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Good Field But No Clear Cut Choice In BG Stakes
One month to go now until the KYD, and after some incredible results last week on the trail, we enter what is the biggest day of the prep race season. A total of three 100-point races are on the cards today, and while this article will focus on the BG Stakes, the overall impact of the day cannot be understated.
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Ashland One of Several Big KYO Preps Saturday
The KYO is less than a month away, and we are starting to get a good idea of who will be in the field. There is still more to be decided, however, as four 100-point races will take place on Saturday. Here, we will look at the Ashland, a Grade 1 that takes place at KEE.
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Smokey Stover Brings Formidable Duo to Vinery Madison
A good looking field of eight is set to go to post for the 18th running of the Grade 1 Vinery Madison, sending older females seven furlongs on the main track. In this race, we will see if Z Command can pull off the win for the second time in a row to join Blonde Dynamite as horses that have been able to achieve it.
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Smooth Rail Trip for Viking Belle Vb in Bourbonette Oaks
Smokey Stover made a big investment with Viking Belle Vb, picking her up about a week after she won an allowance, for $250.000 in private sales. She had not run in anything greater than that up to that point, so there is a level of risk with such a purchase. After the Bourbonette Oaks, that is a chance that is now seeing its reward.
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Added Value Grabs Huge Win For Alabarda Stable in The FL Derby
One of the things that I enjoy the most when covering big races like the FL Derby is when a smaller stable picks up the big win. That’s not meant to discredit the great work that people like Mb Stables put into their runners, but as a smaller stable myself, I can feel the excitement that they get when they pull off such a win.
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Crack Dab Discovers Old Form in The Hal’s Hope Win
During the summer last year, Crack Dab was looking like one of the top horses in the game when he ran second in the Whitney, and then won the Pacific Classic. As quickly as he burst onto the scene, he seemed to fall off at the end of the year.
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Full Field in The Hal’s Hope
The Hal’s Hope is a smaller Grade 3 that is taking place at GP on Saturday as a part of the FL Derby undercard. It will send older horses nine furlongs on the main track as it runs for the 18th time.
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Arindel May Take The FL Derby Crown
It is time for the FL Derby, a 100-point KYD prep race that historically brings out the best in the game. There are other races running next week that will also have great three year olds, but the history of the FL Derby has always been a great one.
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Lady Sammyantha May Bounce Back Well in Bourbonette Oaks
With just a little more than a month to go now until the KYO, trainers are looking to pick up any amount of points that they can to get into the race. There will be more points at stake down at GP, but the 20 points that the winner picks up here in the Bourbonette Oaks could prove to be very valuable, and a wise decision made to come here instead.
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Evergreen Emerging as a KYD Favorite After LA Derby Thriller
Derby prep season continues to go very well for Mb Stables, and he would continue to roll off the wins in these races in the LA Derby as Evergreen held off his rivals to earn the 100 points. This is almost the same way that the 50 points races began, as Evergreen also won the Risen Star, but this time Mb’s other runner didn’t join in on a dead heat for the win.