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• Gate is Full for Busher at AQU

  By Cozman on February 25, 2016

  RACE 2 AQU 2/27/2016  Post Time 12:40PM The Busher  [KYO] $125.000   3yoF    1  1/16m   Inner Dirt 1  The Big Hause  Diablo Diablo  Cancel E      10/1 122 Sold for $100.000 after that neck victory v. N1X at TUP going a flat… Read More ›

• Coup de Lyon Kicks Clear Late, Takes Southwest

  By Cozman on February 18, 2016

    RACE 1  OP 2/15/2016  Post Time 6:05PM The Southwest (GIII) $500.000  3yo  1  1/16m   Dirt Well the tote board took a beating in this one…  Coupe de Lyon, trained by Nakamura Stables and sent off as a 18/1 outsider,… Read More ›

• Impending Decision Takes General George Stakes

  By Cozman on February 18, 2016

  RACE 18 LRL 2/15/2016  Post Time 6:15PM The General George Stakes (GIII) $250.000  4yo&Up     7f    Dirt  The 2015 General George Stakes (GIII) was a bit of an upset as Night Rider Stables’ Impending Decision, sent off as the second… Read More ›

• Distant Cousin is a Distant Winner in Fritchie Stakes

  By Cozman on February 14, 2016

  RACE 17 LRL 2/13/2016  Post Time 5:55PM The Fritchie Stakes (GII) $300.000  4yo&Up  F&M   7f    Dirt The Barbara Fritchie… the first graded race I ever saw in real life, back many many many years ago.  So maybe it was fitting… Read More ›

• Sophomore Monsters Line Up in Southwest

  By Cozman on February 13, 2016

  RACE    1    OP 2/15/2016  Post Time 6:05PM The Southwest (GIII) [KYD] $500.000   3yo    1  1/16m   Dirt 1  Red Leaf  D J C Racing Stables  Ortiz I Jr      18/1 122 Bounced back from a dead last finish in the DED… Read More ›

• Seven Sprinters in General George Stakes

  By Cozman on February 13, 2016

  RACE 20 LRL 2/15/2016  Post Time 6:55PM The General George Stakes (GIII) $250.000   4yo&Up     7f   Dirt 1  Hallelujah  Eastern Equine  Albarado R J      5/1 124 Only a single win from his eight seasonal starts in ’15 but he ended… Read More ›

• Five to Gate in Haynesfield

  By Cozman on February 11, 2016

  RACE 2 AQU 2/13/2016  Post Time 12:40PM The Haynesfield $100.000   4yo&Up     1  1/16m  Inner Dirt 1  Northern Charger  Night Rider Stables  Velasquez C H      5/1 123 Was closing fast when third beaten a length in his ’16 debut.  That… Read More ›

• Compress Takes Holy Bull Stakes by a Half Length

  By Cozman on February 9, 2016 • ( 1 )

  RACE 8 GP 1/30/2016  GP  Post Time 3:25pm The Holy Bull Stakes (GII)  [KYD] $500.000  4yo&Up   1m  1/8    Dirt Undefeated and 26/1… ok, the public fell asleep on this one.  Cherrytree Hill Farm’s Compress kept his record clean as a… Read More ›

• Fast Females To The Gate in Fritchie Stakes

  By Cozman on February 9, 2016

  RACE 21 LRL 2/13/2016  Post Time 7:15PM The Fritchie Stakes (GII) $300.000   4yo&Up F&M   7f   Dirt 1  Team Nebraska  Downwind Stables  Alvarado J     9/1 124 Only a single win from her ten seasonal starts in ’15, but she still stuffed… Read More ›

• Let’s Drink! Russian Whisky Takes San Antonio Stakes

  By Cozman on February 7, 2016

  RACE 7 SA 2/6/2016  SA  Post Time 5:00PM The San Antonio Stakes (GII) $500.000  4yo&Up   1m  1/8    Dirt It was a long-shot kind of a day at Santa Anita…  sent off as an 11/1 outsider, LionKing Stable’s Russian Whisky closed… Read More ›