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Small Field Looks For Big Payday In Trillium at WO
8/13/22 2 WO Trillium Stakes (GIII) $150.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 1/16m Dirt 3yo 119lbs Older 123lbs +penalties It’s a small but competitive group of ladies that will be headed to the gate for Saturday’s Trillium Stakes (GIII) going… Read More ›
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Full Field Set For The Fourstardave
8/13/22 8 SAR The Fourstardave Hcp (GI) [BC] $500.000 3yo&Up 1m InTurf Hcp Weights We head to up-state NY and look at the field for The Fourstardave Hcp (GI) and the sod could be soft just from the… Read More ›
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Smokey Adds to His “Empire” Takes SAR Derby
8/6/22 10 SAR SAR Derby (GI) $1,000.000 3yo 1 3/16m Turf 122lbs The Derby races keep coming and Smokey Stover takes another as Boardwalk Empire, dismissed at 11/1 odds, sat mid-pack through the early stages, motored… Read More ›
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Mb Stables Shows a Lot of “Love” in ONT Colleen Stakes Win
8/6/22 2 WO ONT Colleen Stakes (GIII) $150.000 3yoF 1m Turf 123lbs Love Of The People didn’t exactly fire in the BEL Oaks (GI) in her previous start to Saturday’s ONT Colleen Stakes (GIII)… well, she fired… Read More ›
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Six in La Jolla at DMR
8/7/22 8 DMR La Jolla Hcp (GIII) $150.000 3yo 1 1/16m Turf Hcp Weights A six-pack of sophomores will be headed to the starting gate on Sunday as we look at the field for the La Jolla… Read More ›
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SAR Derby Brings Nice Lot of Sophomores to Spa Sod
8/6/22 10 SAR SAR Derby (GI) $1,000.000 3yo 1 3/16m Turf 122lbs The Derby Train keeps rolling and we go to The Spa for the SAR Derby (GI) and mile and three sixteenths turf stakes for the… Read More ›
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Eight to the Gate for ONT Colleen Stakes at WO
8/5/22 2 WO ONT Colleen Stakes (GIII) $150.000 3yoF 1m Turf 123lbs We head up north of the border for a nice group of eight sophomore fillies going a mile on the WO turf course in the… Read More ›
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Shifu Tan Uses Closing Effort to Take Crosby at DMR
7/30/22 7 DMR Crosby Stakes (GI) [BC] $400.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt 3yo 119 Older 124 It looks like the John Henry barn will be spending fall in Lexington… well, at least they have their ticket punched as Shifu… Read More ›
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Carnoustie “Smokes” The Vanderbilt Field
7/30/22 6 SAR The Vanderbilt Hcp (GI) $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt Hcp Weights My lack of handicapping ability rings true yet again as Smokey Stover’s Carnoustie held off the late… Read More ›
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Speed Is Abundant In Crosby At DMR
7/30/22 7 DMR Crosby Stakes (GI) [BC] $400.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt 3yo 119 Older 124 West Coast and DMR for another big sprint stakes and we look at the field for the six furlong Crosby Stakes (GI). I’m… Read More ›