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BMffiLSw CnKpWr -sis ~ "~ - a Oil Capitol Returns to Competition OIL CAPITOL — The 1950 Flamingo winner returns to competition today in the * Reigh Count Purse at Churchill Downs. a * THas Inseparable As Running Mate Trotsek-Trained Pair Seen Strong Choice at Downs; Have Only Four Opponents CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 10. — Oil Capitol, stakes-winning four-year-old son of Mahmoud and Never Again, U., who races for the partnership of Thomas Gray and Harry Trotsek, is scheduled to make his 1951 debut here tomorrow in the six-furlong Reigh Count Purse. Oil Capitol, favored for the 1950 Kentucky Derby, is to race coupled in the Friday dash with Hasty House Farms Inseparable, who also is to make his initial appearance of the year. Under the conditions of the headliner, Oil Capitol and Inseparable each must shoulder 120 pounds. While the Trotsek-trained entry will rule strong choice for major honors in the Reigh Count, some rather sturdy opposition is in store for the favorites. Mrs. Leo Wagners Nickey W., 112; M. P. Lyons Torch Sickle, 112; James C. Ellis Teapoy, 112, and Brown Hotel Stables Grass Fire, 102 pounds, the only three-year-old entered in the sprint, are capable performers and each has a chance to score an upset with a top effort. Jockey Kenneth Church, who is affiliated with the Trotsek public stable, will, of course, accept the mount on Oil Capitol j] while Robert Lee Baird drew the mount on the hard-hitting Inseparable. Jess Higley is to guide Torch Sickle, and j El vie Hust will be up on Teapoy. No riders were named today for Nickey W. and , Grass Fire but it is quite likely that Jerry West will get the saddle assignment on the Brown i Hotel sophomore. Last [ Raced November 4 Oil Capitol hasnt been to the races since j he finished third last November 4 in the ] Empire City Handicap and his slated return t to active competition has created quite £ a stir in local racing circles. Oil Capitol ■, was a good stake winner last year, achieving j triumphs in the Everglades Handicap, the Flamingo Stakes and the Equipoise j Mile. He also finished second to Mr. ■; Trouble in Keenelands Blue Grass Stakes, t but was unplaced in the Derby. Inseparable, six-year-old gelded son of Unbreakable and Fairday, is no stranger to Churchill Downs patrons. The Hasty House ] Farm star captured the 1949 Louisville ] Handicap, defeating Brownian, Mount i Marcy and other speedy ones in that nine-furlong j stake. During his five-year-old c campaign, he won Arlington Parks Stars j and Stripes Handicap, the Washington I Park Handicap, and the Thomas K. Lynch I Handicap at Bowie. Torch Sickle visited the winners ring on t two occasions during 1950, but the class of c his rivals was such that he may find the g going in the Reigh Count a bit rough. Nickey i W. and Teapoy have raced well over the t Downs strip, but they also would have to t show improved form to* seriously endanger c the choices. Grass Fire won three straight purses in I Florida during the winter, annexing the 1 Tropical Purse and two other overnight events. e The sophomore gelded son of Fire-thorn t and Hattie Kat has trained satisfactorily f since returning to Kentucky and he 1 is expected to give a sharp account of himself r tomorrow. Best supporting number on the Friday c card is the Seven Hearts Purse, mile and a s sixteenth for three-year-olds. Brown Hotel £ Stables The Gink probably will be the favorite in the middle-distance test over "V Wathen Knebelkamps Refun, K. G. Marshalls s Coynes Edgar, Edward G. Axtons The 1 Ghizeh and M. B. Peatlings Lucky I Pete, victor in his last local outing.
