Borel was sidelined much of that period with a broken wrist, an injury discovered Jan. 8 - three days before Oaklawn’s live season began.
Borel is trying to become only the 26th jockey in North American history to reach 5,000 victories.
Borel finished fourth aboard even-money favorite Conte in the third race and seventh aboard Analytic in the sixth race for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs.
Analytic was the 4-1 third choice.
Borel, 46, is not scheduled to ride any horses today, but he is named on three horses Monday - Atticus the Man in the third race, Fevernthefunkhouse in theeighth race and Hezunusal in the 10th race.
Borel was Oaklawn’s leading rider in 1995 and 2001.
The Southwest
A field of 10 is entered in Monday’s $300,000 Grade III Southwest Stakes for 3-year-olds at1 1-16 miles.
Probable post time for the Southwest, the ninth of 10 live races, is 5:09 p.m.
The field includes Will Take Charge, Texas Bling andAlways in a Tiz, the 1-2-3 finishers, respectively in the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on Jan. 21; Super Ninety Nine, trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert; and Big Lute, who will be making his stakes debut after a runaway maiden victory Feb. 1.
Baffert swept Oaklawn’s three graded Kentucky Derby prep races last year, including both divisions of a split Southwest.
Rafael Bejarano will have the mount on Super Ninety Nine, who is scheduled to break from post 6.
Big Lute is scheduled to break from post 10 under RobbyAlbarado.
Another entrant, Fear the Kitten, will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik.
Napravnik, already among the most successful female jockeys in racing history, has never ridden at Oaklawn.
The winner of the Southwest will receive 10 points on the new “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points system, which will be used if the race oversubscribes.
CLASSIX fever
The CLASSIX carryover grew to $156,976.81 on Saturday after the multirace wager wasn’t solved for the seventh consecutive racing day.
The carryover is the largest at Oaklawn since Feb. 25, 2011, when it reached $203,977, according to Bobby Geiger, the track’s director of gaming and wagering.
The CLASSIX requires fans to select the winners of races 3-8.
CLASSIX winners Saturday were It’s All Here ($8) in the third race, Malorie’s First ($10) in the fourth race, Keepinonestepahead ($14) in the fifth race, Whistlin Sam ($47.20) in the sixth race, Cruzette ($12.80) in the seventh race and Laurie’s Rocket ($10) in the eighth race.
Malorie’s First, who was making her career debut for leading trainer Chris Richard, was the only winning favorite in the CLASSIX races.
The carryover began Feb. 7($1,914.31) and was $72,655.88 on Saturday.
Final furlong
Trainer Lynn Whiting said Cyber Secret will be pointed for the $150,000 Grade III Razorback Handicap on March 9 following his 1-length victory in a rugged allowance/optional claiming race Friday. … Red-hot trainer Chris Richard saddled another winner in Saturday’s fourth race, Malorie’s First, who represented the trainer’s fourth consecutive victory. Richard’s streak ended in the eighth race when OuttaTune ran third in a stakes-quality sprint for older horses. Richard, Oaklawn’s leading trainer, is 14 of 29 at the meeting. … Oaklawn treasurer Bill Cravens was inducted Friday into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.
At a glance DAY 21 ATTENDANCE 21,292 ON-TRACK HANDLE $1,497,937.10 OFF-TRACK HANDLE $2,501,683.98 TOTAL HANDLE $3,999,621.08 CLASSIX CARRYOVER $156,976.81 SATURDAY’S STARS Don’t Tell Sophia scored another runaway victory in the $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes for older fillies and mares.
TODAY’S TIMES First post for the nine races is 1:30 p.m.
Gates open at 11 a.m.
TODAY’S TELEVISION HRTV (full card), Oaklawn Today replays (8 p.m., Resort Cable Channel 5 11 p.m., KARZ, Channel 42, Little Rock, 11 p.m.) TODAY’S RADIO Oaklawn Morning Line (8:45 a.m., KVREFM, 92.9, Hot Springs Village) PRICES Admission ($2); parking in Oaklawn lots ($2), reserved seats ($2.50 weekdays, $4.50 weekends);
programs ($2). Daily Racing Form on track ($5, $6.50);
tip sheets ($2-$5)WAGERING MENU
Win, place, show (all races)
Exacta (all races)
Trifecta (all races)
Superfecta (races 4 and 6 and last race)
Daily double (first two races, last two races)
CLASSIX (races 3-8)
Pick-3 (begins with races 4, 5 and 7)
Pick-4 (begins with race 6) TODAY’S SIMULCASTING SCHEDULE Tampa Bay Downs (11:25 a.m.), Aqueduct (11:30 a.m.), Gulfstream Park (11:45 a.m.), Fair Grounds (1 p.m.), Hawthorne (1:30 p.m.), Santa Anita (2:30 p.m.), Golden Gate Fields (2:45 p.m.)
Sports, Pages 30 on 02/17/2013