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Nine Fillies in Tropical Park Oaks at GP
12/14/2024 2 GP Tropical Park Oaks $125.000 3yoF 1 1/16th m Turf 122lbs +penalties Tropical Park has been gone for decades… did you know, the first artificial surface was used there? That was many,… Read More ›
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Big Purse Draws Nice Field to AQU for NYSS – Great White Way
12/14/2024 2 AQU NY Stallion Series – Great White Way $500.000 2yo Foaled in NY 7f Dirt 120lbs We look at a field of eleven Gotham-bred youngsters set to go seven panels, and… Read More ›
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Tote Lights Up with Longshots in The Inaugural Stakes at TAM
12/7/2024 9 TAM The Inaugural Stakes $125.000 2yo 6f Dirt 120lbs +penalties We picked four of the eight horses and… swing and a miss… looking at the tote-board, we weren’t the only ones that… Read More ›
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Mb Too Strong Late, Takes The Sandpiper Stakes at TAM
12/7/2024 10 TAM The Sandpiper Stakes $125.000 2yo 6f Dirt 120lbs +penalties The Big Barn is hot… not that they aren’t always as tough as nails, but right now, they are hard to get in… Read More ›
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Eight West Party Wins Another Big Race, Takes Cigar Mile with Head-turning Late Move
12/7/2024 5 AQU The Cigar Mile Hcp (GII) $500.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt Hcp Weights It was an upset kind of a day in Gotham City and The Cigar Mile Hcp (GII) helped that theme along as… Read More ›
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Six In The Sandpiper Stakes at TAM on Saturday
12/7/2024 10 TAM The Sandpiper Stakes $125.000 2yo 6f Dirt 120lbs +penalties The girls get to take a swing at a nice pay-day, and we look at the field of six set to go… Read More ›
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Eight Youngsters Look to Add to Their Resumes in The Inaugural Stakes at TAM
12/7/2024 9 TAM The Inaugural Stakes $125.000 2yo 6f Dirt 120lbs +penalties We head down to Tampa and a group of youngsters that will be going six panels in The Inaugural Stakes. I doubt that… Read More ›
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Eight in Cigar Mile at AQU
12/7/2024 5 AQU The Cigar Mile Hcp (GII) $500.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt Hcp Weights How bad is it when a handicap race carries more weight than the Highweight? Oh, to be around people that actually understood horse… Read More ›
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Boomtown “Hard Nut” to Crack in KY Jockey Club Win
11/30/2024 6 CD KY Jockey Club (GII) [KYD] $400.000 2yo 1 1/16th mile Dirt 3yo121lbs 120lbs I’m very surprised that Hard Nut was sent off at 19/1 odds… a lot more surprised than I am that he won. … Read More ›
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Out Of Tlove by a Head in Golden Rod Victory
11/30/2024 6 CD Golden Rod (GII) [KYO] $400.000 2yoF 1 1/16th mile Dirt 120lbs It seemed like every other horse in the race took a swing at Out Of Tlove, and although it was a speed… Read More ›