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Can Pearls Before Swine Run Better Than a Deere?
This will be the 20th time that the SSM Sprint is held within our game, but unfortunately there is no turning back the clock to the purse level when the race debuted. In 2004, this race ran for $300.000, a far cry from the $75.000 that the race runs for today.
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Field of Five Runs in SSM F/M Turf
Outside of a couple races this weekend, it is a very quiet few days on the stakes scene. Due to that, we’re going to get some coverage here of some stakes that have under a $100.000 purse. Here, we look at the SSM F/M Turf, which as the name implies, is run on the grass for females that were bred in the Sunshine State.
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Snake Island Makes Statement with Win in Fifth Avenue
2022 was the third time that the Fifth Avenue, part of the NY Stallion Series, would run for a $500.000 purse, and that led to a strong field that had a nice mix of horses that have already proven themselves at this level, and those looking to make a statement in what is probably their final race as a two year old.
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Big Purse at Stake for Fifth Avenue
Breeding in New York is highly popular within the game, so when a $500.000 NY-bred race is on the schedule, especially involving two year olds, you better believe that the starting gate will be full, and that there will be plenty of talent within it.
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Ladies Want Me Gets the Distance in Hobbs Fall Classic Win
With so few horses in the Hobbs Falls Classic having run long and several of them not even having any public mile works to look at, predicting how the race would go was pretty impossible. Naturally, if they were entered into the race, there was plenty behind the scenes to get their trainers excited.
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This Time Chai Danger Doesn’t Have to Share LCD Turf Trophy
Last year, Chai Danger found himself victorious in the LCD Turf, but he had to share the winner’s circle with another horse. This time, he did one better, winning the race outright. Louisiana Chicken made sure that he was in a tight photo again, but Chai Danger prevails and becomes the first horse to win this race twice.
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Many First Time Routers in Hobbs Fall Classic
This Monday will not be a completely slow day in the virtual world of horse racing, as the eighth running on the Hobbs Falls Classic will take place at ZIA. It is a race for two year olds foaled in NM, and it sends them a little over a mile on the dirt.
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Chai Danger Looks to Win LCD Turf Again
There is plenty of statebred racing on the schedule at FG this Saturday, and one of the races on the card is the 14th running of the LCD Turf, which sends the field a little more than a mile on the grass. It first appeared on the schedule in 2006, but has not been contested every year.
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Coconut Milk Puts The BC Behind Her In The Matriarch
With seven horses returning from the BC Fillies and Mares Turf last month, the field for the Matriarch was impressive. We knew that we were in for a great race as horses had a chance to further make a statement from a strong run in the BC, or to perhaps, get a little redemption.
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Crimson Rioja Runs Down Pacesetters to Win Valedictory Stakes
When races can look similar all too often, when something out of the ordinary happens, it’s at least interesting to write up as an observer. In the 13th running of the Valedictory Stakes, there was nothing common about the way the two horses jumped out to a massive lead, leaving the third place and eventual winner of the race, Crimson Rioja, a total of 14 lengths behind after a half mile