Concert Tour and Hozier return to California after 1-2 Rebel finish
At 0h02, on March 15, 2021 • By Salle de nouvelles/Newsroom
Concert Tour and Hozier were to be flown back to their Southern California base Sunday, a day after finishing 1-2, respectively, in Oaklawn’s $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds, continuing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s stranglehold on the major Kentucky Derby prep race.
Both horses exited the 1 1/16-mile Rebel in good order, said Jimmy Barnes, Baffert’s main assistant before training hours Sunday morning outside the barn which house horses for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. Baffert’s horses normally ship into Lukas’ barn at Oaklawn.
Concert Tour remained unbeaten in three lifetime starts with a front-running 4 ¼-length victory under regular rider Joel Rosario. It was Baffert’s record-extending eighth Rebel victory and 16th in a Kentucky Derby prep race at Oaklawn – all since 2010.
