Rebel Stakes Study Guide (2nd Division)

Mar 14, 2019 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com

Ten sophomores will go postward in the second division of the $750,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Champion Game Winner shipped in from the Golden State and will commence his three-year-old campaign for conditioner Bob Baffert in the Road to the Kentucky Derby points race.

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Here is the field:

Market King Career Racing Stats

6 Starts
1 Wins
1 Place
1 Show
Total Career Earnings: $70,785

Top BRIS Speed rating (85) for third in allowance

Owner: Robert C. Baker and William L. Mack
Breeder: Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY)
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Jockey: John Velazquez

Sire: Into Mischief
Dam: Divine Presence
Color: Bay

This expensive yearling purchase has shown steady improvement campaign and gets John Velazquez to ride. The Kentucky-bred adds to the pace of the race from the rail, but he needs a lifetime best to factor on this occasion.

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Laughing Fox Career Racing Stats

4 Starts
2 Wins
0 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $105,518

Top BRIS Speed rating (93) in allowance win

Owner: Alex and Joann Lieblong
Breeder: Chester and Anne Prince (KY)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr.

Sire: Union Rags
Dam: Saskawea
Color: Chestnut

The chestnut colt has improved his BRIS Speed figure in every lifetime start and sports a two-race win streak at Oaklawn. The closing type should receive a healthy pace to rally into at a price beneath Ricardo Santana Jr.

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Parsimony Career Racing Stats

7 Starts
0 Wins
4 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $53,700

Top BRIS Speed rating (88) for second in maiden race

Owner: Reddam Racing LLC
Breeder: Maria Montez Haire (PA)
Trainer: Doug O’Neill
Jockey: Mario Gutierrez

Sire: Doneraile Court
Dam: Lil Cora Tee
Color: Gray/Roan

This California invader makes the maiden-to-stakes jump in his local debut. The consistent sort adds blinkers, but he is another who will need marked improvement to have a say in the outcome of the Rebel.

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Jersey Agenda Career Racing Stats

4 Starts
2 Wins
1 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $120,067

Top BRIS Speed rating (92) for win in maiden race

Owner: Charles Fipke
Breeder: Charles Fipke (KY)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Jose Ortiz

Sire: Jersey Town
Dam: Risky Agenda
Color: Dark Bay

This win contender stopped in the stretch of the recent Southwest Stakes (G3), though he was a sharp allowance winner on this strip two prior. The talented three-year-old receives a positive rider change to Jose Ortiz for the initial time and major improvement is expected from the prospect in this spot.

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Game Winner Career Racing Stats

4 Starts
4 Wins
0 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $1,496,000

Top BRIS Speed rating (103) for win in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1)

Owner: Gary and Mary West
Breeder: Summer Wind Equine (KY)
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Joel Rosario

Sire: Candy Ride
Dam: Indyan Giving
Color: Bay

The champion colt shows nine morning drills in preparation of his 2019 bow and he should be fit for trainer Bob Baffert. The ultra-talented Kentucky-bred is the clear one to beat with Joel Rosario retaining the mount. The sophomore will be tracking the pace early on.

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Omaha Beach Career Racing Stats

5 Starts
1 Wins
3 Place
1 Show
Total Career Earnings: $71,800

Top BRIS Speed rating (96) in maiden win

Owner: Fox Hill Farm
Breeder: Charming Syndicate (KY)
Trainer: Richard Mandella
Jockey: Mike Smith

Sire: War Front
Dam: Charming
Color: Dark Bay

This rising prospect has run a pair of big races since switching from the turf to the dirt. The well-bred colt smashed six furlongs in a bullet 1:10 and change in advance of his stakes debut and he could be any kind. The Kentucky-bred will have Mike Smith in the irons for the first time.

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Our Braintrust Career Racing Stats

5 Starts
2 Wins
2 Place
1 Show
Total Career Earnings: $196,640

Top BRIS Speed rating (101) for third in Withers Stakes (G3)

Owner: Gary Barber
Breeder: Barak Farm (MD)
Trainer: Mark Casse
Jockey: David Cohen

Sire: Freud
Dam: Caller Trust
Color: Dark Bay

This consistently good Maryland-bred was a neck shy in the Withers Stakes (G3) in his two-turn debut at Aqueduct last out. The underrated colt adds blinkers and makes a lot of sense with even minor improvement against this field.

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Gunmetal Gray Career Racing Stats

6 Starts
2 Wins
2 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $247,200

Top BRIS Speed rating (96) in maiden tally

Owner: Pearl Racing, West Point Thoroughbreds and Hollendorfer LLC
Breeder: Lee Pokoik (KY)
Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer
Jockey: Flavien Prat

Sire: Exchange Rate
Dam: Classofsixtythree
Color: Gray/Roan

The one-run closing type ships in from California as a late contender in the cast. The Kentucky-bred colt would benefit from a fast and contested pace in the Rebel, which is a scenario that is very possible. Flavien Prat gets back aboard.

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Kaziranga Career Racing Stats

6 Starts
1 Wins
1 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $32,067

Top BRIS Speed rating (88) in maiden score

Owner: Calumet Farm
Breeder: Calumet Farm (KY)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Richard Eramia

Sire: Candy Ride
Dam: Teammate
Color: Gray/Roan

This outsider has poor current form and would need a career-best to make the frame in a strong field. The gray will be equipped with blinkers for the first time, though he still looks overmatched at this stage of his development.

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Captain Von Trapp Career Racing Stats

5 Starts
2 Wins
2 Place
0 Show
Total Career Earnings: $126,480

Top BRIS Speed rating (90) in allowance win

Owner: Phoenix Thoroughbred III Ltd.
Breeder: E.H. Beau Lane III (KY)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Ramon Vazquez

Sire: Trappe Shot
Dam: Julie From Dixie
Color: Bay

The bay colt is two-for-two at Oaklawn Park, and is also perfect since adding blinkers at the start of the season. This improving sort exits a solid allowance victory and could be a top-three contender with another step in the right direction.