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Pegasus F & M Turf Is Practically A BC F & M Turf Rematch
A field of eleven will be heading to the starting gate for the 20th running of the Pegasus F & M Turf, and is the third time that race has used that name. Prior to that, it was a $150.000 Grade 3 known as the Marshuas River Stakes, and it would see its purse increase to $500.000 when being upgraded to the Pegasus F & M Turf.
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Pegasus World Cup Turf Features Two Reigning BC Winners
It’s Pegasus World Cup weekend, and here we were look at the bigger of the two turf races, based on their purses, that will take place on Saturday. It is the World Cup Turf, a Grade 1 the runs for the 21st time, and for the seventh time under the Pegasus World Cup Turf name.
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Kara France Outruns Link Wray To Win Leonatus Stakes
Last month, Kara France broke his maiden at TUP in his debut, and not many people would have noticed the victory. Afterwards, his works improved, and trainer Royalty Stables was confident to enter him in the Leonatus Stakes.
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On Fire Overcomes Ethereal Flame and Others to Win Bradley Stakes
A strong field of eight would take part in the Bradley Stakes, and probably deserved to be running for more than $100.000. In the end, it would be On Fire picking up the win for Mb Stables as the post time favorite.
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Shes A Looker Gives Nakamura Stables His Second Straight Busanda Win
Twenty points for the KYO were on the line for the winner of The Busanda at AQU, and a field of eleven fillies had their sights set on picking up them up. After running nine furlongs on the main track, it would be Shes A Looker running her best late after being in the middle of the field for most of the race, to get the win.
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Nearly a Full Gate for Leonatus Stakes
Last year, the Leonatus Stakes appeared on the schedule for the first time and gave us an exciting four way finish at the end. This year, there are eleven horses taking part hoping to get the win for the second go around.
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Bradley Stakes Field Is Stronger Than Its Purse Suggests
It won’t be one of the biggest races of the weekend, but good horses will be in action on Saturday for the 20th running of the Bradley Stakes, a race that was at one time graded, but has been ungraded since 2019. It’s never carried a large purse, running for either $100.000 or $125.000 over its life.
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Promising Fillies on Display in The Busanda
This Saturday, we will have two valuable races that award KYO points, with 20 of them going to the winner. Here, it is time to take a look at the one that takes place at AQU: the 16th running of The Busanda. When it was first added to the schedule in 2007, it was a simple $65.000 race. It was not contested every year early on, and 2013 would be the first time that KYO points were awarded for it.
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Flint Off Flies by Them All in Stretch to Win Likely Exchange Stakes
Well, we got one of our three picks right to start the new year, as Flint Off earned the win in the Likely Exchange Stakes with a come from behind effort to score her fourth career win. This was not much of a surprise, however, as she went off as the post-time favorite and did not let people down.
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Chantilly Road Impresses in The Gasparilla Stakes
There were several horses in the field of the Gasparilla Stakes that were making their first stake appearance, so certainly this was an enormous opportunity for them to prove themselves. Chantilly Road was one of them, and perhaps she was just one of those horses that took a little longer to find her way.
