Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) winner Strong Mandate will start from post position eight when he makes his seasonal debut in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) on Monday at Oaklawn Park.
Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Strong Mandate has not run since finishing a strong third in the November 2nd Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) at Santa Anita, but has been training very well for his return, having recorded two consecutive bullet workouts during the last couple of weeks.
Other notable colts entered in this 8.5-furlong race include Tapiture, winner of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (gr. II) last November; Ride On Curlin, third in the Champagne Stakes (gr. I) behind Havana and Honor Code last year; Smarty Jones Stakes 1-2 finishers Tanzanite Cat and Walt; Remington Springboard Mile Stakes winner Louies Flower; and the unbeaten allowance winner Bourbonize.
Entries:
PP/Horse/Jockey/Trainer
1 Tapiture/Ricardo Santana, Jr./Steve Asmussen
2 Coastline/Shaun Bridgmohan/Mark Casse
3 Tanzanite Cat/Corey Nakatani/Cody Autrey (coupled entry)
4 Louies Flower/Luis Quinonez/Bret Calhoun
5 Kendall's Boy/Leandro Goncalves/Tom Amoss
6 Paganol/Norberto Arroyo, Jr./Cody Autrey (coupled entry)
7 Walt/Ken Tohill/Chris Hartman
8 Strong Mandate/Joel Rosario/D. Wayne Lukas
9 Ride On Curlin/Calvin Borel/William Gowan
10 Son of Dixie/M. Clifton Berry/Bret Calhoun
11 Fire Starter/Robby Albarado/Steve Hobby
12 Bourbonize/Ramon Vazquez/Kellyn Gorder
-Keelerman
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