Hawthorne
Company lines point to Colour Guard in allowance
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Coady Photography Colour Guard wins a Jan. 25 allowance at Oaklawn Park.
STICKNEY, Ill. – Friday’s eight-race Hawthorne program has some playable fields on the back end of the card and is headlined by race 7, an Illinois-bred two-turn dirt allowance.
While the race is open to older horses, the 3-year-old Colour Guard is likely to be a defined favorite. Trained by Dane Kobiskie, Colour Guard makes his first start in Illinois-bred competition and comes off three solid performances at Oaklawn Park.
In the most recent, a March 18 race over 1 1/16 miles, he finished fourth, beaten 4 1/2 lengths, while the highly regarded 3-year-olds Tenfold and Navistar finished first and second. Tenfold runs back Saturday in the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby. Colour Guard is looking at a considerably shorter mountain to climb.
