Rampellini: Oaklawn horses to watch for week of Feb. 10, 2020

LA RENOLETA

Trainer: Steve Asmussen

Last race: Feb. 8, 6th

Finish: 1st by 9 3/4

Beyer: 89

Group 1 winner in Argentina pulled away from a nice field of fillies and mares in the final sixteenth of an allowance route that marked her first start since June and first in North America. She remains undefeated in five starts and will be considered for the Grade 1, $1 million Apple Blossom at Oaklawn, according to trainer Steve Asmussen.

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NIGHT OPS

Trainer: Brad Cox

Last race: Feb. 9, 8th

Finish: 1st by 1/2

Beyer: 89

He overcame post 11 to win an allowance route that drew six stakes winners. He was hung five wide into the first turn, traveled three wide while advancing around the second bend, and had enough in the stretch to hold off the late run of Canadian champion Sky Promise. He looks like a stakes winner in the making.

SMACK ATTACK

Trainer: Don Von Hemel

Last race: Feb. 7, 6th

Finish: 6th by 15 1/4 lengths

Beyer: 46

He can make a real move forward when it’s time to stretch out to two turns as his half-brother Smack Smack was a Grade 3 winner at the configuration, running out $986,419. This one is a nice-looking 3-year-old by Into Mischief. He drew the tough rail post for his debut, which came in a maiden special weight sprint against older rivals.