Mazucambera won the $50,000 Dixie Belle for 3-year-old fillies Saturday on the opening day of Oaklawn Park's 56-day season.
After snow postponed the scheduled opener Friday, Oaklawn attracted a crowd of 20,176 fans and had a handle of $1,469,855 for the nine-race card.
''It was a great opening day considering where we were 48 hours ago,'' Oaklawn official David Longinotti said. ''Thursday afternoon, it didn't look like we would be able to race. ... People came out. There might be cabin fever in the area, people wanting to get out of the house and do something after being shut in all week.''
Mazucambera beat Roma Jean by three-quarters of a length, running 6 furlongs in 1:13.61. Ridden by Alex Birzer, Mazucambera paid $34, $11.40 and $6.80. Roma Jean returned $13.40 and $5.80, and Put and Take paid $4.40 to show. Martin Rouck trains Mazucambera for Indiana owners Elliott and Sue Phillips.
