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SSM F/M Turf Sprint Looks Sweet This Year
This Saturday, there are several opportunities for CA-breds to show off their talents at SA, and one of those races will be the SSM F/M Turf Sprint. The name of the race gives away the conditions for the race pretty well, and it will run for the ninth time.
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Full Field for CA Cup Sprint
The starting gate will be full on Saturday as the 17th running of the CA Cup Sprint takes place. This is a six furlong event for those bred in The Golden State, and it has been run at SA every year except for a 2010 voyage to HOL.
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After Las Cienegas, Lady Of Lord is Finally a Stake Winner!
Heading into the Las Cienegas Stakes, there were two horses in the field that could be categorized as regular sprinters. The others were cutting back from the type of distance that they had been running recently. Perhaps it should not come as much of a surprise that one of those two horses ended up winning this race (and the other finished second).
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Cassandra G Looks to Start Her Year Off Right in Las Cienegas Stakes
Happy New Year, everyone! It’s exciting to be back at it for coverage of another year of virtual racing excitement. What will the great races of 2022 hold for us? That won’t be answered for a while, so for now, let’s think a little smaller with a Grade 3 coming to us from SA.
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Statement Win for Mr Pancake in Great White Way
We would see rain on Saturday at the Big A, but the track did not see as much of it as we thought there may be, and the track would only be downgraded to a good status. That would prove to not be any sort of problem for Mr Pancake, a horse that had an impressive debut and was making his second career start here in the Great White Way.
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Hilarity Looks to Rebound in Great White Way
Over the last couple weeks, much of the bigger races to talk about have been statebred stakes. That trend continues this weekend with the Great White Way, which is part of the NY Stallion Series. Weather may be an issue for it, with a high chance of rain for Saturday.
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Hand Cannon Holds Off Cowboys Are King To Rule In Prather Stakes
For his last two races, Hand Cannon saw some of the best competition out there, running in the Grade 1 Hopeful and the Grade 2 Pilgrim. Neither of those races went well for the gelding, so the lower profile Prather Stakes seemed like a great spot for him to fall back into and get a strong result.
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Cheveley Park Takes To The Dirt Well In LCD Juvenile Win
The LCD Juvenile saw a filly trying to take on the boys, and she would end up as the post time favorite. However, it would be the one starting next to her in the gate that would steal the show.
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Libby Creek And Make An Impact Share LCD Lassie Trophy
A field of five got together for the LCD Lassie on Saturday, and after six furlongs, there was a tight three-way photo. Two horses were shown as being barely ahead of the third place finisher, but there could be no separating our top two as the post time favorite, Libby Creek and the longest shot on the board, Make An Impact run in a dead heat.
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Looking For A King In The Prather Stakes
Exciting statebred racing does not stop this weekend, as on Monday, we will get a chance to watch some promising New Mexico bred horses. It’s the seventh running of the Prather Stakes, sending two year olds a little more than a mile on the main track.