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No More Rattle Looks Lively in The Lively Shively
In the first ever running of The Lively Shively, everything seemed to be looking good for No More Rattle. The horse that was claimed for just $12.500 by Bigchief Stables when he debuted in a maiden claiming race, seemed to be ready to run a strong race.
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The Lively Shively Debuts on Saturday
A new stake will appear on the schedule on Saturday as The Lively Shively takes place at CD, offering a $200.000 purse for two year old sprinters. The distance of the race is six and a half furlongs, and it gives us a mixture of horses making their stake debut and others who have quite a bit of experience at this level.
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Blondewithhandcuffs Likes the Mud in Falls City Handicap
Rain would fall for the Falls City Handicap, downgrading the track’s condition to muddy and leading to three scratches. This would include our pick to win the race, Z Command, as well as Tamalpais and Mag Ol. Therefore, our field of eight was reduced to five.
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Smokey Stover Looks Great for KY Jockey Club
With the BC Juvenile out of the way, the best two year olds in the virtual racing right now can start setting their sights on the KYD. Yes, it’s a long way away, but points for the big race are now at stake, and who knows, those points you pick up now could be the deciding factor in getting in versus not taking part.
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Let’s Be Thankful for Falls City Handicap
While the turkey is in the oven on Thursday, we got an excellent race in store as the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap takes place at CD. The $500.000 that is at stake is a purse level never seen before in this race, as the previous high was $300.000, and last year the race ran for $200.000.
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Telladifferentstory Narrowly Defeats Big Aspirations in The Smith
Ten horses would go to the starting gate for the Smith, an eleven furlong Grade 2 at AQU, but it would end up being a two horse race at the wire as both Telladifferentstory and Big Aspirations broke away from the rest of the field in the stretch and settled things between themselves.
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Hard Discretion Wins Third in a Row After Native Diver Stakes
Hard Discretion came into the Native Diver Stakes on a two race winning streak, with a pair of victories in optional claimers. Both of those results, especially the most recent one, showed that he deserved a shot to run at the stake level.
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My Trusty Cat Gets a Trusty Dead Heat
Last night, a field of six up and coming fillies took part in the My Trusty Cat, hoping to get a win that could help propel them to running in bigger and better races. When they hit the wire, we would have two horses getting the win as yet another stake race ends up in a dead heat.
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Diving into Native Diver Stakes
For the 18th time, the Native Diver will be taking place, and it has been run at DMR every year since 2014. During its tenure at DMR, we have already seen two dead heats for a win, so we’ll be hoping not to see a third this year.
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Ten Have Big Aspirations in The Smith
This Saturday at the Big A, a field of ten turf horses that like to keep running and running will go to post for the 17th running of The Smith. This is a Grade 2 event that sees its purse restored to the 2019 level, of $200.000, after being cut in half last year. Its classification also returned to Grade 2 status after being a Grade 3 from 2013-2020.
