Oak Brook has a couple of options for next start
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Oak Brook came out of his 17-1 upset win Saturday in the Black Tie Affair Handicap in good shape, trainer Brian Williamson said, and will make his next start either in the Arlington Handicap on July 8 or the Warrior Veterans Stakes at Indiana Grand on July 15.
Oak Brook won Saturday for the first time in more than a year and got a 94 Beyer Speed Figure after wiring the Black Tie Affair on a very soft turf course. Two summers ago, Oak Brook finished second by a neck in a $75,000 turf stakes at Indiana Grand.
Meanwhile, Williamson said that Streamline, the multiple-graded-stakes-winning dirt mare he trains, is out of action indefinitely after being diagnosed with what seems to be a growth on her ovary. Williamson had been pointing Streamline to the Fleur de Lis Handicap last weekend at Churchill Downs when blood tests showed signs of an irregularity.
Williamson said no surgery would be performed on Streamline until ovarian swelling receded, but that Streamline’s prognosis was good, and that she might be able to race again late this summer.
“I think it’s going to be okay,” Williamson said. “It looks like we got it early enough.”
Streamline, an Illinois-bred by Straight Line, won the Grade 2 Azeri at Oaklawn this year and most recently finished third in the Grade 1 La Troienne at Churchill.
◗ Friday’s nine-race Arlington card is a decent one, but it lacks higher-end races, and the nominal feature, race 2, is a first-level Polytrack sprint allowance that’s also open to $18,000 claimers.