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The GP Sprint Championship Only Draws Five This Year
It’s time to take a look at the GP Sprint Championship, and the first thing on your mind may be: where is everyone? Only five horses were entered into the race, and this is a stake that has run with at least eleven horses every year since 2016.
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Niagra Keys Comes from Way Back to Win Alexandra Stakes
In her last start, Niagra Keys raced right here at FG, and started from post #11. The race was the $100.000 Untapable, and she came from well off the pace to score the victory. Now, here we are a month later, same race track and the same starting post. Would it mean the same result?
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Theres No Doubt That Angelos Stable Has The Fritchie Stakes Winner
With five of the seven horses running in the Fritchie Stakes having run in the BC just three months ago, there was no doubt that the race had the potential to be great. The other two in the field that were not BC runners had plenty of potential as well, and one of them would be the one to score the victory.
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Z Baby Blue Dashes Home to Win The Turf Dash
It was a surprise to see Z Baby Blue go off as the longest shot on the board, as even though he was not our top choice, we did have him as our second selection. He would get a jockey change, with the struggling C Lozada taken off and replaced by H VillGomez.
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The Alexandra Stakes Returns to Normal This Year
Last year, the Alexandra Stakes ran with only six entrants but had five fillies join the companion race at FG, the Risen Star. This is something that drew a lot of discussion at the time as fillies had significant success against males due in part to their weight allowance. This year, things are much more normal, with no fillies in the Risen Star and a full field in the Alexandra Stakes.
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Full Thundaga Back Home at TAM For The Turf Dash
Taking place this Saturday, The Turf Dash is pretty much exactly what it’s name suggests. It will run at TAM for the 18th time, first appearing on the schedule in 2005 and being held every year other than 2019.
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There’s No Doubt That The Fritchie Stakes Field Is Strong
This time of year, the races that will grab your attention right away are the preps for the KYD or the KYO, or Grade 1’s with high purses. Hopefully that will not keep anyone from checking out a fascinating edition of The Grade 3 Fritchie Stakes at LRL on Saturday, as all but two runners in the field were runners in a BC race just a few months ago.
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Hamilton Library Captures Davis Stakes with Powerful Stretch Effort
A field of twelve got together for the running of the Davis Stakes, hoping to pick up the valuable KYD points that are associated with it, and they would prove that this time of year this KYD chase can still be quite unpredictable.
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Lindt Gives Hippyheart a Big Win in The Suncoast Stakes
Eleven fillies made their way to TAM for the Suncoast on Saturday, with most of them being quite inexperienced in running at the stake level, or having success within it. The highest earner coming into the race was Lindt, who had made $119.900 in her career thus far.
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Strong Field Ready to Take a Bite Out of The Davis Stakes
This weekend is a little quieter than last week was, but still has two races that pay valuable KYD points taking place. One of them is the 19th running of The Davis Stakes, taking place at TAM at a little over a mile and offering 20 points for its winner. The $250.000 purse has been in place since 2012.
