Cazadero leads Gazebo field
At 4h08, on March 20, 2021 • By OAKLAWN PARK
Cazadero is the 9-5 program favorite for the $150,000 Gazebo Stakes for 3-year-old sprinters Saturday at Oaklawn. The 6-furlong Gazebo is the 10th race. Racing begins Saturday at 2 p.m.
Cazadero, who races for his breeder, Stonestreet Farm, and Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, will be making his first start since finishing fifth as the favorite in the $150,000 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) Aug. 7 at Saratoga. Stablemate Jackie’s Warrior won the Saratoga Special and was runner-up in voting for an Eclipse Award as the country’s champion 2-year-old male.
In his first two starts, Cazadero was a front-running 8 ¾-length winner of his May 29 debut at Churchill Downs, then captured the $100,000 Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) by 4 ¾ lengths June 27 at Churchill Downs. A son of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense, Cazadero has been ridden in his three races by seven-time Oaklawn riding champion Ricardo Santana Jr.
Cazadero will be racing on Lasix for the first time Saturday.
