Ivan Fallunovalot launches season Sunday
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Ivan Fallunovalot, a two-time winner of the King Cotton at Oaklawn, launches his 8-year-old season Sunday in the eighth race at Oaklawn.
He goes in an optional $62,500 claiming sprint that also drew Grade 2 winner St. Joe Bay from the barn of trainer Peter Miller and Midwest stakes winners Recount, Storm Advisory, Apprehender, Rockshaw, Counterforce, and Wilbo.
The race will be run over six furlongs.
Ivan Fallunovalot will break from the rail under Luis Quinonez. He enters off a three-length win in the $150,000 David M. Vance on Sept. 24 at Remington Park.
◗ There was a notable change in the stewards’ stand when the Oaklawn meet opened Friday. The track’s general manager, Wayne Smith, said longtime Oaklawn steward Larry Snyder is taking a break from the stand.
“Larry Snyder is going to take a sabbatical this year,” Smith said. “We will have Rick Sackett as the third steward.”
Sackett had been clerk of scales at Oaklawn.
◗ The bottom claiming level this meet at Oaklawn has been raised from $5,000 to $6,250, Oaklawn racing secretary Pat Pope said.
