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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Cody Autrey might be new to Oaklawn Park, but he made himself at home over opening weekend by going 5 for 8 to take the lead in the trainer standings. On Thursday, he will attempt to keep the good times rolling.
Autrey will start Sever in the featured eighth race, a $32,000 optional claimer that carries second-level allowance conditions. It will be run at a mile, and a field of 11 will go, including Just a Coincidence, who earlier in his career ran third in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial, and Westshore, a winner at Churchill Downs in November for trainer Jimmy Baker.
Sever is perfect in two starts, both route races. He won his debut in a $40,000 maiden claiming race at Fair Grounds last February. Sever has raced once since then, and took a first-level allowance at Delta Downs on Dec. 1. He stalked and went on to a 4 3/4-length win that night and earned a career-high Beyer Speed Figure of 79.
“I [claimed] him last year first time out, and he had a minor issue and we gave him time off,” Autrey said. “He came back and won a one-other-than allowance at Delta off a 10-month layoff. I hope he moves forward, because obviously that race at Delta was easier than the one he’s going to run in Thursday. But hopefully, he moves forward.”
Sever is a 4-year-old gelding by Horse Chestnut. He is out of the Unbridled mare Detach, which makes him a half-brother to Apart, a Grade 2 winner of more than $650,000. Sever drew post 4 and is to be ridden by Alex Cintron. Sever races for John Stavropoulos and trainer Bill Bell. Just a Coincidence, 6, is back at Oaklawn after racing at Delaware Park and Keeneland. Westshore is making his first start at Oaklawn following a win in a $30,000 conditioned claiming route at Churchill. The field also includes the comebacking A Student, who is a half-brother to two stakes winners including Grade 3 winner Good Student.
The card Thursday also features a first-level allowance sprint for fillies and mares that drew Too Shy Shy, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Lawyer Ron.
◗ There is a $6,994 pick-six carryover for Thursday. The bet has a new minimum of $1.
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UNCLE HARRY caught the eye with a solid late run in his local debut last time, just missing despite racing well back early in a race which featured a gate-to-wire winner; he was 2nd two back in his first try on the grass after setting the early pace, and the fact that he's versatile enough to lead or rate gives him added appeal in the finale. EDGE OF GLORY comes out of the same race as the top pick and he was in fact a half-length in front of that rival on the wire, gradually closing on the winner through the lane; certainly deserves a long look off that running line.
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