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• Bloom Handicap Shapes Up as a Rematch

  By BSF on October 1, 2016

  Grade 2 for Fillies & Mares 3yo+ 7 Furlongs Dirt Post: 10/1/2016 14:50 at BEL With three of the six entrants in this race coming in from the Ballerina (Grade 1), this race is something of a rematch. The favorite that day,… Read More ›

• One Blood Could Be the One to Watch in the Pilgrim

  By BSF on October 1, 2016

  Grade 3 for Two Year Olds 1 1/16 Mile Turf Post: 10/1/2016 14:30 at BEL Coming off a N1X win at the same distance as this race, Night Rider’s One Blood looks to be a major factor in the Pilgrim. But he’s not the… Read More ›

• No Clear Favorite in Iroquis

  By BSF on September 15, 2016 • ( 1 )

  Grade 3 for Two Year Olds 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Post: 9/17/2016 18:45 at CD A talented field of freshmen will go head to head for a spot in the BC Juvenile. 1 Lost And Found Owner/Breeder: Red Square Stables In just… Read More ›

• Brawl Dead End Clear Favorite in Locust Grove

  By BSF on September 15, 2016

  Grade 3 for Fillies And Mares Three Years Old and Up 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Post: 9/17/2016 18:05 at CD Two of the entrants in this field are newcomers to stakes competition, but most of the field is well-seasoned at this level…. Read More ›

• Hirsch Stakes Loaded With Talent

  By BSF on July 30, 2016

  Grade 1 (BC) for Fillies And Mares Three Years Old and Up 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Post: 7/30/2016 18:40 at DMR Most of the fillies in this BC win-and-you’re-in contest have met before. It all began with the BC Distaff (G1) last October… Read More ›

• Bold Eagle Best in California Dreamin at DMR

  By BSF on July 26, 2016

  I said this looked like an evenly matched field, that the finish of this race bears that out in dramatic fashion. Bold Eagle and Tortured Valley went for the lead out of the shute. Pass The Pesos caught them and… Read More ›

• Plucky Amalie Surprises in Boiling Springs Stakes at MTH

  By BSF on July 26, 2016

  Plucky Amalie, the longest shot on the board at 20-1, came from off the pace in Sunday’s Boiling Springs Stakes (G3) at MTH to win by a length. She broke last and was still last as the field reached the… Read More ›

• No Clear Favorite in California Dreamin Handicap

  By BSF on July 23, 2016

  $150.000 Ungraded for CA=bred Three-Year-Olds and Up 1 1/16 Mile Turf Post: 7/24/2016 19:20 at DMR Tortured Valley is looking to stretch his winning stretch to 4. Bold Eagle and Skipping Stone face off against each other for the second time… Read More ›

• Childe of Nature and Tennessee Titan Meet Again in Boiling Springs Stakes

  By BSF on July 23, 2016

  Grade 3 for Three-Year-Old Fillies 1 1/8 Mile Turf Post: 7/24/2016 14:50 at MTH They were both outrun by Polish Dogma that day and Childe of Nature was starting to fade just before the wire. Never a winner beyond a mile, so the… Read More ›

• The Great Bonsai Takes Young Memorial Futurity – Colts at EVD

  By BSF on July 18, 2016

  Heavy favorite The Great Bonsai broke alertly and took the lead briefly before Doube Diamond Daddy passed him and opened up an early 1 ¼ length lead. Brilliant Man settled in second on the rail with The Great Bonsai just… Read More ›