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Fairly Lucky Looks Fairly Talented Taking Affirmed at SA
6/13/21 2 SA Affirmed Stakes (GIII) $100.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs +penalties The machine that is Mb Stables just keeps on rolling as post-time favorite Fairly Lucky took Sunday’s Affirmed Stakes (GIII) at SA, winning by a length… Read More ›
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Kings Poker Rules in Sir Barton Stakes
6/13/21 5 WO Sir Barton Stakes $150.000 3yo Foaled In ON 1 1/16m Turf 123lbs +penalties Get in front, improve position from there… my dad used to say it all of the time and Wood Duck Stables’ Kings Poker… Read More ›
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Sir Barton Stakes Brings Six Sophomores to WO Sod
6/13/21 5 WO Sir Barton Stakes $150.000 3yo Foaled In ON 1 1/16m Turf 123lbs +penalties A nice group of ON-bred Sophomores will be headed to the WO turf course on Sunday as well at the field for the… Read More ›
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Ten Sophomores to Gate in Affirmed Stakes at SA
6/13/21 2 SA Affirmed Stakes (GIII) $100.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs +penalties Sunday Stakes in the SA sun… and Sophomores going at it. We look at the field for the Affirmed Stakes (GIII) going a mile and a… Read More ›
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So Profound Repeats in The Metropolitan Handicap
06/05/2021 9 BEL The Metropolitan Handicap (GI) [BC]$500.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt Handicap Weights The great Alpha Ultimo won The Metropolitan Hcp (GI) three times in his career… now, So Profound, owned by Asgar, has the chance to match… Read More ›
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Z Command Adds to Her Legacy, Takes 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 I really didn’t think La Marseillaise would get beat today… Smokey told me I was dead wrong. Z Command, owned by Smokey Stover,… Read More ›
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Sundress Pulls Away Late to Take Acorn
06/05/2021 7 BEL The Acorn (GI)$500.000 3yoF 1m Dirt 122 lbs This one didn’t go the way I thought it would, but there was no doubt that Our Athletes’ Sundress was set to run a big race, and… Read More ›
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2021 BEL Chart
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Friday BEL Recap
6/4/21 FRIDAY BEL RECAP 2 BEL The True North (GII)$300.000 4yo&Up 6 1/2f Dirt 123lbs Gdp Inc should get a ton of credit for this one… in a time where horses are retired (or worse) without concern, this barn… Read More ›
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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 ›