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Looking for Our Next Turf Monster at PRX
On the undercard of the PA Derby and the Cotillion on Saturday at PRX, turf sprinters will also get a chance to run for a nice purse as the 18th running of the Turf Monster Handicap takes place. The race was ungraded when it debut in 2007, and was upgraded to a Grade 3 in 2011.
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Late Entries Allows PRX Dirt Mile to Fill; Draws Six
As the cutoff to nominate horses for this approached, there was some concern that it might not fill. In the long run, we were able to get enough entries here, in the fourth running of the ungraded PRX Mile. There will be six heading to the starting gate, and the field looks very competitive.
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Impressive Run for Escapist in Pocahontas Victory
Sometimes, a young horse will just have a bad race. For Escapist, that is probably all the Adirondack was. After being purchased in private sales for $350.000, Escapist struggled at SAR for the Adirondack but came to CD hoping to escape what happened there in the Grade 3 Pocahontas.
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Street Magician Comes on Late to Win Iroquois
The morning line odds for Street Magician were 12/1, but the gelding would see a lot of love in the pick ‘em, and that would lead to those odds dropping all the way to 3/1, and just narrowly missing becoming the post-time favorite. Street Magician would show that all of the support was justified as he rebounding from a sluggish outing in the Best Pal Stakes to win the Iroquois with a come from behind effort.
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Chalk Up Another Win for Let Me Explain After Dueling Grounds Oaks
Let Me Explain has done it again! This talented filly came into the $1,500.000 Dueling Grounds Derby with ten wins in fifteen races, and had won the Acorn, BEL Oaks, and SAR Oaks in succession. This made her the favorite as well as being our pick to win, and she did not disappoint.
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Balanced Field for Iroquois
This Saturday, we will see a group of promising two year olds who hope to make the BC Juvenile in a little less than two months and perhaps even return here on the first Saturday of May next year. It’s the 22nd running of the Iroquois, which is held at a mile and offers a $300.000 purse.
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Center Of Gravity Headlines Pocahontas
At CD on Saturday, we will have a couple of great stakes races for two year olds as the BC Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies get closer. Here, we will look at the Pocahontas, which is the race for fillies, and there are seven heading to the starting gate.
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Allow Me to Explain the Dueling Grounds Derby
The big races at KD aren’t only weekends, as this Wednesday, we will have $1,500.000 at stake in the third running of the Dueling Grounds Derby. That purse amount is double what was offered last year, so perhaps we will soon see this race receive a graded designation. It is held exclusively for three year old filles, sending them over a mile and a quarter.
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End Of The Devil Finds Room Late to Win Music City Stakes
So far in her career, End Of The Devil seems like one of those horses that can win no matter what the conditions are. She’s achieved both on the dirt and the turf, and recently had been running well going long and finished third in the Lake George last time out. Trainer Maxmillion Farm could have stayed on that path, but instead pointed her here, to the $2,000.000 Music City Stakes.
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Exemplary Breaks Winless Streak in Simpson Stakes
It had been eleven months since Exemplary last won a race, and he did not get off to a particularly strong start as a three year old. Recently, he had been showing signs of getting closer to that victory, and had run third in the Quick Call at SAR last month.
