Horse Racing News by Brisnet

The Rebel undercard at Oaklawn Park on Saturday features a pair of solid races for older horses, the Grade 2, $200,000 Azeri for fillies and mares and the Grade 3, $200,000 Razorback Handicap, both at 1 1/16 miles.

The first in a potential series of rubber matches between Tapiture and Strong Mandate is set to occur Saturday in the Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park, a 1 1/16-mile prep for $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 12.

Making only his second start since a thrilling, last-jump victory in the Metropolitan Handicap on Memorial Day, Sahara Sky rallied from near the back in the final quarter-mile to capture the Grade 2, $251,250 San Carlos at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Stabled at Los Alamitos, a hotbed of Quarter Horse-style speed for decades, the three-year-old California Chrome demonstrated his own Thoroughbred twist on early flash with an electric score in the Grade 2, $300,500 San Felipe at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe at Santa Anita lost its 8-5 morning line favorite when Bayern was scratched Thursday with a bruised hoof.

Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man made a cameo appearance during live racing at Santa Anita Sunday, working five furlongs in 1:01 ⅖ between the 4th and 5th races in preparation for Saturday's Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap.

Kaleem Shah Inc.'s Awesome Baby has proven to be a horse of a different color this season, wiring the Santa Ynez in her three-year-old debut on January 4 and duplicating that effort Saturday with a 2 3/4-length victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ysabe

Stonestreet Stables LLC's homebred Teen Pauline moved up to take command soon after the gates opened on Saturday's Grade 2, $196,000 Top Flight Handicap at Aqueduct, and never looked back en route to a 2 ½-length win.

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC's Untapable threw in a subpar eighth two starts back in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, then finished a one-paced third in the Hollywood Starlet over Hollywood Park's Cushion Track on December 7.

Onlyforyou remain undefeated from four career starts with a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Davona Dale at Gulfstream Park.