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Let Me Explain Is Back on Dirt for Golden Rod
Like its companion race, the KY Jockey Club, the Golden Rod provides points for the big race that will be held here over the first weekend in May. That, of course, is the KYO, but as we saw with last year’s KY Jockey Club, these races are really more about winning a nice race in November with a talented juvenile for a generous purse.
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KY Jockey Club Should Be an Entertaining Affair
With the BC Juvenile come and gone, the next race to officially be targeted for two year olds is the KYD, as even though it can seem so far away right now, points have been awarded for the race since September. The starting gate will be full for this race, as points gained now could mean all the difference between finishing 20th or 21st on the KYD leaderboard down the road.
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Savanna Holds On Over Appreciate to Win Chilukki
Since arriving with Spb Racing through a $7.500 claim, Savanna had won back to back races, first being an allowance and then an ungraded stake. The filly would look to take another step forward as she took on graded company for the first time in the Chilukki.
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Time to Appreciate the Chilukki Field
There weren’t many horses that decided to take a shot at the Grade 3 Chilukki at CD, even with the race’s generous $300.000 purse. Just five will be heading to the starting gate for this, the nineteenth running of the race. Don’t worry, though, because it is not short on quality!
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Temperature Brings the Heat in The Pebbles
It was back to the grass for Temperature, a horse that Riggins Racing spent $375.000 on early in the year and turned in decent results, but the expectations were likely higher. She had been running well on the tturf, but the trainer took a couple cracks at the main track, and the results were similar: good, but not great.
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Dominant Win for Lunar Victory in Lake Ontario Stakes
The Lake Ontario Stakes took place on Friday at WO, sending a field of five a little more than a mile around the main track. On paper, this was not the most exciting of races, as it lacked a headliner and consisted of horses that have, with one exception, struggled to win over their careers.
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Field of Ten to Run in The Pebbles at AQU
This Saturday at AQU, ten three year old fillies will head to the starting for the 20th running of the Pebbles, a Grade 3 race that is held on the turf. It marks that second time that the race has been run at the Big A, as it had been at BEL up until last year.
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Lake Ontario Stakes Lacks Headliner, Offers Opportunity
While many of us are still thinking about what happened in the BC, the race calendar never stops, and we move on to the next weekend. The Lake Ontario Stakes will not be a race that makes people forget about the BC, but it’s happening on Friday and offers a decent purse so we can still take a look at it.
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Atomic Eclipse Edges Penal Hockey Party to Capture BC Mile
With so many good options to choose from in the BC Mile, not many people got behind Atomic Eclipse. The six year old gelding would go off as the second longest shot on the board at 34/1 and was hardly picked in the Pick ‘em. He came into the race off a couple of runner ups in Grade 2’s, which are results to be proud of, but others in the field just seemed to have raced in tougher spots and also had success in them.
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Lady Sammyantha Prevails in BC Fillies & Mares Sprint
The top female sprinters made their way to SA to crown a BC champion amongst them in the running of the BC Fillies & Mares Sprint. There may be races that get a little more fanfare, but that doesn’t mean that we should not give these fine runners their just due. Amongst them was Lady Sammyantha, a five year old Ginger Haggis mare who was making her second appearance in the race.
