Rebel Stakes Handicapping Picks
Horse racing gamblers are you looking for 2022 Rebel Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping Odds…plus some predictions? Need some advice on who to take? The 2022 Rebel Stakes is set for February 26 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Here’s a preview of our top contenders.
Rebel Stakes Preview
- Race: Rebel Stakes
- Purse: $1 million
- Track: Oaklawn Park
- Date: February 26
- Post Time: 6:22 PM (ET)
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2022 Rebel Stakes Handicapping
A spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate could await the winner of the (G2) Rebel Stakes on Saturday, as the race awards Derby qualifying points on a 50-20-10-5 scale. In years past, somewhere around 40 points has been enough to get in, so the winner here could be punching his ticket to run for the roses.
Run at 1 1/16 miles on the Oaklawn dirt, the 2022 Rebel features five horses that went head-to-head in last month’s (G3) Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn and finished in the top five spots in that event.
Odds listed here are provided by the Oaklawn track handicapper.
2022 Rebel Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Newgrange Race Odds: 9-5
Undefeated in three lifetime starts, Newgrange comes in as the winner of the previously mentioned Southwest Stakes. After breaking well from the gate he was able to establish a good stalking position behind the two front-runners, went wide off the final turn and was able to grind them down in the stretch to win by 1 1/2 lengths.
Prior to that he was the winner of the (G3) Sham Stakes at Santa Anita with a wire-to-wire score after breaking his maiden at first asking at Del Mar.
Trainer Bob Baffert has won the Rebel a record eight times. Veteran jockey John Velazquez goes for his first.
2022 Rebel Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Barber Road Race Odds: 9-2
The second-place finisher in the Southwest, that race marked the third straight time Barber Road finished in the runner-up spot with the last two of those coming at Oaklawn Park.
In the Southwest he broke at the very back of the pack and started to make some headway after the first six furlongs. He was forced to go five wide as they turned into the stretch before making his charge down the centre of the track to get up for the place money.
John Ortiz trains, Reylu Gutierrez will be in the irons.
2022 Rebel Stakes Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Chasing Time Race Odds: 8-1
While he will be making his stakes racing debut, Chasing Time has had very good results lately in the maiden special weight and allowance ranks while posting speed figures that make him competitive in this field.
He picked up his second lifetime win in five starts last out by an eye-catching 7 3/4 lengths going one mile on the Oaklawn dirt. Prior to that he was second on a muddy Oaklawn track at six furlongs. He seems to be able to handle the track, now he needs to handle the added distance.
Trainer Steve Asmussen is a four-time winner of the Rebel. Jockey Tyler Gaffalione gets the call.
2022 Rebel Stakes Free Pick & Handicapping: Dash Attack Race Odds: 8-1
Although he showed little last out in the Southwest when finishing fifth, there’s rain in the forecast at Oaklawn Saturday, and that could prove to be of benefit to Dash Attack.
Two starts back he won the Smarty Jones Stakes – with Barber Road running second – on a sloppy Oaklawn surface, and prior to that he scored his maiden win at Oaklawn on a track rated as good.
Kenny McPeek trains, David Cohen will be in the irons.
Here’s My 2022 Rebel Stakes Free Pick.
While the morning line odds indicate the horses coming out of the Southwest Stakes are the ones to beat here, I wasn’t particularly impressed with that race. In particular I thought Newgrange had to work way too hard to get by a 13-1 pacesetter at the top of the stretch and I think he’s vulnerable for the upset here.
I’m going to take a bit of a shot with Chasing Time, who incidentally is a half-brother to Epicenter, who currently sits on top of the Derby qualifying leaderboard. Track conditions may play a factor here, and I’ll look for a way to use Dash Attack and his two-for-two record on off tracks at Oaklawn as well.
Full Field: Rebel Stakes Odds
(By post position)
- #1 – Kavod 12-1
- #2 – Newgrange 9-5
- #3 – Cairama 15-1
- #4 – Un Ojo 12-1
- #5 – Texas Red Hot 12-1
- #6 – Stellar Tap 10-1
- #7 – Ben Diesel 6-1
- #8 – Chasing Time 8-1
- #9 – Barber Road 9-2
- #10 – Ethereal Road 12-1
- #11 – Dash Attack 8-1
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