HOT SPRINGS, Ark.
Arienza has raced twice since the last Oaklawn. He finished eighth as the favorite in the eighth grade 3 Belles at Churchill Downs on May 6, and second in the fifth level of allowance of slop, also in Churchill, on November 3.
Arienza has since been working sharply at Oaklawn, where a year ago she won her maiden by 2 1/2 lengths of 6 March, earned a career-high Beyer speed figure of 90 to win the first stage of the March level. He went on to run the two leading candidates for the Kentucky Oaks victory in fun fantasy.