Lone Rock won allowance races at 1 1/16 and 1 ½ miles during the 2021 Oaklawn meeting and is under consideration for its inaugural $200,000 Tinsel Stakes Dec. Lone Rock recently arrived at Oaklawn after setting a 1 5/8-mile track record in winning the $250,000 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes (G2) Nov. Still trying to gather up a few more for the meet.”ĭiodoro’s unquestioned stable star is multiple Grade 2 winner and millionaire Lone Rock, a 6-year-old Majestic Warrior gelding who has flourished at marathon distances. “Hopefully, once we get a little close to running, hopefully, some of them show enough promise to run maiden special weights. “I think we’ve got a few more maidens this year, which is always good to have,” Diodoro said. Diodoro broke through in 2020, a year after helping his major client, M and M Racing (Mike and Mickala Sisk), establish a single-season Oaklawn record for owners with 61 victories.ĭiodoro returns to Hot Springs with a full barn (40 horses) in hopes of unseating Asmussen, North America’s all-time winningest trainer and the second-winningest trainer in Oaklawn history. The trainers have finished 1-2 in the standings at every Oaklawn meeting since 2017, with Asmussen claiming the title in 2017, 2018, 20, which marked his record-tying 11 th overall. Big Red (the stable colors of Robertino Diodoro). The Oaklawn trainer’s race annually boils down to Big Blue (the stable colors of Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen) vs.

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