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Get Your Java for The Martha Washington
The final weekend of January will have plenty of exciting races, and that will include at OP where 10 points for the KYO are ready to be handed out to the winner of the 12th running of The Martha Washington. It’s an ungraded stake, but has all of the prestige of anything that is graded.
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Stunning Stretch Drive Wins Kenner Stakes for Kid Commander
Last year, Kid Commander finished third in the BC Turf Sprint, so that would instantly make him the one to beat here in the Kenner Stakes. You would have thought so, anyway, as our pick to win the race would go off at odds of 6/1.
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Wily Veteran Banshee Star Wins Bradley Stakes
He may be eight years old and a veteran of 54 races, but Banshee Star is still getting the job done! Since arriving with Calia Stable, via a $16.000 claim in July, the gelding has won four of eight starts, and the Bradley Stakes makes their first stake win together.
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Kid Commander Faces Tough Crowd in Kenner Stakes
A field of eight will go to post for the 16th running of the Kenner Stakes, which is a turf sprint for older horses. Just in time for a big NFL weekend, the race will feature blown coverage and a blitz. Perhaps it will be as entertaining as last year’s race was, when ten horses finished within two lengths of one another.
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Nakamura Stables Looks to Get Involved in Third Straight Bradley Stakes Win
Things may be a little quiet this weekend if you are looking for big stakes races to either run in or watch, but we’ll still have a little something with most of the excitement coming at FG.
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With Precision, Daddys Operation Pulls Off CA Cup Sprint Upset
When we looked at the SSM F/M Turf Sprint, Sweetness had all the look of the horse to beat, and she went out there and did so. That can’t be said for the winner of the CA Cup Sprint, Daddys Operation. This TwinTowersRacing colt would go off as the longest shot on the board, at odds of 38/1.
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Sweetness Dominates SSM F/M Turf Sprint
SSM F/M Turf Sprint ($150.000 Purse)SA- For Fillies and Mares Four Years Old and Upward Foaled in CASix and a Half Furlongs on the TurfJanuary 15, 2022 There was much to like about Sweetness in the SSM F/M Turf Sprint…. Read More ›
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SSM F/M Turf Sprint Looks Sweet This Year
This Saturday, there are several opportunities for CA-breds to show off their talents at SA, and one of those races will be the SSM F/M Turf Sprint. The name of the race gives away the conditions for the race pretty well, and it will run for the ninth time.
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Full Field for CA Cup Sprint
The starting gate will be full on Saturday as the 17th running of the CA Cup Sprint takes place. This is a six furlong event for those bred in The Golden State, and it has been run at SA every year except for a 2010 voyage to HOL.
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After Las Cienegas, Lady Of Lord is Finally a Stake Winner!
Heading into the Las Cienegas Stakes, there were two horses in the field that could be categorized as regular sprinters. The others were cutting back from the type of distance that they had been running recently. Perhaps it should not come as much of a surprise that one of those two horses ended up winning this race (and the other finished second).