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Sensation Wins Las Virgenes with Sensational Stretch Run
As a two year old, there was plenty of reason to like Sensation, as she won the Grade 1 Frizette then ran in the BC Juvenile Fillies. After not beating anyone in the BC, then running fourth in an optional claimer, you had to wonder if Sensation was going to get back to that form but we were hopeful in making her our second choice.
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Perfect Class Wins The Sweetest Chant in Dominant Fashion
Even though The Sweetest Chant features several fillies that ran in the BC, it didn’t look like one of them would be the one to beat. Perfect Class came into the race with three wins in four starts, including a big win in the Grade 3 Durant, making her our pick and the post-time favorite.
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Come To Poppa Opens Up, Then Hangs On to Win The Withers
Come To Poppa is a very talented racehorse, and that was on display in the BC Juvenile, when he finished second in a photo to Grouse Mountain. He has also been a little inconsistent, and that makes him a little tough to bet on, and that was seen in the Pick ‘em, and his eventual odds that approached 18/1.
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No Keeping Secrets in Las Virgenes Stakes
Las Virgenes Stakes (KYO) (Grade 3)- $200.000 PurseSA- For FIllies Three Years OldOne Mile on the DirtFebruary 6, 2022 Valuable points for the KYO will be on the line, and a field of eight fillies will be looking to get… Read More ›
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BC Runners Come to The Sweetest Chant, But Can They Be Beat?
On the surface, The Sweetest Chant would appear to be a smaller Grade 3 event for turf fillies. It might be in regards to its purse, but the race is seeing four horses that ran three months ago in the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf.
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Close Finish Expected in The Withers
The KYD is now just three months away and this weekend will offer plenty of excitement with three prep races taking place for the big race. Here, we will look at The Withers, which runs at the Big A.
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No Pegasus World Distaff Needed: Fashionable Takes The Pegasus World Cup
Fillies don’t have a Pegasus race just for them, unless they want to run on the grass. So, with no real equivalent for them, we had two in the field here in the Pegasus World Cup, taking on the males.
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Demon Sweeps Away San Vicente Stakes Field
In July, Wood Duck Stables picked up Demon in private sales for $150.000 after he made his first start. This has proven to be a great purchase, as the Crossing The Rubicon colt had won two out of three. After the Grade 2 San Vicente, we can make that three out of four with an impressive come from behind victory.
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Low Budget Java Hangs On to Win Martha Washington By a Nose
Low Budget Java has not raced all that much in her career so far as the filly was making just her fourth start in the $200.000 Martha Washington at OP. She had been very impressive in her first three races, with one $250.000 stake win and narrowly missing a graded win.
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No Big Standout in San Vicente Stakes
A field of nine will be going to post for the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes, a seven furlong race that has been run every year since 2004 within our virtual world. In would initially be run for $150.000, and in 2014 it would see the increase to its current level of $200.000.
