Mary Rampellini's top 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park on March 30

Champion AMERICAN PHAROAH maintains his ranking as the leading 3-year-old at the meet for his dominating, 6 1/4- length win in the Grade 2, $750,000 Rebel on March 14 at Oaklawn. He is based in Southern California and is a candidate to return to town for the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 11.

Top 3-year-old males at Oaklawn

1. AMERICAN PHAROAH
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Pedigree: Pioneerof the Nile – Littleprincessemma, by Yankee Gentleman
Last race: 1st in Rebel on March 14 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 100 / 101
Target race: Arkansas Derby on April 11 at Oaklawn
Comment: In the latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool that closed Sunday, he was the 5-1 favorite. Earlier in the day, he worked five furlongs in 58.60 seconds Santa Anita. The move was the second fastest of 89 at the distance at the Southern California track the morning of March 29.

2. FAR RIGHT
Trainer: Ron Moquett
Pedigree: Notional – Zindi, by Vindication
Last race: 1st in Southwest on Feb. 22 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 91 / 91
Target race: Arkansas Derby on April 11 at Oaklawn
Comment: He had his latest breeze March 19, working five furlongs in 1:00.80 in company. Far Right, under jockey Greta Kuntzweiler, broke off behind his workmate, breezing about five lengths off that one before closing the gap some on the turn. In the stretch, Far Right moved to his company and edged his mate on the wire. The move was the second fastest of 28 at the distance that morning at Oaklawn.

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3. BOLD CONQUEST
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Pedigree: Curlin – One for Jim, by Distorted Humor
Last race: 3rd in Rebel on March 14 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 85 / 85
Target race: Arkansas Derby on April 11 at Oaklawn
Comment: He continues to make a favorable impression in his training at Oaklawn, where he worked six furlongs in company with multiple Grade 2 winner Tapiture on Monday. The team was timed in 1:12.20. Jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. breezed Bold Conquest, who was situated outside of Tapiture, as Oaklawn head clocker Jim Hamilton had the pair’s final quarter in 23.80 seconds and galloping out seven furlongs in 1:25.

4. MADEFROMLUCKY
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Pedigree: Lookin At Lucky – Home From Oz, by Pulpit
Last race: 2nd in Rebel on March 14 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 89 / 89
Target race: Possible Arkansas Derby on April 11 at Oaklawn
Comment: His latest breeze came Saturday at Palm Beach Downs in Florida, where he went a half-mile 49.23 seconds on a track rated good. He made his stakes debut in the Rebel and ran a commendable second hooking a champion and racing over a wet track for the first time. He’s proven at the 1 1/8-mile distance of the Arkansas Derby, winning at the trip in a Gulfstream optional claimer one start prior to the Rebel.

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5. MR. Z
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Pedigree: Malibu Moon – Stormy Bear, by Storm Cat
Last race: 9th in Louisiana Derby on March 28 at Fair Grounds
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 64 / 91
Target race: To be determined
Comment: He came out of his ninth-place finish in the Louisiana Derby in fine physical shape, trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Monday. The horse removed blinkers for the race the plan is to put them back on for his next race, which will be determined after talking to the Zayat Stables team, the trainer said. Lukas also felt Mr. Z did not handle the track at Fair Grounds.

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Top 3-year-old fillies at Oaklawn

1. TAKE CHARGE BRANDI
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Pedigree: Giant’s Causeway – Charming, by Seeking the Gold
Last race: 1st in Martha Washington on Jan. 31 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 77 / 87
Target race: Sidelined
Comment: She is scheduled to resume training on May 15, according to her trainer, D. Wayne Lukas. Take Charge Brandi is on stall rest at present after being diagnosed with a non-displaced bone chip in her right knee five days before a planned start in the Rebel. She has since had a pin placed in the knee to accelerate the healing process, said Lukas, and she is rehabbing at Oaklawn.

2. SARAH SIS
Trainer: Ingrid Mason
Pedigree: Sharp Humor – Emerald Gal, by Gilded Time
Last race: 1st in Honeybee on March 7 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 80 / 82
Target race: Fantasy on April 4 at Oaklawn
Comment: She earned a well-deserved first stakes win in the Grade 3 Honeybee, after being edged in recent stakes by champion Take Charge Brandi and the undefeated Promise Me Silver. Sarah Sis won at two turns for the first time in the Honeybee. She’s an athletic filly who is light on her feet and who has transitioned well from sprinting to routing.

3. PANGBURN
Trainer: Ken McPeek
Pedigree: Congrats – It’s True Love, by Yes It’s True
Last race: 3rd in Honeybee on March 7 at Oaklawn
Last Beyer / Best Beyer: 70 / 78
Target race: Fantasy on April 4 at Oaklawn
Comment: She had been debated for a start in either the Ashland at Keeneland or the Fantasy, and McPeek said the target is the Fantasy. She will add blinkers for the race, the trainer said. Pangburn last worked on Sunday, going five furlongs in 1:00.20. The move was the third fastest of 23 at the distance at Oaklawn.

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