Tyler Baze planning to ride at Oaklawn Park this winter

Jockey Tyler Baze plans to winter at the Oaklawn Park meet that opens Dec. 9, said Jay Fedor, the Midwest-based agent who will have his book at the Hot Springs, Ark., track. Fedor said Baze is scheduled to arrive in Arkansas on Nov. 29.

Baze is currently riding at Del Mar in Southern California.

“He loved it here when he was here a couple of years ago,” Fedor said. “He’s a top rider, a lot of background to him.”

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Baze, who long has been based in Southern California, had won 2,883 races from 21,642 mounts through Sunday, according to Daily Racing Form statistics. He’s won Grade 1 races with such horses as Blind Luck, Midshipman, Kela, Mea Domina, Diplomat Lady, Warren’s Veneda, and Star Over the Bay.

Fedor also represents Francisco Arrieta, who was the second-leading rider last season at Oaklawn, and Hannah Leahey, an apprentice in from Penn National who will be new to Oaklawn.

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