TODAY'S SIMULCAST SCHEDULE Gulfstream Park, 11 a.m.; Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.; Aqueduct, 11:20 a.m.; Laurel Park, 11:30 a.m.; Fair Grounds, 1 p.m.; Santa Anita, 2:30 p.m.; Golden Gate, 2:45 p.m.; Penn National, 5 p.m.; Turfway Park, 5:15 p.m.; Delta Downs, 5:30 p.m.; Charles Town, 6 p.m.; Gulf (greyhounds), 6 p.m.; Sam Houston, 6:10 p.m.; Derby Lane (greyhounds), 6:30 p.m.; Southland (greyhounds), 7:30 p.m.; Los Alamitos, 8 p.m.
NO RACING FRIDAY
For the second consecutive day, live racing was canceled due to track conditions.
BRONZE AGE SET FOR 4-YEAR-OLD DEBUT
Bronze Age is scheduled to make his 4-year-old debut in today's fifth race at Oaklawn, an entry-level allowance at a mile.
Bronze Age will be making his first start for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs after his major clients, Alex and JoAnn Lieblong of Conway, privately purchased the chestnut son of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft following a third-place finish in an April 29 allowance/optional claimer at Santa Anita.
Bronze Age previously raced in Southern California for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and famed Juddmonte Farms, Inc. Bronze Age broke his maiden last February at Santa Anita.
"He told me to do what I thought was best for him, so I kicked him out," Moquett said of Alex Lieblong, chairman of the Arkansas Racing Commission. "He was gelded before we bought him. I talked to Bob, and he thought he was a good enough horse to invest the time in. We kicked him out and pointed to having a 4-year-old here."
Bronze Age has a 1-0-1 record from five lifetime starts and earnings of $39,810. Bronze Age has been sold three times at public auction, including $600,000 as a 2-year-old.
COWBOY DEBUT
P C Cowboy, fourth in the Zia Park Derby, is scheduled to make his 4-year-old debut in Sunday's eighth race, an allowance/optional claimer at 1 1/16 miles for owner Thomas Julian and trainer Scott Young.
A son of 2011 Arkansas Derby winner Archarcharch, P C Cowboy was the first maiden special weights winner at last year's Oaklawn meeting before being sold privately by Danny Caldwell, perennial leading owner in Hot Springs.
P C Cowboy has made his last two starts for Young, clearing his first allowance condition Sept. 30 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City before running fourth -- beaten 5 lengths -- in the Zia Park Derby on Nov. 22. In his stakes debut, P C Cowboy finished eighth behind undefeated One Liner in the $500,000 Southwest last year at Oaklawn.
"He falls into that category," Young said, referring to P C Cowboy's return to stakes action. "We're not real sure how good he's going to be. He ran against some really nice horses in the Zia Park Derby. I want to get to get that two-other-than condition knocked out. It's like a stake here."
The purse for Sunday's race is $77,000.
P C Cowboy, in company with stakes-winning stablemate Jerrid, drilled 5 furlongs in 1:01 Jan. 6 at Oaklawn, the fastest of 65 times recorded at the distance.
Jerrid, a son of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft, was winless in four starts at last year's Oaklawn meeting before scoring his breakthrough victory in the $65,000 Prairie Mile Stakes for 3-year-olds June 9 at Prairie Meadows. He completed his 2017 campaign beating older horses in an Oct. 7 allowance race at Remington Park.
"He was having problems relaxing," said Young, a former jockey who was on Jerrid for his Jan. 6 breeze. "He was just getting rank early. I think we've kind of gotten that straightened out. He's grown up and matured. I think he's the kind of horse, instead of trying to take him back, we let him be kind of forwardly placed on his own. That's really seemed to help him relax and be pretty good."
Young said he's pointing Jerrid for an early season allowance race, with the $750,000 Oaklawn Handicap on April 14 the major spring objective.
"But we've got to let him tell us that," Young said.
FINAL FURLONG
Nominations to the $125,000 American Beauty Stakes for older female sprinters close Friday. ... Grade 1 stakes-placed sprinter Jazzy Times, an allowance/optional claiming winner at the 2017 Oaklawn meeting, is scheduled to make his 5-year-old debut in today's seventh race. Jazzy Times will be making his first start since being claimed for $62,500 on Nov. 19 at Churchill Downs by trainer Steve Hobby of Hot Springs on behalf of a partnership that includes Mark Lamberth, a member of the Arkansas Racing Commission. Also entered in the allowance/optional claiming sprint are Black Bear; Guns Loaded, who has returned to Oaklawn with trainer Doug O'Neill; and Long Station, the 498th career winner for trainer Paul Holthus of Hot Springs. Holthus has 499 career victories, according to Equibase, racing's official data gathering organization. ... L and N Racing LLC's Lookin At Lee, runner-up in last year's Kentucky Derby, returned to the work tab Tuesday at Fair Grounds, breezing a half-mile in :51 for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. Lookin At Lee ran three times last year at Oaklawn, finishing third in the $500,000 Southwest Stakes, sixth in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes and third in the $1 million Arkansas Derby. Michael Levinson, stable manager and co-owner of L and N Racing, said middle to late February is the target date for Lookin At Lee's 4-year-old debut. Lookin At Lee had been at Oaklawn this season before heading south because of frigid temperatures. ... Unmoored, the final starter and winner for Oaklawn President Charles Cella before his death Dec. 6, is entered in the $50,000 Forego Stakes Friday at Turfway Park. Unmoored, a Dec. 1 allowance winner at Turfway Park, is the first scheduled starter for Louis and John Cella, who are continuing their father's racing operation. Unmoored has been based this month at Oaklawn with Mike Johnson, who has trained for the Cella family for more than a decade.
Information for this report was contributed by the Oaklawn media department.
Sports on 01/20/2018