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Glee Looks Promising for Kennedy Road
North of the border this Saturday, a field of nine will be heading to the starting gate for WO’s Kennedy Road Stakes, a six furlong race held on the main track. This is a Grade 2, and has been since it was upgraded in 2014.
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Six Will Hunt for Chilukki Win on Saturday
Saturday’s racing at CD will include the 21st running of the Chilukki, which is a $300.000 Grade 3 sending female horses a mile on the main track. At inception in 2005, the Chilukki was a Grade 2, but ran for half the purse that it does today.
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Be Exceptional Cruises to Maple Leaf Stakes Win
There were not many who felt that Be Exceptional was going to win the Maple Leaf Stakes, as she was by far the longest shot on the board at 53/1. She had been struggling, but as we alluded too, she’s had cold funks before and has been able to break out of them.
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Honey, That Was So Beautiful Winning Bessarabian Stakes
Coming into the Bessarabian Stakes, So Beautiful won (in a dead heat) in her stake debut, the Grade 3 Chillingworth while earning a 100 SRF in the process. Adding a little distance from that race seemed like something that would only benefit her more.
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So Beautiful and Honey Get a Rematch in Bessarabian Stakes
Next up at WO, we have the Grade 3 Bessarabian Stakes, which is a seven furlong race on the main track for fillies and mares. Five horses will be heading to the starting in hopes of taking the winner’s share of the $150.000 purse. The race was first held in 2010, and would become graded for the first time in 2011.
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Eight To Run in Maple Leaf Stakes at WO
The BC may be over, but the race calendar still moves on, and we have several races that we can look at this weekend. Up at WO, female horses that like to run long will get their chance to run in a Grade 3 while more than likely knowing that there will not be any BC horses in the field.
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Resilient Fawkes Overcomes Wide Trip to Win BC Classic
Ten years ago, Delta Farms celebrated what was, at the time, his biggest career win, as Viking Shield won the 2015 BC Classic over Port On The Horizon, A One, and Niagra at KEE. A decade later, he would bring Fawkes to DMR, hoping that the Haskell winner could duplicate Viking Shield’s accomplishment.
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Lemax Farms Stays Hot and Wins BC Turf Sprint with Brits Style
It’s been a weekend to remember for Lemax Farms, as the longtime stable got not one, but two BC victories. On Friday, he watched as Britslastempire went to win the BC Juvenile Turf by two lengths, and on Saturday, it would be Brits Style winning a lot closer margin but prevailing all the same in the BC Turf Sprint.
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Presenting the Field for the 2025 BC Classic
It’s time for the biggest race of the year, the $7,000.000 BC Classic. There is no bigger race that a virtual horse can win, as while it takes a lot to win the KYD, there is just something a little more special about this race. To get here is a true accomplishment, so for everyone that has a horse in this field, I want to offer my congratulations.
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In The Zone for BC Turf Sprint
The BC Turf Sprint is not the biggest race on the BC schedule this weekend, and turf sprinters often go under the radar in comparison to their counterparts that want to run longer, or do it on the main track. That does not mean their achievements should not be celebrated, and on Saturday fourteen of the best at what they do will be heading to the starting gate.