Cowboy Cadillac showed his late kick to win the fourth race at Oaklawn Park Saturday afternoon in a race for $5,000 claimers. The one mile event was for horses winless in the last three months. The chestnut gelding began to advance approaching the quarter pole and was 2 lengths behind the early pacesetter with a 1/16 of a mile to go. Cowboy Cadillac ran on to win by more than a length. Veteran rider Jon Court lost his whip during the procession but it made no difference as the 7 year old earned his tenth career victory. Sired by the obscure stallion Booklet, the Al Gates trainee recorded his third lifetime win in Hot Springs and broke the $100,000 career earnings barrier. Owned by Eugenia Thompson, Cowboy Cadillac has finished in the money 22 times from 54 career starts.
-Art Parker
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