Vino Rosso's Bottle of Rouge Takes Down Sunland Park Oaks

Vino Rosso's Bottle of Rouge Takes Down Sunland Park Oaks

Jill Baffert's Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso), the 2-5 favorite, survived a steward's inquiry to secure 20 qualifying points to the GI Kentucky Oaks with her victory in the Sunland Park Oaks Sunday evening in New Mexico. Winner of last year's GI Del Mar Debutante, Bouttle of Rouge was making her first start since finishing sixth in the Oct. 31 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar. The gray filly stalked the pace three wide as Cashed (I'll …

Bottle of Rouge earns Oaks points in Sunland Park Oaks win

Betting favorite Bottle of Rouge seized the lead at the three-quarter pole and pulled away to a convincing victory Sunday in the $250,000 Sunland Park Oaks at Sunland Park, earning 20 points on the road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Juan Hernandez rode the winner for trainer Bob Baffert in the one-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, which awarded 20-10-6-4-2 Kentucky Oaks qualifying points to the top five finishers. Cashed (4-1), ridden by Edwin Mald…