Subsanador likely to race in Lake Ouachita at Oaklawn

Subsanador, a Grade 1 winner in 2024 who was fourth in the Grade 3 San Carlos Stakes at Santa Anita on March 29 in his first start in 18 months, is tentatively scheduled to start in the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes at Oaklawn Park on May 2.

Subsanador worked six furlongs in 1:12.80 at Santa Anita on Thursday.

The Lake Ouachita Stakes is run at 1 1/16 miles for older horses and was selected because of timing and availability, trainer Richard Mandella said.

“There are no other options,” Mandella said.

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The next stakes for older horses on dirt at the current Santa Anita spring meeting is the Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup, a $200,000 race at 1 1/4 miles on May 25.

Subsanador, a 7-year-old Argentine-bred horse owned by Wathnan Racing, was beaten eight lengths by Cornucopian in the seven-furlong San Carlos. The San Carlos was Subsanador’s first start since a win in the Grade 1 California Crown Stakes at Santa Anita in September 2024.

Subsanador was diagnosed with an injury in the weeks after the $1 million California Crown Stakes that resulted in a lengthy rest. A Group 1 winner in Argentina in 2023, Subsanador has won 9 of 18 starts and earned $1,009,124.

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