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Royal North Stakes Should Be Good for Mb Stables
North of the border on Saturday, we will have a chance to watch the 14th running of the Grade 2 Royal North Stakes, which is a turf sprint for female #three year olds and up.
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Steak And Potatoes Hopes to Dine on Field in MTH Cup
It’s Haskell Day at MTH, and that also means plenty of good races on the undercard as well. One of them is the ninth running of the Grade 3 MTH Cup, which is for three year olds and upward on the main track.
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Camp Hollywood Barely Wins Smokey Stover Debut In ONT Matron
Last month, Smokey Stover showed his confidence in Camp Hollywood, picking her up in private sales from John Henry for $600.000.
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Chances Taken Enjoys The Soft BEL Oaks Turf
A virtual Tropical Storm moved through the area overnight, and that left the turf course at BEL as soft for the running of this years BEL Oaks. That raised new questions as to who the ones to shine would be on this soaked surface and there were not many in this field who had ever raced on an off track.
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Camp Hollywood Makes Smokey Stover Debut in ONT Matron Stakes
The ONT Matron Stakes is a smaller Grade 3 event that takes place north of the border, sending older females around the main track for a mile and a sixteenth. This will be the fourteenth time that it has run in the game, and the tenth time that is has been a graded race
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BEL Oaks Looks Like a Real Thriller
The starting gate is full as this very important Grade 1 event, the BEL Oaks, is set to take place on Saturday. It is a race that allows three year olds to race among themselves, and will likely be talked about quite often when we discuss the BC Fillies and Mares Turf four months from now.
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Pennies Takes the Pennies in Penny Memorial Handicap
Only nine days of rest? No problem! When the race is practically named after you, you have to take the chance, and in the eighth running of the Penny Memorial Handicap on yielding turf, it would be Pennies picking up the victory.
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A Precise Performance for Tell It Like It Is n DEL Oaks
We could have had an exciting rematch here between Tell It Like It Is and Precise Performance, but the latter would scratch out of the race soon after the field was revealed.
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Stake Record for Show Shocker in Kent Stakes Win
Ever since arriving at Maxmillion Farm, Show Shocker has been running very well but still had not picked up a stake victory. He had a few second and third place finishes and appeared poised to break through very soon.
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Twinny Hopes for Twin Penny Memorial Handicap Wins
It may be a Monday, but there is some stake action to talk about as a field of five will be taking part in the eighth running of the Grade 3 Penny Memorial Handicap. This race is run on the turf course, sending its female runners a mile and a sixteenth around the track.
