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Lexington Is the Last Chance for KYD Points
After a dominant weekend last week, Mb Stables is sitting pretty. Many other stables are not in the same predicament, and will be watching the last chance to accrue points for the KYD. 20 points are on the line for the winner of the Grade 3 Lexington, with 8, 6, 4, 2 points available for the second to fifth place finishers. The big question will be, how many points are necessary to get into the big race?
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Two BC Winners Return to KEE for Makers Mark Mile
Some of the best turf horses in the game today will be making their way to KEE on Friday for the 19th running of the Makers Mark Mile, a race that was initially a Grade 2 but quickly changed over to its Grade 1 designation, in 2007.
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Mb Stables Kicks Off Dominant Day with Battle Plan in Wood Memorial
There were three 100-point KYD races that took place on Saturday, and Mb Stables did not need to win any of them. He had qualified more horses to the race than he will be allowed to enter, but that did not stop him from trying to win these races, for the prestige and purse monies that they offer. When the smoke cleared, Mb Stables would celebrate a victory in all three of these races, with Battle Plan being the one who got it done to start the day in the Wood Memorial.
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Albaquirky Comes from Behind to Win Shakertown
A field of ten made their way to KEE for the running of the Grade 2, Shakertown, and one of the big questions surrounding this race would be how much of an impact would the eight pound weight allowance that the three year olds in the race actually be? For this time anyway, it would not make any kind of difference at all, as the top three horses in the race were older.
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Ideal Info Snaps Winless Streak in Commonwealth
The Grade 3 Commonwealth had the appearance of a wide open race, and that would play out with a tight, three-way photo occurring at the wire. Prevailing in that would be Ideal Info, a gelding trained by Arindel that needed a good race after a couple of stinkers leading into it.
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Big Weekend of KYD Preps Saturday Includes The Wood Memorial
We are now only a month away from the KYD, and there are only four races remaining that will pay those valuable points to get into the big race. Three of them are occurring on Saturday, and all of these races pay 100 points for their winner. Next week, there is a 20 point race just in case anyone needs to throw a Hail Mary at the end.
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Street Edge Looks to Win Commonwealth Again
The Commonwealth is one of a few exciting races on the undercard of the BC Stakes at KEE on Saturday. This Grade 3 is a seven furlong race held on the main track that is being held for the 20th time.
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Weight Allowances of Threes In Shakertown May Be Tough to Overcome
On Saturday at KEE, we will get a look at a field of ten turf sprinters going to post for the 20th running of the Shakertown. The race was initially a Grade 3 with modest beginnings, having been run for just $100.000. It stayed at that level for over a decade, before eventually getting a bump to $200.000 in 2016 when it was upgraded to a Grade 2.
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Crypto Bounces Back to Win The OP Mile
For the most part in his career, Crypto has been more reliable on the race track than cryptocurrency may be as an investment, but in his last race, there was some concern that his value was on the decline. Since being gelded, he had won four out of seven, though would go off at odds of 9/1 likely because of his race in the General George at LRL.
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That Looked Simple! Ma Petite Penne Unchallenged in Sand Springs Win
Heading into the race, Ma Petite Penne looked to us like the one to beat, but the bettors thought otherwise and allowed our pick to go off at odds of 8/1. She didn’t have the same time of resume as others, and is why she may have ended up as a longshot, but ever since she started receiving bute, she has not only been winning, but dominating, with three length victories in her last two starts.
