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Full Field, Open Affair For Metropolitan
06/05/2021 9 BEL The Metropolitan Handicap (GI) [BC]$500.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt Handicap Weights It will always be the Met Mile to me… but The Metropolitan Hcp (GI) [BC] is a big feather for anyone’s cap, and this is… Read More ›
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Ten Tough Ladies in The Phipps Stakes
06/05/2021 6 BEL The Phipps Stakes (GI) [BC]$500.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/16m Dirt 123 lbs Handicap Fillies and Mares will be headed post-ward on Saturday afternoon and we look at the field for The Phipps Stakes (GI) [BC]. … Read More ›
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Loaded Field is Set for The Acorn
06/05/2021 7 BEL The Acorn (GI)$500.000 3yoF 1m Dirt 122 lbs The sophomore fillies will be on display as we look at The Acorn (GI), a flat mile dirt stakes with a huge purse and you know what… Read More ›
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Proud Eights Draws Off in The Gamely Stakes
5/31/2021 4 SA The Gamely Stakes (GI) $300.000 3yo&Up 1 m Turf 124lbs Estero Farms and Proud Eights must have been tired of close finishes as the five year old mare made a mockery of The Gamely Stakes (GI)… Read More ›
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Ohtani Leads At Perfect Moment, On the Wire, Takes Shoemaker Mile
5/31/2021 3 SA Shoemaker Mile (GI) [BC]$300.000 3yo&Up 1 m Turf 124lbs The tote board was lit up a bit in the Shoemaker Mile (GI) as Sccj Stables’ Ohtani got the job done by a nose, being dismissed by… Read More ›
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Space Commander and Tactical DH in The Gold Cup at SA
5/31/2021 2 SA The Gold Cup (GI)$300.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt 124lbs We have a dead-heat in The Gold Cup (GI)… it seems to be the way around here right now. Regardless, the teletimer and photo showed that Space… Read More ›
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Bonus BEL Coverage – The True North, The Bed o Roses Handicap and The BEL Gold Cup
6/4/21 FRIDAY AT BEL 3 BEL The True North (GII)$300.000 4yo&Up 6 1/2f Dirt 123lbs Sprinters get the Friday Stakes card kicked off as we look at a field of ten set to go six and a half furlongs… Read More ›
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Dangerfield Demands Respect in Triple Bend Stakes Score
5/29/21 9 SA Triple Bend Stakes (GII) $200.000 4yo&Up 7f Dirt 123lbs +penalties The public seemed to be a bit confused when picking out a favorite in Saturday’s Triple Bend Stakes (GII), with a post time favorite of… Read More ›
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Mb Stable is “Proud” in Winn Win
5/29/21 9 CD Winn (GIII) $125.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs +penalties I guess this was the good part of the weekend from a handicapping standpoint, nailing both the winner and runner up… Proud Crown was sent off… Read More ›
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Cobra Man is Lethal in The Pennie Ridge
5/29/21 1 BEL The Pennie Ridge (GII) $200.000 3yo 1 1/8m InTurf 122lbs +penalties The late scratch of Evergreen certainly changed the complexion of the Pennie Ridge (GII) but Arindel’s Cobra Man didn’t care who did or didn’t… Read More ›