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Mrs Revere Sees Several Red-Hot Fillies Taking Part
The card at CD on Friday has a little something for three year old turf fillies, as the 21st running of the Mrs Revere takes place. The conditions for this race have been constant over the years, with the price seeing a gradual increase to the present level.
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Wahpekute Sioux Headlines Strong Clark Field
Three horses that we saw at the start of the month in the BC Classic, including runner up Wahpekute Sioux, will be in action this Friday for the 21st running of the Grade 2 Clark. This race had been a Grade 1 for a while, and was a Handicap until 2022.
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Will There Be One or Two Winners in Falls City Stakes?
With all three of my races ending in dead heats last weekend, I am hoping to be able to report on solo winners this week. On Turkey Day, the Falls City Stakes take place at CD with a brand new look. This race used to be a handicap, but that will not be the case in 2024.
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Dead Heat #3: Lil Sunshine And Prosecutor in The Staten Island
My dead heat trifecta would conclude Saturday in the Staten Island as Lil Sunshine and Prosecutor, the top two choices of the betting public, would finish in a dead heat.
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Furious Logic and Extreme Flyer Share The Thunder Rumble Win
In my second dead heat to cover today, it’s time to take a look at the NY Stallion Series- Thunder Rumble. In this one, a sole winner could not be determined either, as Extreme Flyer and Furious Logic will share the top prize.
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Winned And Were Wolf Gets W’s in Commonwealth Turf
Well, I guess I was due. After hearing others talk about the dead heats in the races they have been covering, I was thinking that it actually had been a little while since I had one. With the game reading my mind, we get a dead heat this afternoon in the Commonwealth Turf.
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Lil Sunshine Hopes to Shine Bright in Staten Island
Female NY-breds will get their chance to run in the NY Stallion Series on Saturday in the 16th running of the Staten Island, which is a seven furlong race on the track. When the race first appeared on the schedule, it ran for just a $75.000 purse, but the increases have only been slight, at best.
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Eleven To Take Part in the Thunder Rumble
This weekend is full of statebred stakes throughout the virtual racing world, and AQU is no exception as a pair of NY Stallion Series races will run on Saturday. One of them is the Thunder Rumble, which is a seven furlong race on the main track. It runs for the 16th time, with past winners being New York Yankees, undoubtedly a popular horse here that day in 2011, as well as Sexy Back in 2021.
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Winned Looks for CD Redemption in Commonwealth Turf
Six horses will be heading to the starting gate for the 15th running of the Commonwealth Turf, a race for three years olds on the turf at a mile and a sixteenth. It was first run in 2005, but has not been contested every year, and it was not until 2022 where we saw a significant purse increase for the race.
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Rubis Lights Up the Board in CC Canterbury
Not many people gave Rubis a chance to win the CC Canterbury, as the Mental Bloch Racing gelding was the longest shot on the board at 36/1. You could understand that, though, since he was being moved from the dirt and the turf, and bettors did not have any recent turf works to go by.