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Sierra Sunset Wins Rebel Stakes, Final Arkansas Derby Prep Race
Sierra Sunset, ridden by jockey Christopher Emigh, won the $300,000 Rebel Stakes , the final prep race for the 2008 Arkansas Derby and one of the prep races for the 2008 Kentucky Derby, Saturday, March 15, at Oaklawn Park.
Trained by Jeff Bonde, Sierra Sunset raced 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.88 and paid $10.40, $4.80 and $3.80. King’s Silver Son is 3 lenghts behind with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan and returned $11 and $5.40. Behind them is Isabull under jockey Timothy Doocy showing $8.
Golden Yank is fourth in Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes followed by Z Fortune, He’s Eze, Anak Nakal, Stone Bird and Sacred Journey.
Z Fortune, the 7-10 favorite, finished a disappointing 5th for horse trainer Steve Asmussen, who won last year’s Rebel Stakes with eventual Horse of the Year Curlin, who is now in Dubai training for the Dubai World Cup on March 29 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse. SteveAsmussen also trains one of the leading 2008 Kentucky Derby contenders, Pyro.
It wasn’t Nick Zito’s as Anak Nakal finished a disappointing 7th in the nine-horse field of the Rebel Stakes while War Pass finished last in the Tampa Bay Derby over at Tampa Bay Downs.
California-bred Sierra Sunset was purchased for $40,000 by a partnership of Philip Lebherz, Al Mariani, George Schmitt, and Carol Wirth. After the victory, Mariani was making plans for Sierra Sunset for the 2008 Arkansas Derby.
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[…] Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren, and trainer David Carroll opted to bypass Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes (gr. II) in favor of a single prep leading to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) on May 3 at Churchill […]
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[…] Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren, and trainer David Carroll opted to bypass Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes (gr. II) in favor of a single prep leading to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) on May 3 at Churchill […]