$150,000 American Beauty Stakes

WHERE Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Hot Springs

WHEN Today, post time scheduled for 4:40 p.m.

WHAT 6 furlongs for fillies and mares 4 years old and up

Rick Lee’s selections and analysis,

1 Purse $24,000, 5 1/2 furlongs, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, claiming $10,000

**SCARLET POSITION dominated $8,500 rivals in her last race at Hawthorne. She possesses good early speed, and she is training smartly since arriving at Oaklawn.

SKAMANIA is taking a significant drop for winning connections, and she figures to appreciate the abbreviated sprint distance.

SHAHARAZAD defeated starter allowance rivals last month at Remington, and the versatile mare knows how to win races.

2 Purse $41,000, 6 furlongs, 3-yearolds, maiden claiming $50,000

**FIVE DREAMS lost a late lead in a narrow defeat just two races back at Churchill. He is dropping in class and being treated with Lasix after a disappointing race on a synthetic surface at Turfway. JUNESANDRA rallied to second in both starts this winter at Remington, and he is dropping into a maiden-claiming race for the first time. WAYAKIN possesses good early speed, and the Mike Maker trainee has an excuse for dull performances in his last two.

3 Purse $50,000, 1 1/16 miles, 4-year-olds and up, claiming $50,000

**LAUGHING FOX is a local stake winner who needed his race at Fair Grounds after a nine-month vacation. He is taking a big drop in class, and he drew an advantageous two-turn post position. CARIBBEAN proved determined defeating second-level allowance rivals at Remington, and he is likely the one to catch if sent away from the gate by David Cohen. RATED R SUPERSTAR is a classy veteran with earnings of better than $850K, and he is back on a preferred surface after two races at Turfway Park.

4 Purse $29,000, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, starter allowance

**ITS COLD IN DEHERE is only a photo-finish loss away from having won three consecutive races on dirt, and she is dropping in class after a second-place finish at Turfway. KEEP YOUR DISTANCE has forced or set the pace in three consecutive in-themoney finishes while competing at Churchill and Keeneland. She is also a 15-time winner who likes a wet track. PRETTY BRITCHES won an unusually fast $12,500 race just two back at Remington, and she ships from Delta after a solid fourth-place stake finish.

6 Purse $84,000, 6 furlongs, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, Arkansas-bred, allowance

*OOCHIE has not raced in 11 months, but she did win her career debut in 2019 at Oaklawn. Winning trainer Sarah Delaney has her working smartly at Delta Downs. THE MARY

ROSE has been on the sidelines since May, but she was a maiden winner and finished second in the 2020 Rainbow Miss. She is also racing for high percentage trainer Brad Cox for the first time. BETTYANN has won two of her three races at Oaklawn, and she recorded a swift local breeze Jan. 16 after a good campaign this fall out east.

7 Purse $41,000, 6 furlongs, fillies, 3-year-olds, maiden claiming $50,000

**RIGHT TRAPPE raced competitively in both starts as a juvenile filly at Churchill, and she is treated with Lasix for the first time. Moreover, trainer Steve Hobby has won with four of his last five claims. SHES GOT

IT finished with energy in a second-place debut at Churchill, and she had a swift wettrack breeze Jan. 24. DREAM PRINCESS finished second in a maiden allowance sprint at Indiana, and the Brad Cox trainee is dropping into a maiden-claiming race for the first time.

9 Purse $84,000, 6 furlongs, 4-yearolds and up, allowance

***IMPOSSIBLE TASK defeated a nice colt (Tizamagician) while breaking his maiden last winter at Del Mar. Based on his works since September, he is returning to the races stronger and faster as a 4-year-old.

BACKSHOT finished second while nearly 8 lengths clear of the third-place finisher at Churchill. He owns competitive Beyer figures and likes a wet track. AMERICAN

MANDATE ships from Kentucky after consecutive tough-luck defeats as a post-time favorite. He has the talent but appears to lack a willingness to win.

Exotic possibilities

The fifth race offers a daily double, and I recommend pairing Joy’s Rocket and Coach with Oochie and The Mary Rose in the sixth. The seventh race begins a Pick-3, and Dream Princess, Right Trappe and Shes Got It are must-use fillies. Frank’s Rockette is a single for me in the eighth. The ninth has contention, but I really like Impossible Task. I’ll add Backshot due to his wet-track ability.