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Ruby Stakes One Of Two 100 KYD Point Races Starting Saturday
You know the KYD is getting closer when we get into the 100 point races. The Grade 3 Ruby Stakes is one of two races on Saturday that will offer that many points, so the over KYD qualifying picture may begin to see a shake up. If we look at that right now, we see Mb Stables really flexing his muscles, having six of the first eight in the overall standings.
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Blamethespeedparty Runs Up Front Early and Wins Whitmore Stakes
Saturday would be the birth of a new Grade 3 within our game, as the Whitmore Stakes took place at OP, sending its field of its field of ten older horses six furlongs around the main track. Several horses looked to be contenders, but in the end there could only be one left to party as the race’s winner.
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Z Baby Blue Catches Elijah G Just in Time to Win Silks Run
Last month, Z Baby Blue took part in a similar race to the Silks Run, the $100.000 Turf Dash over at TAM, which would be his third win in four starts. In a mostly full field, he seemed to be a good contender, but others may have had a little more name recognition.
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Inaugural Whitmore Stakes Runs At OP Saturday
A field of ten have assembled for Saturday’s running of the inaugural Whitmore Stakes. It has been given a Grade 3 designation for this debut, as well as a $200.000 purse and will run for six furlongs on the dirt.
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Silks Run Draws Eleven
It’s a slower weekend this week, but that does not mean that we don’t have anything to talk about! Here, we’re going to take a quick look at the Silks Run, an ungraded turf sprint for older horses at GP.
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Outside Trip Doesn’t Spoil Matamata’s Day in The Azeri
Smokey Stover was not messing around when it came to entering horses for The Azeri. All three of his horses seemed to have a great chance to win the race, including the legendary Z Command and the ultimate post time favorite, Third Gear. His third entry, Matamata, had just as much potential and came into the race on a stretch of three victories in four starts.
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Silver Jazzmin Holds Off the Storm in The Hurricane Bertie
There were not a lot of people who believed that Silver Jazzmin would get the job done in the Hurricane Bertie, as she was made a 19/1 longshot in the field. We can’t say that we were any different, as she was not among our picks for the race.
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Point Of Honor Goes Wire to Wire in Captiva Island
Trippi Sprinkle came into the Captiva Island looking to win her third straight Captiva Island, but it would be another horse looking to win three in a row, Point Of Honor, that would get the job done. Point Of Honor came into the race not only with wins in her last two starts, but with five victories in her last eight races.
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Trippi Sprinkle Looks for Her Third Straight Captiva Island Win
Trippi Sprinkle may have a new owner, but that won’t stop her from attempting to win the Captiva Island for the third straight year. She is the headliner of this ungraded stake that runs at GP for the eighth time. This is a turf sprint that initially debuted for a $75.000 purse, and it would receive it’s increase to $100.000 in 2022.
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Smokey Stover Looks Formidable with Azeri Trio
We will be treated to an exciting field for the 18th running of the Azeri at OP on Saturday, featuring the likes of Z Command, Karloffs Monster, and Naples, among many others. It’s a field that is very worthy of the $350.000 purse that it offers.
