AT THE POST

DAY 6 OF 57

SUNDAY’S ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE 2,750 SUNDAY’S ON-TRACK HANDLE $287,657 SUNDAY’S OFF-TRACK HANDLE $2,629,517 SUNDAY’S TOTAL HANDLE $2,917,174

TODAY’S SIMULCAST SCHEDULE Aqueduct, 11:25 a.m.; Gulfstream Park, 11:35 a.m.; Fair Grounds, 1 p.m.; Golden Gate, 2:45 p.m.; Santa Anita, 3 p.m.; Penn National, 5 p.m.; Turfway Park, 5:15 p.m.; Delta Downs, 5:40 p.m; Charles Town, 6 p.m.; Gulf (greyhounds), 6 p.m.

MILESTONE FOR MOQUETT

Zaevion represented the 200th career Oaklawn victory for trainer Ron Moquett of Hot Springs in Sunday’s fourth race, a $40,000 maiden-claiming sprint for 3-year-olds and upward. Moquett, 46, saddled his first Oaklawn winner in 1999, according to Equibase, racing’s official data gathering organization, a year after starting his first horse in Hot Springs.

The trainer has started 1,766 horses at Oaklawn, with those runners totaling $7,559,183 in purse earnings. Moquett has 11 stakes victories at Oaklawn, including three last year — Whitmore in the $125,000 Hot Springs and $400,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap and Rockshaw in the $125,000 Gazebo.

In 2015, Moquett also won the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn and $300,000 Southwest Stakes with Far Right, who would later finish second to future Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in the $1 million Arkansas Derby.

Moquett has 646 career victories since his first in 1998. His 500th career victory came Feb. 6, 2015, at Oaklawn with Heykittykittykitty.

Zaevion ($8) was ridden by Richard Eramia and is owned by Moquett’s Southern Springs Stables.

CLAIM GAME

Robertino Diodoro said before the meet that he would be active at the claim box, and Oaklawn’s second-leading trainer last year has been just that through the first six days of racing in 2018.

Diodoro has claimed a meet-high six horses — all for Texas-based Mike Sisk’s

M and M Racing, which leads in starts (18) and victories (3) and is second in purse earnings ($108,085) at the meeting.

“Definitely a claiming barn,” Diodoro said. “We have been building up for it, so we’ll see what happens.”

Diodoro has approximately 150 horses in training at four venues. He said he plans to spend more time this year at Oaklawn, where he has won 26 percent of his starts (65 of 252) since his first season in Hot Springs in 2015.

Information for this report was contributed by Oaklawn media department.

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