During that span against top company, Speed Bias has four runner-up finishes and finished third twice. Speed Bias has lost eight consecutive starts since a front-running 5 ½-length allowance race victory at 1 1/16 miles last January at Oaklawn. The seven-horse Tinsel field from the rail out: War Campaign (#1), Emmanuel Esquivel to ride, 125 pounds, 4-1 on the morning line Strong Quality (#2), Florent Geroux, 125, 5-2 Seize the Night (#3), Francisco Arrieta, 125, 9-2 Speed Bias (#4), Ramon Vazquez, 122, 3-1 Double Crown (#5), Ricardo Santana Jr., 122, 10-1 Ardanwood (#6), Chris Landeros, 122, 12-1 and Denington (#7), Julien Leparoux, 122, 5-1.
Probable post time for the nine-furlong Tinsel, the ninth of 10 races, is 4:14 p.m. The consistent Speed Bias (#4) has another chance to grab his first career stakes race victory Saturday in Oaklawn’s $200,000 Tinsel Stakes.
