Four Stakes as Prairie Meadows Begins Festival July 8

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Joyful Cadence wins an allowance optional claimer March 20 at Oaklawn Park

Before Prairie Meadows hosts two graded stakes as part of a four-stakes night July 9, the Iowa track has a quartet of $100,000 stakes races that kick off its two-evening Festival of Racing.

Fillies and mares are showcased July 8 in the six-furlong Saylorville Stakes and the 1 1/16-mile Iowa Distaff, while 2-year-old fillies dash 5 1/2 furlongs in the Prairie Gold Lassie Stakes and males sprint six furlongs in the Iowa Sprint.

The Festival of Racing continues Saturday evening with the Iowa Derby, Iowa Oaks (G3), Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes, and Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3).

Numerous Kentucky-stabled runners are lined up to ship to Prairie Meadows, including WSS Racing's Joyful Cadence  in the Saylorville; Susan Moulton's Oliviaofthedesert  in the Iowa Distaff; and 4 G Racing's Top Gunner  in the Iowa Sprint. Those three horses are favored on the morning line.

John Ortiz trains Joyful Cadence and Top Gunner, both of whom come off close losses in stakes at Churchill Downs. Joyful Cadence ran second last out to Sconsin in the Winning Colors Stakes (G3), while Top Gunner was third behind Bango  and Necker Island  in the Aristides Stakes.

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Danny Stafford's Oil Money , 4-for-4 this year for trainer Jon Arnett, is one of the top local hopes in the stakes action Friday, pegged as the 5-2 second favorite behind 2-1 Top Runner.

The stakes action begins Friday with Prairie Gold Lassie, the sixth race, at 8:11 p.m. CT.


Entries: Prairie Gold Juvenile S.

Prairie Meadows, Saturday, July 09, 2022, Race 6

  • STK
  • 5 1/2f
  • Dirt
  • $100,000
  • 2 yo
  • 8:11 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Tyler's Tribe (IA) Kylee R. Jordan 119 Timothy E. Martin 4/1
2 2Prove Right (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Geovanni Franco 119 James K. Chapman 7/2
3 3Free From Guilt (LA) Pedro L. Cotto, Jr. 119 Chasey Deville Pomier 8/1
4 4Undalay (FL) Stewart Elliott 119 Steven M. Asmussen 3/1
5 5Top Recruit (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ricardo Santana, Jr. 119 Michael J. Maker 2/1
6 6Toddchero (FL) Lane J. Luzzi 119 Jayde J. Gelner 6/1
7 7Baytown Get It On (KY) Odhair J. Mayta 119 Paul McEntee 10/1


Entries: Iowa Oaks (G3)

Prairie Meadows, Saturday, July 09, 2022, Race 7

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $225,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 8:40 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Free Like a Girl (LA) Pedro L. Cotto, Jr. 122 Chasey Deville Pomier 3/1
2 2Miss Hard Knocks (KY) Elvin Gonzalez 119 Miguel L. Hernandez 12/1
3 3Falconet (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 122 Todd A. Pletcher 7/2
4 4Butterbean (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Glenn W. Corbett 122 Kenneth G. McPeek 5/1
5 5My Friend Amy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Lane J. Luzzi 113 Jayde J. Gelner 10/1
6 6Candy Raid (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate James Graham 122 J. Keith Desormeaux 5/2
7 7Hartley (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kylee R. Jordan 116 Lynn Chleborad 8/1
8 8Nosilverspoonshere (LA)Keeneland Sales Graduate David Cabrera 116 Jeff A. Hiles 6/1


Entries: Iowa Derby

Prairie Meadows, Saturday, July 09, 2022, Race 8

  • STK
  • 1 1/16m
  • Dirt
  • $250,000
  • 3 yo
  • 9:09 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Rome (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Walter De La Cruz 116 Schuyler Condon 10/1
2 2Big Blue Line (MD)Keeneland Sales Graduate David Cabrera 116 Paul J. McGee 9/2
3 3Major General (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 113 Todd A. Pletcher 2/1
4 4Actuator (KY) James Graham 119 Michael W. McCarthy 8/1
5 5Conagher (KY) Joseph Rocco, Jr. 119 Michael A. Tomlinson 4/1
6 6Feel the Fear (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Kevin Roman 116 Austin Gustafson 10/1
7 7Diamond Rim (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jermaine V. Bridgmohan 113 Dan L. McFarlane 12/1
8 8Ain't Life Grand (IA) Elvin Gonzalez 113 Kelly R. Von Hemel 10/1
9 9Rattle N Roll (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Glenn W. Corbett 113 Kenneth G. McPeek 3/1
10 10Chileno (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Stewart Elliott 122 Steven M. Asmussen 12/1


Entries: Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (G3)

Prairie Meadows, Saturday, July 09, 2022, Race 9

  • Grade III
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $300,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 9:38 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Flash of Mischief (KY) Alex L. Canchari 116 Karl Broberg 6/1
2 2Officiating (FL)Keeneland Sales Graduate Javier Castellano 118 Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. 4/1
3 3Silver Prospector (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Stewart Elliott 119 Steven M. Asmussen 5/2
4 4Rated R Superstar (KY) David Cabrera 117 Federico Villafranco 3/1
5 5Warrant (KY) Ricardo Santana, Jr. 121 Brad H. Cox 8/5
6 6Fleetridge (KY) Wilmer A. Garcia 112 Jon G. Arnett 12/1