Saturday April 20 Oaklawn Park Points Picks go here

[JolyB]

This Saturday we will be playing Races 3 through 12 at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a card that includes the Oaklawn Handicap, the Bath House Row Stakes* and the Valley of the Vapors Stakes**.

Please have your selections for the points contest posted on this thread not later than 1:10 PM Central time, the scheduled post time for race 3.

Good luck to all and thank you to Digger for scoring.

N.B. - I've always been intrigued by the names given to some stakes races and wonder about their derivation. For those of you who might be interested (sorry, Cal, you probably hear this stuff every day):

* Bath House Row is a National Historic Landmark District and a major part of the Hot Springs National Park. Hot Springs became famous as a spa in the 19th century as many came to seek treatment in its therapeutic waters. A central water system was created to collect and distribute the thermal waters to a number of elegant bathhouses built along a grand promenade.

**The Valley of the Vapors emits steam from the natural hot springs around which the city grew. The water bubbles up from these springs at an average temp of 143 degrees farenheit and is piped to Bath House Row. It is also the site of an independent music festival that takes place every March.