Oaklawn: Loved looks for 2nd straight stakes win in Bayakoa
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Churchill Downs / Kurtis Coady / Coady Photography
Loved, making her first start since winning the Grade 3 Falls City in November, was made the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn.
The Falls City was the first stakes win for the 6-year-old Medaglia d’Oro Mare, who has a record of 10: 5-0-0. With regular rider Tyler Gaffalione in the irons, she pulled away to win the 1 1/8-mile race by 3 3/4 lengths on a muddy track at Churchill Downs.
A Godolphin homebred trained by Brendan Walsh, Loved has been training at Turfway, with five-furlong works in 1:01.00 in her last two outings. Gaffalione returns for the Bayakoa.
The 1 1/16-mile Bayakoa, for fillies and mares 4 years old and up, drew a field of six.
The second choice on the morning line is Corningstone at 2-1. Trained by Kenny McPeek, the 6-year-old Kantharos mare has won her last two starts, the one-mile Mistletoe and the 1 1/16-mile Pippin, both at Oaklawn. Julien Leparoux was aboard for both trips and gets the call Saturday.
Free Like a Girl will make her 48th career start in the Bayakoa and is third on the morning line at 3-1. The 6-year-old daughter of El Deal, trained by Chasey Pomier, won three stakes in a row before finishing fourth in her last two starts, most recently the Houston Ladies Classic (G3) on Jan. 25.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | Morn. line |
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| 1 |
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Corningstone Kantharos |
6.31 | 2-1 | ||
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| 2 |
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Wild Bout Hilary Midnight Lute |
6.12 | 10-1 | ||
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| 3 |
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Little Jamie Collected |
5.93 |
1st, Wayward Lass S. |
4-1 | |
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| 4 |
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Bow Draw Oxbow |
0.00 |
4th, Pippin S. |
20-1 | |
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4th, Pippin S. |
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| 5 |
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Free Like A Girl El Deal |
6.40 | 3-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Loved Medaglia d’Oro |
7.03 | 9-5 | ||
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