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Complicated Crazy’s Stretch Run Clinches The PID Masters Stakes
The highlight of the day at PID was the running of the PID Masters Stakes, but there would be nothing crazy about the race’s winner, as Complicated Crazy took home the win by half a length. She was our second choice and was also the second choice on the board, at odds of 3/1.
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Bold Dummy Rules Over The PID Mile
The PID Mile was one of those races where the field looked completely wide open and it would all be about execution on race day. Getting the job done on Friday would be Bold Dummy, a four year old gelding who has been very consistent since arriving with Serenity Stables six months ago.
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Another Big Win for Diametric, This Time in The JC Gold Cup
There was no shortage of horses taking to the track in the virtual JC Gold Cup, with four…teen horses participating, making it more than worthy of the “win and you’re in” distinction for the BC Classic that it proudly carries.
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The PID Mile Is Wide Open Race
We head back to western PA now for the fifth running of the PID Mile, which is a $150.00 ungraded stake which actually goes a little more than a mile on the main track. During it’s young tenure, it has always been ungraded and the purse has been constant since the second year, but it did initially debut at $200.00.
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The JC Gold Cup Returns Home to BEL On Friday
There has been plenty of anticipation for virtual BEL to re-open and start showcasing some of the top horses once again, and while we have seen some racing here, we haven’t seen them of this magnitude, as the $1,000.00 Grade 1 JC Gold Cup makes it’s return to the track.
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Aghast Should Be Favored in The PID Masters Stakes
Grade 2 action will be taking place Friday at PID with the 15th running of the PID Masters Stakes, with for fillies and mares going six and a half furlongs. The race debuted in 2009 with a $400.00 purse, but has not been held every year.
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Crypto King Cashes Out in Vigil Stakes
For the first time in their stable history, Ire Iron Stables is a graded stakes winning trainer as Crypto King came through with the win in the Grade 3 Vigil Stakes. This was not a surprise, as the gelding had been knocking on the door of accomplishing this, and he would be our pick to win
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Balanced Field to Take Part in Vigil Stakes
The biggest races of this weekend will be held north of the border at WO, and while the Vigil Stakes might take a backseat to the ones with larger MC implications, it’s still a nice long sprint being held on the main track and offering a $175.00 purse, which is a new high for the race.
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Longshot Valley Center Surprises in Dueling Ground Oaks Win
Another entertaining couple weeks of action at KD has come to an end, as the running Grade 3 Dueling Ground Oaks sent a full field of three year old fillies chasing the top portion of the $2,000.00 purse. 15/1 longshot Valley Center will join Let Me Explain and Credit Crime as race winners, doing so for Nakamura Stables.
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Voltaire Gets Her Redemption In The Mabee Stakes
Eight fillies and mares took to the track on Monday for the running of the Grade 2 Mabee Stakes, and our pick to win, Threshold’s Voltaire went off at rather generous odds of about 8/1, as apparently bettors did not think that last year’s runner up in this race could improve on that.