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CA-Bred Fillies Battle In Melair Stakes
May 26, 2015 A huge stakes program dedicated to CA-breds has been assembled on Saturday afternoon at SA and the Melair Stakes is one of the highlights, with five talented three-year-old fillies signed on to travel 1 1/16 miles on… Read More ›
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Grade I Winners Clash In AP Matron
May 26, 2016 Despite the fact that AP is falling off the radar as a major horse racing locale, the Grade III AP Matron still ranks as an important race in the Distaff division and five solid fillies will take… Read More ›
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Ned Isakoff Rebounds In PRK, Water Mummy Off The Board
May 23, 2016 The second jewel of the TC came to fruition at PIM on Saturday afternoon and after some controversy regarding the weather, fast conditions greeted the full field of 14 going 1 3/16 miles with Water Mummy looking… Read More ›
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Water Mummy Looks To Make History in PRK
May 18, 2016 I had the extreme pleasure of covering the Grade I PRK way back in 2010, when racing at HRP was much different and horses failed much bigger challenges than whether they could handle the track, or the… Read More ›
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Moon Landing Out Of This World in CD
May 10, 2016 The Grade II CD featured some of the best sprinters at HRP including the defending BC Sprint champion, the defending CD champion from 2015 and a bevy of Grade I winners throughout the years and as… Read More ›
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Lunar Blaze Rides The Rail in Day Mile Stakes
May 10, 2016 There were lots of different ways the Grade III Day Mile Stakes could have gone but as a start to the KYD stakes program, it was only fitting that the winner came up the rail from post… Read More ›
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Distant Cousin All Class in Humana Distaff
May 9, 2016 In 2012, a little known filly named Avery Island took the Grade I Humana Distaff in a stakes record time and by year end, she had won seven of eight starts and been named Horse Of The… Read More ›
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Through The Tulips Smells Good in Day Mile
Now named the Day Mile Stakes in honour of Hall Of Fame jockey Pat Day, the previously named Derby Trial Stakes was one of the signature stepping stones for TC horses who did not make it to the KYD; now,… Read More ›
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Best F&M Sprinters Do Battle In Humana Distaff
May 4, 2016 It is really hard to put into words how important the first Friday and Saturday in May are for the horse racing world, both in the United States and around the world, and for the top F&M… Read More ›
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CD Offers So Many Options
May 4, 2016 Although it only carries at Grade II status, the CD is still one of the premier sprinting events for males in North America and its position on the KYD undercard means that the best of the division… Read More ›
