Summertime Oaks expected to draw nine

ARCADIA, Calif. – Stellar Wind, fourth in the Kentucky Oaks on May 1, is part of a projected field of nine in Saturday’s $200,000 Summertime Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.

Trained by John Sadler for Pete and Kosta Hronis, Stellar Wind is one of two stakes winners expected in the field, along with Sheer Pleasure, who won consecutive stakes for California-bred 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita earlier this year. Sheer Pleasure won the Evening Jewel for sprinters in April and the Melair Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on May 23.

Stellar Wind won the Grade 2 Santa Ysabel Stakes on Feb. 28 and the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks on April 4 before finishing 4 3/4 lengths behind winner Lovely Maria in the Kentucky Oaks.

Other expected runners in the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks are All Star Bub, Conquest Curlgirl, Danette, Guild, Roksana, Scat Means Go, and Tara’s Tango.