Oaklawn Park puts on a stakes double Saturday with the Grade 3, $200,000 Honeybee a points race for the Kentucky Oaks and the $150,000 Hot Springs serving as the first start of the year for Grade 1 winner Whitmore. 

It is a rainy morning in Hot Springs, Ark., where Oaklawn put out a notice that morning training was being suspended due to lightning, with the situation to be evaluated an hour after the announcement. The forecast calls for thunderstorms on and off through about 3 p.m. Central, then cloudy skies from there, with temperatures in the low 70s throughout the day, according to AccuWeather.

UPDATE: Oaklawn announced at 10 a.m. that its track would be reopened for training at 10:30, with the session to last through 11:15. First post is 1 p.m. Central.

For entries for the card, as well as scratches when available and comments on each horse on the program: https://www.drf.com/race-entries/track/OP/country/USA/date/03-09-2019

DRF Bets: www.drf.com/bets

Trainer Ron Moquett talks return of Whitmore, plus Asmussen on the promising Share the Upside: https://www.drf.com/track-news/top-news/whitmore-starting-year-in-familiar-spot-458739

Trainer Mark Casse talks pair in Honeybee, plus Lukas on the promising Ultimate Mo: https://www.drf.com/track-news/top-news/power-gal-faces-new-opponents-in-honeybee-stakes-458742

Jockey David Cohen talks current meet, riding for Casse and plans after Oaklawn: https://www.drf.com/track-news/top-news/relationships-help-drive-cohens-success-at-oaklawn-458647

Looking ahead to Rebel Day next Saturday at Oaklawn: https://www.drf.com/track-news/top-news/rebel-stakes-could-split-into-two-divisions-458818

Plus talk on the Azeri: https://classic.drf.com/news/azeri-could-draw-additional-entrants-if-santa-anita-stays-dark

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