McPeek well represented by the fillies at Oaklawn
At 0h03, on March 6, 2021 • By OAKLAWN PARK
It’s all about the girls the next two weekends at Oaklawn for trainer Kenny McPeek, who is scheduled to send out Tabor Hall and Oliviaofthedesert in Saturday’s $300,000 Honeybee Stakes for 3-year-old fillies and Envoutante in the $350,000 Azeri Stakes for older fillies and mares March 13.
The three horses were vanned from Florida, their winter base, arriving Wednesday. And McPeek said he could send another filly, a big-name filly, to Oaklawn before the meeting ends May 1 in Eclipse Award winner Swiss Skydiver.
Envoutante closed her 3-year-old campaign with dominant victories in the $100,000 Remington Park Oaks Sept. 27 at Remington Park and the $200,000 Falls City Stakes Nov. 26 at Churchill Downs.
McPeek said Brian Hernandez Jr. will have the mount in the 1 1/16-mile Azeri, the final major local prep for the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap April 17.
