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Rushaway Stakes Returns with Increased Purse
Returning to the schedule in 2024 will be the Rushaway Stakes, a race that was last held in 2020 and was run inconsistently since 2006. The main reason for that was probably the purse level, as on a couple occasions, it went for under $100.000 and then was exactly that every other year.
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Wasted Away Shows Heart in Stretch to Win Any Limit
Sunday saw the running of the Any Limit at GP, which runs for a $100.000 purse. That won’t make it one of the highlights of the meet but it was still a chance for one of these fillies to win a nice race and potentially move into bigger things.
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Fractious Goes 1-2 in The Hutcheson Stakes
In his last race, Last Round came from behind to finish here in the Grade 3 Swale Stakes, and based on that he seemed to be the horse to beat in the Hutcheson Stakes. We would make him our pick to win, and he also went off as the post time favorite. Not many people were surprised, therefore, went he crossed the finish line first.
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Any Limit Could See Any of These Win
On Sunday, the $100.000 Any Limit will take place, but when looking at the field, it doesn’t look much different than a high level allowance. Those races can be very competitive too, of course, and there are some appealing looking horses amongst this group of six.
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Hutcheson Stakes Draws Nine
A field of nine will take part in the ungraded Hutcheson Stakes at GP, a race that runs for a $100.000 purse. It was not always like that, however, as this was a Grade 2 from 2004 through 2013, and then a Grade 3 from 2014 until 2019.
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Long Capo Handles the Mud Like a Boss in Big Daddy
Saturday marked the first running of the Big Daddy at TP, and it would be a wet one, as a driving rain storm left the track muddy. It didn’t stop the horse that we picked to win from winning the race, but it was certainly done in a manner that we were not expecting.
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Berlin Steals the Show in The Challenger Stakes
The Challenger Stakes had no shortage of big names, including but not limited to, two reigning BC Champions. Berlin was well accomplished, and ordinarily would be one of the headliners in a Grade 3 that ran for a $100.000 purse.
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Parade Leader Shows the Way in Wire to Wire Hurricane Bertie Win
Parade Leader was a horse needing a big race. Last month in the Santa Monica she was ineffective, and had not won a race since last July when she took home the win in the Grade 3 Victory Ride. In that, she was what her name says: a parade leader.
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Inaugural Running of Big Daddy This Saturday
There is more money on the line in the Big Daddy than there is in the $100.000 Grade 3 Challenger Stakes that has two BC winners in it but at least this field looks more like what one would expect to see in this type of race.
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With Two BC Winners, The Challenger Stakes Lives Up to Name
Two BC winners are set to take part in the $1,000.000 Grade 1…. err, made that the Grade 3 $100.000 Challenger Stakes at TAM, a race that in theory, would not be a place where you would expect to find the likes of Sexy Back and Seydoux II going head to head.