Wearin o’ the blue; trainer Cox, Godolphin in spotlight

March 24, 2024 at 4:03 a.m.

by Bob Wisener

First Mission finishes first in Saturday's The Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. (Photo courtesy of Coady Media)
First Mission finishes first in Saturday's The Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. (Photo courtesy of Coady Media)

Both Oaklawn stakes winners Saturday rode in stable silks colored like first-place ribbons at the county fair or actor Paul Newman's eyes.

Other horsemen may have been green with envy after Godolphin blue set the color scheme in the Grade 3 $600,000 Essex Handicap and $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes.

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