HRN: How Will History Affect Rebel Runners?

Each time I post a new article on my Horse Racing Nation blog, I post a notice on this blog. These notices include an excerpt from the beginning of that article and a link to the piece. My latest Horse Racing Nation article is. . .

How Will History Affect Rebel Runners?

"Oaklawn is often nicknamed “the Saratoga of the South.” A trip to the Hot Springs, Arkansas track is enough reason to understand this moniker. Throughout the town, paintings and photographs of racehorses are to be found on various signs and advertisements. Many businesses hold racing-related names, such as the Best Western Winners Circle Inn across the street from Oaklawn’s grandstand, and just by driving down Central Avenue, you can catch a glimpse of Thoroughbreds galloping around the turn and into the stretch.

Home to one of the most popular series of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) prep races, Oaklawn boasts its own graded stakes-triple: the Southwest Stakes (gr. III) in February, the Rebel Stakes (gr. II) in March, and the Arkansas Derby (gr. I) in April. In recent years, this three-race sequence has produced some of the most talented horses in the nation. The Rebel Stakes alone has produced six Eclipse Award winners, including one Horse of the Year and four Champion Three-Year-Olds, in the past ten years. . ."

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