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  • Sophomore Fillies Sprint Seven Furlong in The Test

    8/8/2020  9    SAR      The Test (GI)         $400.000       3yoF          7f Dirt        122lbs Upstate NY and The Spa, we catch a VERY talented group of sophomore fillies for The Test (GI), and this seven furlong, main track… Read More ›

  • Salar de Uyuni Pulls Away to Take ALB Handicap

    8/1/2020  6   ALB      ALB Handicap  $200.000    3yo&Up    1  1/8m    Dirt          Hcp Weights (118-121) Don’t question his tactics… Mb Stables takes Salar de Uyuni, who had been sprinting on the turf of late, back to a two-turn main track race… Read More ›

  • Mb Stables Gets “Lucky” in Bowling Green

    8/1/2020  7   SAR      Bowling Green (GII)    $250.000    4yo&Up    1 3/8m  InTurf         123lbs Proving that you don’t every doubt the Mb Stbles Machine, Blame It On The Luck, sent off at 8/1 odds, stayed close to the early pace… Read More ›

  • Tactical Adds to His Lore, Takes The Whitney

    8/1/2020  10   SAR      The Whitney (GI)   [BC]      $875.000            4yo&Up               1  1/8m  Dirt            123lbs I don’t know if anyone has noticed but Tactical can run… never far from the pace in The Whitney (GI), he moved up to take… Read More ›

  • Will The “Sun” Rise in ALB Handicap?

    8/1/2020  6   ALB      ALB Handicap  $200.000    3yo&Up    1  1/8m    Dirt          Hcp Weights (118-121) We head out to New Mexico for some Hatch Chilies and a field of seven for the ALB Handicap, to be run at the classic mile… Read More ›

  • Hot Time At the Spa – The Whitney

    8/1/2020  10    SAR         The Whitney (GI)   [BC]      $875.000            4yo&Up               1  1/8m  Dirt            123lbs When the hot summer settles in here in upstate NY, you know the big races and big horses will be around each… Read More ›

  • Ten to the Spa Turf in Bowling Green

    8/1/2020  7   SAR      Bowling Green (GII)    $250.000    4yo&Up    1 3/8m  InTurf         123lbs We catch a nice field of ten routing turf gents, and there’s a big purse on the line here in the Bowling Green (GII) to be… Read More ›

  • Jkk Racing Stables Is “Special” in The Baruch Handicap

    7/26/2020  8   SAR       The Baruch Handicap (GII)    $150.000                            3yo&Up                              1 1/16m InTurf                          Hcp Weights I sure didn’t get much right in this one…  sent off as the 1.40 favorite, Jkk Racing Stables’ Im Special ran an awkward race where… Read More ›

  • Rules Are Madness Puts On a Show in The Ballston

    7/25/2020    9          SAR       The Ballston (GII)             $300.000                4yo&Up F&M              1   1/16m   InTurf           123lbs Rules Are Madness is about as tough a filly as you could want and she proved it again Saturday as she sat mid-pack while… Read More ›

  • Team 7 Illusions “Wins Silly” in NYSS-Liberty

    7/23/2020  7  SAR      NY Stallion Series – Liberty            $100.000           3yo F  Foaled In NY            1 1/16m InTurf              122 +penalties Don’t ignore her, indeed!   Sent off as the rank outsider at 43/1, Team 7 Illusions’ Win Silly did just that…… Read More ›