Sports
Trainer Bob Baffert went into Saturday’s two divisions of the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas with the top two favorites to win the Kentucky Derby.
March 16, 2019
This year’s topsy-turvy Kentucky Derby picture will give bettors something more to think about Saturday with the running of the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas.
March 17, 2017
Tarascon, whose only loss this year was to unbeaten Mister Frisky, is the early favorite for the $100,000 Rebel Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
March 29, 1990
Pine Bluff, ridden by Jerry Bailey, scored a 2 1/2-length victory over Desert Force in the $125,000 Rebel Stakes for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.
March 29, 1992
The Oaklawn Jockey Club is offering a $1 million bonus to any 3-year-old thoroughbred that can sweep the 1986 Rebel stakes and Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park and go on to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Nov. 24, 1985
World & Nation
The Sudanese government is quietly escalating oil exploration inside the Darfur region, a step that has led to protests from rebel leaders in a volatile area where more than 200,000 people have been killed during three years of fighting.
March 3, 2007
Bomb blasts hit two Australian companies, and a suspected leftist rebel was killed when a bomb he was carrying exploded, police said Thursday.
Nov. 24, 1989
Quintana, claimed two months ago for $50,000, circled horses on the far turn and then outraced Corporate Report to win the $100,000 Rebel Stakes on Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
March 31, 1991
The Triple Crown chase could tighten considerably if Dogwood Stable’s Summer Squall is capable of recapturing the form with which he won all five of his 2-year-old races in Saturday’s $500,000 Jim Beam Stakes at Turfway Park and Tarascon maintains his form in Arkansas.
March 30, 1990
As Indicated kept his Kentucky Derby hopes alive by winning the $200,000 Gotham Stakes by a neck Saturday at Aqueduct in New York.
April 4, 1993