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CA-Bred Sophomore Fillies Do Battle for Nice Purse in Bison City Stakes at WO
8/28/21 2 WO Bison City Stakes $250.000 3yoF 1 1/16m Dirt 123lbs Up to WO we go for the Bison City Stakes and a nice purse for the CA-bred sophomore fillies. The mile and a sixteenth distance seems… Read More ›
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Can Anyone Beat HOTH in The Travers?
8/28/21 11 SAR The Travers (GI) $1,250.000 3yo 1 1/4m Dirt 122lbs You know summer is coming to a close when it’s time for The Travers (GI) and the big race is upon us… we get a nice… Read More ›
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Friday Night Stakes Action at CT Brings Classy Field for CT Oaks
8/27/21 6 CT CT Oaks (GIII) $400.000 3yo F 7f Dirt 119lbs Up to the eastern panhandle of WV and where I cut my teeth on the horse racing thing, and we look at the field for the… Read More ›
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Cold Weather Rider Warms Up the Day for Night Rider Stables, Takes Highlander
8/22/21 4 WO Highlander (GI) $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Turf 3yo 119 lbs Older 123 lbs We knew the Highlander (GI) would be about speed, but a late closing kick was actually the ticket to the win. Cold Weather Rider,… Read More ›
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Here Z Comes Nails Win On Wire, Takes Dance Smartly at WO
8/22/21 3 WO Dance Smartly Stakes (GII) $175.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 1/4m Turf 3yo 119 lbs Older 123 lbs +penalties This weekend was about as big as it gets here in Toronto, and it took a photograph to separate… Read More ›
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Graveyard Uses Killer Lane Move to Take Pacific Classic
8/21/21 11 DMR Pacific Classic (GI) [BC] $1,000.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt 3yo 120 lbs Older 124 lbs Using a relentless closing kick down the home stretch, Mb Stables’ Graveyard split horses at the top of the… Read More ›
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Seven Turf Females Set for Dance Smartly Stakes at WO
8/22/21 3 WO Dance Smartly Stakes (GII) $175.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 1/4m Turf 3yo 119 lbs Older 123 lbs +penalties Some great racing at WO on Sunday and we catch a fine field of seven females set to go… Read More ›
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Turf Sprint Action Should Be Hot in Highlander at WO
8/22/21 4 WO Highlander (GI) $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Turf 3yo 119 lbs Older 123 lbs We go north of the border on Sunday and look at the sod sprinters that will be going for a nice purse in the… Read More ›
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Pacific Classic Brings Great Field to DMR
8/21/21 11 DMR Pacific Classic (GI) [BC] $1,000.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt 3yo 120 lbs Older 124 lbs You know my line… big races, big purses, big horses, and the Pacific Classic (GI) checks all of the boxes. We… Read More ›
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Uranus Runs Rings Around Them in ELP Juvenile
8/15/21 6 ELP ELP Juvenile $125.000 2yo 7f Dirt 120lbs +penalties Smokey Stover flexed his 2yo muscle here at ELP, taking both the Juv and the Debutante, and Uranus was in another universe, stalking the pace, then kicking clear… Read More ›