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Plenty of Stories in Taylor Stakes
The Pattison is not the only exciting race at WO on Sunday, as the ladies will get their chance to run for a big purse as well in the 15th running of the Taylor Stakes. This ten furlong event on the grass offers a $600.000 purse, a number that is constant with what it ran for last year.
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Ohtani Strikes Out The Hill Prince Field
It was a wet one on Monday in the Northeast, much as was expected. This left the turf course soft, and trainers hoping that their entries would turn into wet track stars. For Ohtani, this was nothing new, as he would be making his third start in four races on soft turf.
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Dawning Ice Age Lights Up the Board in QE II Challenge Cup
We had the right trainer for the QE II Challenge Cup, and in the end this would be a great race for Maxmillion Farm. He would have to settle for third with My Girl Makita, but I am sure he does not mind that after Dawning Ice Age picked up the impressive win with a change of recent tactics.
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Arrr! What a Finish in Flower Bowl for Pirate Petranella!
While the Frizette might have been more difficult to predict, we were a headbob away from picking the entire superfecta in the Flower Bowl. This race for older females goes a long way in determining who will be in the BC Fillies and Mares Turf next month, and it would be a thriller.
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Eclipse Possible in The Hill Prince
On Monday, the Hill Prince will be run at BEL, though for a reduced purse. An eighth of a mile is also cut from the distance, making the race not look much like the previous editions.
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Secret Eyes Sees The Frizette Victory
The Frizette kicked off the Pick ‘em for the day, and there were not many people that went with the eventual winner, Secret Eyes, as she was selected by just 4.8% of those participating.
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My Girl Makita Looks Formidable in QE II Challenge Cup
At KEE on Saturday, we will have the 16th running of the Grade 1 QE II Challenge Cup. This is a great opportunity for three year old turf females who do not want to run against older horses at this time. The $500.000 purse is plenty of incentive, and the gate is nearly full.
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Juvenile Fillies Highlighted in The Frizette
The two year old racing at BEL has attracted a lot of interest from many different barns, and in the running of the Grade 1 Frizette we will get a chance to see some of the best young fillies in the game. The immediate prize for these twelve is the BC Juvenile Fillies which runs next month, but the long term plan is so much more than that.
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Smokey Stover Looks to Holualou For Another Flower Bowl Win
It is time to put the final pieces of the puzzle together for the BC Fillies and Mares Turf, and the 18th running of the Flower Bowl will help us with that. The field is full as the BC hopes are strong, so the decrease in purse has not impacted that.
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Mahogany Storm Validates His BC Entry in Bourbon
With so much on the line for its winner, and likely anyone in the top three, the Grade 2 Bourbon was wide open with twelve horses hoping it would be them that could get the automatic ticket into the BC Juvenile Turf.
