AS stakes races go, the $33,000 to the winner Classic Sprint Stakes over six furlongs at Will Rogers Downs is not one that strikes a chord with many. Run on Tuesday, the race is for horses bred in Oklahoma and it was won by the seven-year-old gelding Welder (The Visualiser) who was bred by Center Hills Farm.

This was Welder’s fifth start and fifth straight win in the race, and he won it will all the style and panache of a long odds-on shot. Owned by Ra-Max Farms, trained by Theresa Sue Luneack and partnered by David Cabrera, this win also pushed the gelding’s earnings past $1 million.