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San Simeon Draws Sod Speedsters to SoCal
3/9/24 6 SA San Simeon Stakes (GIII) $100.000 4yo&Up 6 1/2f Turf (Downhill) 123lbs Down the hill we go… a full field is set to go six and a half furlongs in the San… Read More ›
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Classy Chicks Do Battle in Beholder Mile at SA
3/9/24 7 SA Beholder Mile (GI) 300.000 4yo&Up F&M 1m Dirt 123lbs Out to SoCal and we catch a very fine field of eleven set to go a flat mile on the main oval in the Beholder (GI)…… Read More ›
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Matamata Looks the One in The Azeri at OP
3/9/24 1 OP The Azeri (GII) $400.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs The storyline here could change like the weather… no, really, rain currently in the forecast for Thur/Fri and cloudy Sat for The… Read More ›
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Uranus Is Out of This World in SA Handicap Win
3/2/24 9 SA SA Hcp (GI) $400.000 4yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt Hcp Weights The closers keep winnin’… Threshold’s Uranus stayed well off of the early pace in Saturday’s SA Hcp (GI) but down the lane, he splashed home… Read More ›
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Team Leader Takes San Felipe Stakes in Worst-to-First Fashion
3/2/24 8 SA San Felipe Stakes (GII) [KYD] $300.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs For those that say closers are dead, SA was not a good spot for you to gamble on Saturday… after Albaquirky closed… Read More ›
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Albaquirky Proves Best in Closing Kilroe Mile Win at SA
3/2/24 7 SA Kilroe Mile (GI) $300.000 4yo&Up 1m Turf 123lbs It appears that the public just doesn’t get it… Albaquirky, owned by Santan Stables, can flat out run. Trashed talked by “great horsemen“, the 6yo… Read More ›
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Fractious Pulls an “All Nighter” to Secure Cincy Trophy Stakes
3/1/2024 3 TP Cincinnati Trophy Stakes [KYO] $150.000 3yoF 1m Dirt 122lbs +penalties All Nighter broke maiden on a wet track by five lengths… safe to say, the Fractious owned filly likes it wet. Staying close… Read More ›
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Another Purse Cut… Ten Go in SA Handicap
3/2/24 9 SA SA Hcp (GI) $400.000 4yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt Hcp Weights What do we call it now… The Medium ‘Cap? It’s lost a lot of luster from the old days of $1,000.000 purses… but, that’s… Read More ›
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Sophomores Set Sights on KY… But First, It’s The San Felipe Stakes at SA
3/2/24 8 SA San Felipe Stakes (GII) [KYD] $300.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs The TC Trail continues to heat up and we look at a full field set to go a mile and a sixteenth on… Read More ›
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BONUS COVERAGE – Sophomore Fillies Under Friday Night Lights in Cincinnati Trophy Stakes at TP
3/1/2024 2 TP Cincinnati Trophy Stakes [KYO] $150.000 3yoF 1m Dirt 122lbs +penalties We get some bonus coverage with Friday night stakes race at TP, where the dust meets the lungs, and we look at the full… Read More ›