HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The millionaire Free Like a Girl could be making a return trip to Oaklawn Park next month for the Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap. Trainer Chasey Deville-Pomier said the Louisiana-bred is under consideration for the race following her allowance win over the local track Friday. She liked how Free Like a Girl had emerged from the race as of Saturday morning and said she was to ship to Evangeline Downs on Sunday. “She looked beautiful – ate up everything, playing in the stall - her normal self,” Deville-Pomier said. “I think we’re aiming for the Shantel Lanerie at Fair Grounds and possibly the Apple Blossom back at Oaklawn. It was kind of the talk after yesterday. We wanted to see how she handled the track first – and obviously, as long as she’s doing good and everything’s good with her.” Deville-Pomier co-owns Free Like a Girl with Gerald Bruno Jr. and Arkansas resident Jerry Caroom. :: Bet the races with a $200 First Deposit Match + FREE All Access PPs! Join DRF Bets. The $100,000 Shantel Lanerie is for Louisiana-breds on March 24 at Fair Grounds. Free Like a Girl has won 14 stakes – mostly against Louisiana-breds – and has placed in four graded races. Her latest such effort came in January, when she was second by a neck in the Grade 3 Sam Houston Ladies Classic. The winner, Bellamore, returned to run third in the Grade 2 Azeri on Saturday at Oaklawn. Free Like a Girl was a determined allowance winner Friday, running down Backyard Money for a neck win in the one-mile race that ended at the sixteenth pole. She was ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr. and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 80. “It set up the way I was hoping it would, as far as I wanted her to sit off it, third or fourth, and make a run at a target like she likes,” Deville-Pomier said. “It worked out. I did get a little nervous when she was stuck up in traffic, but she handled it beautifully.”   Free Like a Girl is a 5-year-old mare by El Deal who boasts a record of 16 wins from 36 starts for earnings of $1.2 million. She’s moved from seventh to fifth on the Louisiana-bred list of all-time leading earners kept by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association. Krone, Mandella to Oaklawn Julie Krone and Richard Mandella are among 22 members of the Hall of Fame scheduled to be at Oaklawn on Saturday as part of what is becoming a notable tradition on the local racing calendar. There will be a weekend’s of events for the Hall of Fame members – plus a free autograph session for the public to attend on Saturday, Hall of Fame Day. “We are the only track that celebrates them this way,” Lou Cella, president of Oaklawn, said earlier in the meet. “It is growing, from the first year to the third year. They all talk amongst themselves. I didn’t realize the camaraderie.”    The autograph session will be on the far north end of the grandstand, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central, according to Chris Ho, vice president of marketing for Oaklawn. As of Saturday morning, the following Hall of Famers are expected: Steve Asmussen, Bill Boland, Steve Cauthen, Angel Cordero Jr., Pat Day, Eddie Delahoussaye, Ramon Dominguez, Janet Elliot, Earlie Fires, Sandy Hawley, Krone, D. Wayne Lukas, Mandella, Chris McCarron, Darrel McHargue, Bill Mott, Corey Nakatani, Laffit Pincay Jr., Edgar Prado, Jose Santos, Alex Solis and Nick Zito. *** The Arkansas Racetrack Chaplaincy’s annual benefit bash is Thursday night at the Oaklawn Event Center. There will live and silent auction items on offer, along with dinner. Tickets are $80. *** Jade Cunningham won her first race as a trainer in the Saturday opener with Spankster ($71.20). He was her 16th starter. Cunningham has worked for such trainers as D. Wayne Lukas and Dallas Stewart. *** Triple Crown nominee Native Land was a 6 1/4-length winner of a maiden special weight over 1 1/8 miles Saturday and for the effort earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 80. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.