Room Service wins American Oaks with Perfect Trip

Room Service wins American Oaks with Perfect Trip: Room Service won the $350,000 American Oaks at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, May 31, 2014. The three-year-old filly teamed up with jockey Shaun Bridgmohan for the 1 ¼ mile turf race winning by 2 ½ lengths. Room Service proved herself once again by winning her third consecutive race at the 2014 American Oaks with a perfect trip.

Trainer Wayne Catalano reported after the 2014 American Oaks, “It’s always worth the trip when you win, and it’s super weather, anyway. I thought everything in the race was unfolding like I expected it to. Going a mile and a quarter, I didn’t think she’d get too far back. We were very happy to see the position she was in. When Shaun pulled the trigger and moved a little bit to get a jump on the horses, I thought it was a good move.”

Catalano added, “She’s mainly a grass horse, but she will handle synthetics pretty well. We’ll talk over plans for what’s next with Mr. and Mrs. West and make a decision. It was great to be in California with the Wests. The way it worked out, you couldn’t have written a better script . . . We came to Mr. West’s hometown and decided to win a race.”

Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan said, “We had a perfect trip; it really set up well for her style of running. We obviously wanted a little pace to run at and we got it. I happened to work her on the grass at Churchill and she’s got a great turn of foot on it. She showed that here today.”

Gary and Mary West, who bred and own Room Service, reside in Omaha, Nebraska.

American Oaks 2014 Results & Payouts:
8 Room Service and Shaun Bridgmohan $6.40 to Win, $3.60 to Place, $3.00 to Show
7 Diversy Harbor and Mike E. Smith $6.00 to Place, $4.20 to Show
3 Little Journey and Joe Bravo $4.00 to Show
Also ran: 6 – Tiz the Key , 2 – Nashoba’s Gold , 5 – Kissin Lucky Lips , 1 – Loan Savant , 4 – Sweet Bliss

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