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Balanced Field of Six in The Pasco Stakes
The Pasco Stakes is a seven furlong race, much like it’s companion race for fillies, the Gasparilla Stakes. This race was first contested back in 2005 for a smaller purse, and today will run for $150.000, which is the most offered by the race during that stretch of time.
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Let’s Get Back into It with The Gasparilla Stakes
It’s time to start another year of coverage, and the first race on my 2025 schedule will be the 21st running of The Gasparilla Stakes down at TAM. This is a seven furlong race for three year old fillies on the main track, and the $150.000 offered is a new high for the race, up $25.000 from where it had been previously.
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Sune Lee Stretches Out to Win Untapable
The Untapable was one of those races where the field looked balanced, and there were no clear favorites. That could be seen with the ending odds of the horses, so who would it be that would step up and get the win and the KYO points that went with it?
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Ref You Def Makes Noise in Gun Runner
Valuable points for the KYD were on the line in the Gun Runner, and twelve horses were looking to grab the win, then hope to continue the perfect streak of the Gun Runner winner actually making the KYD. That race is down the road, but now we have that winner, and it would be a longshot from Night Rider Stables in Ref You Def.
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Untapable Is Up for Grabs
The starting gate will be full on Saturday as twelve fillies hope to grab some valuable KYO points in the fourth running of the Untapable. The purse of $100.000 is nice as well, and a short term gain for a potential longer term goal.
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Mb Stables May Be About Unleash a Star in Gun Runner
There are a couple of big races down at FG for two year olds this weekend, and here we will take a look at the fourth running of the Gun Runner. It offers a $100.000 purse, which is nice, but the more important thing is the 10 KYD points that are available for the winner.
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Confident Elegance Lives Up to Her Name in LCD Lassie
Confident Elegance has gotten her career off to a great start, finishing second on debut and then following that up with three straights wins, which did include a LA-bred stake back in August. She would bring that streak to FG for the running of the LCD Lassie, and she seems like the one to beat.
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Continental Prevails Over Sectumsempra in LCD Juvenile
For Continental, the LCD Juvenile was a lot like his last race, the Peluso Memorial Stakes, that he won by a half a length. In that race, he had to carry two more pounds than most of his rivals, and in the LCD Juvenile, he would spot the entire field those two pounds.
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Gigafemme Overpowers Rivals in Stretch to Win Fifth Avenue
Gigafemme has made it a habit to run against NY-breds, but was still looking for her first win against them in a stake. She had run well in her two prior races, and was expected to do the same here as well. It turns out that she would wait until the purse reached this high point to grab the win, an impressive win of nearly two lengths.
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Elegance on Display in LCD Lassie
The two year old stakes at LA were able to fill, so I’ll pick up the 15th running of the LCD Lassie on Saturday, which has also drawn a field of five. The purse for the race has been a consistent $100.000 throughout time, and that might be part of the reason the LA is getting passed over on the breeding side as other states have higher such purses.
