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It’s High Time for a New BC Sprint Spot to Be Awarded in SA Sprint Championship
The great racing at SA continues on Sunday with the 22nd running of the SA Sprint Championship, a Grade 2 that offers a spot into the BC Sprint in just a little more than a month.
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Zenyatta Stakes Is Wide Open with A BC Distaff Spot in Play
A big race takes place on Sunday for fillies and mares as the 22nd running of the Zenyatta Stakes is held at SA. The race does offer a $200.000 purse, but the bigger prize is the automatic spot in the BC Distaff and the $2,000.000 purse that will be available at DMR in just a little over a month.
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No Real Drama Goes Wire to Wire to Win PA Derby
Extreme Jet and No Real Drama, who won all three of the TC races between them, would go head to head in the PA Derby against many others that they had defeated along the way. They would take the top two spots, with the PRK winner, No Real Drama, having the upper hand on this day.
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El Gran Cambio Knocks Off Spankersville to Win Greenwood Cup
The stage seemed to be set in the Greenwood Cup for Spankersville to get his first win since April, but someone forget to tell Bears Stable and El Gran Cambio. The gelding seems to be at his best the longer that the races get, and at a mile and a half, he was up to the challenge to take on the reigning BC Champion.
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Aghast Earns BC Spot with Princess Rooney Win
Another Mb Stables BC entry was confirmed on Saturday, as long as he sends them there, as Aghast won the Princess Rooney by a length. This will make her a part of the BC Fillies and Mares Sprint if the trainer sends her, something that is never guaranteed with the three entries per owner restriction.
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Spankersville Should Spank Greenwood Cup Field
The Greenwood Cup might not be the first race that comes to mind when thinking about the stakes action this coming Saturday, but it is the place that you will find the great Spankersville, as he takes on five others in this Grade 3.
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Who’ll Be the Biggest Menace in Princess Rooney?
Saturday’s card at GP will feature the Grade 3 Princess Rooney, which is a “win and you’re in” for the BC Fillies and Mares Sprint. This race has seen better days in regards to its purse, as in 2005, it was run for $500.000. It was at that level for a little while, ultimately reaching its low point of $200.000 in 2023.
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It’s PA Derby Time at PRX!
Many of the top three year olds in our virtual racing world have made their way to PRX for Saturday’s running of the prestigious PA Derby. This is a common stopover this time of year with the BC Classic a race that all of these trainers hope is in the future for their horse in about six weeks.
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Be Royal Reigns Over Pocahontas
Last month in the Sorority Stakes at MTH, Ukraine Be Free and Be Royal finished 1-2, with the former winning by two lengths. They would go head to head again in the Pocahontas, and would take the top two spots once again, but this time it would was Be Royal grabbing the victory!
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Juvenile Fillies Hit the Stage in Pocahontas
This Saturday has plenty of great graded action for two year olds and the spotlight will be on them at CD. In the Pocahontas, the fillies will be running a mile in hopes of getting the top share of the $300.000 purse.