There was some concern about how American Pharaoh would run Saturday at Oaklawn since he hadn’t raced in 5-1/2 months and was untested on a muddy track.
After a slightly rough start, he took the early lead and kept it, romping to a 6 length win in the $750,000 rebel stakes in Arkansas, and paying $2.80 to win. The Rob Baffert trained horse shares the spotlight with Bafferts other colt, Dortmund, as possible favorites in The Kentucky Derby.
