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Originally Posted by GaryG
I have played the Santa Anita winter meet for more years than I care to remember. I even lived in Arcadia for 15 years back when you had to bet at the track. This year I switched to Oaklawn and it was the right decision. Big fields, competitive races and even the Arkie-breds are not bad. The only drawback is the lack of a turf course. The entries are drawn well in advance, so you can take all the time you need.
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May you continue to enjoy playing Oaklawn!!!
The Arky-breds are on the improve - a couple of years back it became a "breed-back" program, so you can now take a mare, breed it to Into Mischief, etc. and then bring it back to Arkansas, foal here, and breed the mare back to an Arkansas sire and the Into Mischief foal is now Arky-bred.
I'll theorize that the expanded breeding opportunities combined with the advent of late year 2yo racing at Oaklawn may mean we are not too many years away from regularly seeing an Arky-bred or two in the Derby.
