Author Archives
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City Of Bones Gets It Done in Stretch of San Francisco Mile
Coming into the race, things seemed pretty good for City Of Bones. He had been a consistent horse throughout his career and appeared poised to have a great run here.
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Despite Small Field, Santa Margarita Will Entertain
While the field for the 15th running of the Santa Margarita may be small, it is not lacking in talent as three of the runners are well accomplished at the graded level, and the other two are worthy adversaries looking to reach that level themselves.
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San Francisco Mile Could Belong to Three-Year-Olds
With the virtual racing world focused on two things right now: the KYD and fast two year olds, it can be easy to overlook some of the good races that will be going on this weekend.
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Barton Rovers Continues Maxmillion’s Big Day in Elkhorn
It’s official, Maxmillion Farm has swept the three races that I covered this week, something that is a tough feat since it entails winning three quality graded races in one day.
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A Storm Has Arrived Dominates Californian Stakes
Saturday was a great day for Maxmillion Farm. While willing the Grade 2 Californian Stakes was not the biggest score of the day, it turned out the storm that was coming was all of the Maxmillion Farm entries going to post today.
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Thalassa Runs Smart Race to Win Whimsical Stakes
A wide open field for the Whimsical Stakes was thrown a curveball by the weather as rain that has plagued many of the east coast tracks made the track here at WO muddy and soft as well.
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A Storm Is Imminent in Californian Stakes
The 15th running of the Californian Stakes is set to run on Saturday, and in the history of the race we have seen some big names win, such as Dark Crown, Icicle, and more recently, Spanish Showboat.
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Whimsical Stakes is as Wide Open as It Can Get
The Whimsical Stakes is a smaller Grade 3 held north of the border that will run for the 13th time. It ends up drawing a field of six, but in the days leading to the cutoff time for the race, there was some question as to whether or not the race would fill at all.
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Bayou Quartier Hopes To Win Elkhorn Again
Distance turf runners will have a good chance to show their skill on Saturday as the Grade 2 Elkhorn goes to post at KEE for the 15th time.
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Mr Cat Summers Is KYD Bound After AR Derby Win
In the final 100 point race of the year, there were many last ditch efforts to get into the KYD field. Rain showers would make the task a little bit harder, as they would be enough to downgrade the track to be listed as good for the race.
