Oaklawn Features Local Fillies

The $200,000 Fantasy Stakes, which will be run for the 32nd time today at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will feature three 3-year-old fillies who last raced in California.

The best of the bunch is House Of Fortune. A California-bred daughter of Free House trained by Ron Mc- Anally for owner Arnold Zetcher, she has won four of seven, most recently the $77,000 California Oaks on March 6 at Golden Gate Fields.

Alex Solis will ride and she will break from the rail in the 1 1/16-mile Fantasy.

The two other shippers from here are Elusive Diva, who has won two of three for trainer Mark Glatt, and longshot Stellar Jayne, who finished fifth in the Santa Anita Oaks on March 13 for trainer Wayne Lukas.

Miss Coronado, trained by Bobby Frankel, broke her maiden at Santa Anita on Jan. 4, before shipping to Florida and scoring an 8-1 surprise in the Davona Dale on Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park. She is a prime contender.

Race of the day: Expresso Bay, who has won 10 of 34, is the one to catch in today’s sixth, a $62,500 claimer at a mile on the turf, at Santa Anita. The race is part of a card with a special twilight post of 3 p.m.

One for the road: Saratoga Sugar is a first-time starter by Gone West who is meeting a less-than-stellar field in her career debut in Keeneland’s fifth, a $50,000 maiden affair at about seven furlongs. The 3-year-old trained well at Santa Anita before shipping to Kentucky.

Exotically speaking: A pick four using Expresso Bay in the sixth, Steel Cutlass and Areyoutalkintome in the seventh, The Dempsey Look, Hawa Mahal and Autumn Accent in the eighth and Bashfull Bull, Dashing Cat and Trick Of Time in the ninth.

Winners: Previous day/meet total: 4/227. Money: Previous day/meet total: $15.20/$1,209.80. Total money bet: $1,306.