The Grade 1, $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap on April 13 at Oaklawn Park drew a field of nine fillies and mares with combined career earnings of more than $7 million. Leading the field is a pair of Grade 1 stakes winners in Wet Paint and Adare Manor.
Wet Paint won the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks last summer and returns from a five-month layoff following an eighth-place finish in the Grade 1 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Adare Manor won the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes last summer and was recently second in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile Stakes. Honor D Lady is no slouch as the 4-year-old enters this race off a strong win in the Grade 3 Royal Delta Stakes in February. Taxed won the Grade 2 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes last May and recently returned from a six-month layoff to win a sprint, prepping for this race. Misty Veil and Bellamore just finished second and third, respectively, in the Grade 2 Azeri…
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