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Insist On Perfection Repeats as Kenner Stakes Winner
It was a lot closer this year, as it required looking at a photo to decide the winner, but Insist On Perfection would get it done for the second year in a row, winning the Kenner Stakes. Last year’s win also came for a different trainer, and this time Temulac Farm can savor the win.
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Upstarts Look to Bring Down Bigger Names in Krantz Memorial Stakes
As we continue to look at the FG card on Saturday, we will also have the 20th running of the Krantz Memorial Stakes, which is for older fillies and mares at over a mile on the turf course.
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Formidable Duo for Mb Stables in Kenner Stakes
The gate will be full for Saturday’s running of the Kenner Stakes, a five and a half furlong sprint on the turf course for older horses. That has not always been the case, as from 2007 until 2020, this race was held on the main track.
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Bradley Stakes Draws Eleven
The Bradley Stakes is an ungraded race that takes place on Saturday, sending a field of eleven older horses a little more than a mile on the turf course. It’s a race that debuted in 2005, and held a Grade 3 designation for a little while but has never had a large purse.
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Lwaxana Wins Menard Memorial Stakes Again
On Saturday, Lwaxana would become the third horse to win the Menard Memorial Stakes more than once, backing up her win in the prior edition of the race, held in late 2024, by handling the yielding turf.
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Lwaxana Seeks Her Second Menard Memorial Stakes Win
It’s time for me to kick off another year of SRF coverage, and that will start with the eighth running of the Menard Memorial Stakes, which is a turf sprint for older females. The race does not carry a particularly large purse, and only reached triple digits for the first time in 2023.
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Classic Look Makes It Look Easy in Harlan
Ever since this summer, Classic Look has developed from a good horse into a great one, making the most of the ungraded stakes that he had competed in. On Saturday, trainer Nakamura Stables gave the gelding his first chance to run in a graded race. Classic Look would make the most of the opportunity, with an impressive wire to wire win.
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Operation Mongoose Thwarts Upset Bid in Janus
Last month, Operation Mongoose took on some of the best in the BC Mile, but he has also been a very good sprinter as evidenced by his victory in the Grade 2 Nearctic in October. In the Janus, he would take care of business while going five furlongs, catching massive longshot Superbush just in time.
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All Eyes on Fried Chicken for Harlan
Saturday’s action at GP will include the thirteenth running of the Harlan, a Grade 3 on the main track that goes a mile and a sixteenth. The race debuted on the schedule in 2011, but only would begin being held every year once it gained graded status in 2016.
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Field Quality in Janus Far Exceeds Its Purse Level
The Janus may “only” be a $125.000 ungraded stake, but that has not stopped four horses that ran in BC races last month from participating in it. That’s partially due to limited opportunities for turf sprinters this time of year, but it does give this race a feel of one that should go for double the purse.