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Who Will Reign Supreme in SAR Derby?
The SAR Derby is one of four Grade 1’s that will be taking place at the Spa on Saturday, and it will send three year olds more than a mile on the turf course. This will be the eighth time that the race will run, and the sixth time that it has Grade 1 status.
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Mb Stables Brings Powerful Trio To The Whitney
It’s time for one of the biggest races of the SAR meet, as the Grade 1, $1,000.00 Whitney will be taking place for the 21st time. Ten horses will be heading to starting gate, looking for not only the winner’s share of that purse, but the automatic spot in the coveted BC Classic that will also be awarded.
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Go Go Goblin Easily Wins The Water Tower
Go Go Goblin came into The Water Tower running well, having finished third in a pair of ungraded stakes with lower purses in his two prior starts. This would almost make him the post time favorite, but P C Police, who was our pick to win, took a little more money at the betting window.
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Decimas Queen Makes History in Hirsch Stakes
Two years ago, Decimas Queen ruled over the Hirsch Stakes, and she would return this year to try and knock off the most recent filly to win the crown, Present Tense, as well as six others. A win would make her the first two-time winner of the Hirsch, and she came into the race hot.
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The Water Tower Draws Field of Five
On Sunday at ELP, we will have the race formerly known as the KD Preview Nashville Derby. That race never really seemed to be a preview for it, so the name of the race will no longer imply that and it is simply known as the Water Tower now. It’s the fifth time that this race has been run, and it’s the third time that it will go for a $250.00 Purse.
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Past Winners to Have Great Battle in Hirsch Stakes
In this year’s running of the Grade 1 Hirsch Stakes, we will have a showdown between the last two winners of the race as 2024 winner Decimas Queen battles it out against 2025 winner Present Tense while six others look to steal the headlines and grab the coveted BC Distaff spot that is up for grabs for the race winner.
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Savvy Instinct Lives Up To Her Name In ONT Colleen Stakes Win
Coming into the ONT Colleen Stakes off a win in the $275.00 Tepin, a race that half of this field also ran in, Savvy Instinct did indeed seem like the savvy choice, although she did not promise to pay much. She’d be our pick, and went off as an 8/5 favorite, and she would back up that support with a wise stalking trip to grab the win.
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ONT Colleen Stakes Draws A Field Of Eight
The Grade 3 ONT Colleen Stakes provides a great opportunity for three year old turf fillies to run for a nice purse of $150.00, and it runs for the 17th time north of the border at WO.
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Rain Rattle Storms Home to Win Nassau Stakes
The track at WO may have been fast/firm on Sunday, but there was plenty of rain for the Nassau Stakes. That would be in the form of Rain Rattle, a talented four year old filly for Bears Stable who had won just a tick over $1,000.00 for her career coming into the race.
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Weight Allowance Makes Lucy Heat Tough To Beat In Nassau Stakes
This Sunday at WO, we will have a field of eight taking part in the 19th running of the Nassau Stakes, which is held at a mile on the turf course for fillies and mares. The purse for the race has been as high as $300.00, but has been at the present level of $175.00 since 2017.