Miss Code West eyes TTA Oaks

Miss Code West, who was the horse of the meet at Remington Park, has a stakes engagement next month at Sam Houston.

Trainer Kevin Scholl said the three-time stakes winner is targeting the $100,000 Texas Thoroughbred Association Oaks on March 23. The two-turn race for 3-year-old fillies is restricted to graduates of a yearling sale conducted by the TTA.

Miss Code West last raced in January, finishing fourth in the Silverbulletday at Fair Grounds. She had won all four of her starts heading into the stakes.

“It wasn’t a bad race,” Scholl said. “We wanted to get her tested and she got tested. But she came out of it good. She responded, behaved, did everything right.”

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Miss Code West picked up a few points for the Kentucky Oaks, but that is not a goal for the daughter of Code West, who is co-owned by Jeff Puryear.

“He just wants to keep her at home, keep her around here,” Scholl said.

Miss Code West is the best horse to come along for her connections, who have been in racing a long time.

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“She’s got a lot of class, and I know the good Lord has got a hand in it,” Scholl said.

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