Rampellini: Oaklawn Park horses to watch for week of Feb. 6, 2019

AWE EMMA
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Last race: Feb. 3, 5th
Finish: 1st by 9 1/4
Beyer: 81
Daughter of War Front and the Grade 1-winning millionaire Awesome Maria won a one-mile race that ended at the sixteenth pole by a significant margin. The maiden special weight was the 4-year-old’s first start since July.

EARNEDNEVERGIVEN
Trainer: Norm McKnight
Last race: Feb. 3, 8th
Finish: 7th by 6 3/4 lengths
Beyer: 64
Southern California “import” returned from a layoff of more than six weeks at a sprint distance, and the race went quite quickly. He figures to take a nice step forward when his connections stretch him back out around two turns, judging from his form and his pedigree as a son of Oaklawn Handicap winner Alternation.

MY GIRL ROCKET
Trainer: Chris Hartman
Last race: Feb. 1, 4th
Finish: 2nd by head
Beyer: 55
February foal is a 3-year-old daughter of Congrats who faced older rivals for the first time in a maiden-claiming sprint and fought to the wire in a competitive effort. The winner was an older foe.