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Mamba Has Little Trouble in Winning PRX Dirt Mile
Over his career, Mamba has been a successful horse that has finished in the money for most of his races, but actually winning a race had not happened much. In his prior start, he would win for only the second time in 16 starts, making us wonder if he could make it two in a row.
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Seven Will Be at the Gates for The Bourbon Trail
The Bourbon Trail is a race for three year olds that want to go long, sending them almost a mile and a quarter around the main track here at CD. It’s a newer event on the schedule, having first appeared in 2021 when it ran for a $275.000 purse, making it a lot like the Harrods Creek in that respect.
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Timber Snake Is Poised to Step Up in Harrods Creek
It’s time now to take a look at The Harrods Creek, which is one of the newer additions to the schedule at CD. The race runs for the third time, debuting in 2021 for a $275.000 purse where it was won by Mr Frost. We see an increase to the purse level this year, so perhaps an official graded designation will be in the future for this race.
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Up She Flew Headlines the Field in Dogwood
Taking a look at the action at CD on Saturday, we get started with a race that recovered its graded designation after losing that status for six years. This is a race that has been very different throughout its history, with multiple distances having been run, and then originating as a Grade 3 and before losing that classification in 2016.
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Fractious And Beach Xaar Look to Continue PRX Dirt Mile Dominance
Continuing our look at the races at PRX on Saturday, it’s time for the PRX Dirt Mile, which is a newer race to the schedule at the race track. It’s in just the third year of existence, first appearing in 2021 when it was won by the late Mr Charming.
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Retaliate Looks to Stay Scorching Hot in Gallant Bob
There’s plenty of incentive for sprinters to make their way to PRX on Saturday, as the 17th running of the Gallant Bob Stakes takes place. This race has not always had the prestige as it now does, beginning as an ungraded race for a $150.000 purse. That is something that would change quickly, and it would officially become a graded race in 2013.
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Cotillion Field Is Loaded Once Again
The eyes of the racing world will turn to PRX this weekend, with a group of very meaningful races. None will be bigger than the two that finish off the stakes portion of the card, and here we will take a look at one of them: the 16th running of the Cotillion Stakes. Whenever this race is held, you can count on seeing some of the best three year old fillies involved, and several of them will be heading to SA for the BC in six weeks.
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Starship Twister Is the Class of the Field in Open Mind
It may not have had a graded designation, but the $300.000 purse offered for the Open Mind made it a nice part of a busy day at CD. The race is a sprint for fillies and mares, and it would be won by the most experienced horse amongst them.
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Be Yourself Survives at Wire to Win Pocahontas
It may or may not be a glimpse into the KYO trail for next year, but Saturday at CD, we saw a group of two year old fillies who are showing plenty of potential early in the careers go at in the Pocahontas. None of them were able to catch the frontrunner of the race, Be Yourself, as the the post time favorite got out on the lead early and stayed there to score the big win.
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Grand Opening Clinches BC Spot With WO Mile Win
The comeback of Riggins Racing to high level racing and success in them continued on Saturday in the WO Mile, as the trainer can now celebrate his latest BC runner. Back in February, it took only $20.000 for Riggins to acquire Grand Opening in private sales, and it is a purchase that has paid off, and then some.
