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Lady Lobo Bounces Back to Win The Honeybee
With fifty points for the KYO and a $750.000 purse on the line, we saw some of the best three year old fillies in the virtual racing world on the track for the Honeybee. In a softer field, Lady Lobo would not have been a 12/1 longshot, but that would be the case for the Riggins Racing filly.
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Pineapple Puff Prevails in The Busher
For whatever the reason may have been, Pineapple Puff laid an egg in the Martha Washington, but there were not many that were concerned about her in the Busher. She was the post time favorite for the race, and was our pick as well.
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Superbush Fights Off Cherokee Revolution in The Fool Handicap
Acber Farms continued his hot start to 2026 in the Fool Handicap, as his five year old gelding, Superbush, grabs a hard fought victory at the wire with Cherokee Revolution, who was by his side the whole way.
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Can Aggravated Jung Handle Being High Weight In Fool Handicap?
A field of eleven will be taking part in Saturday’s Fool Handicap, which is a sprint for older horses. The race first appeared on the calendar in 2004, and has been run mostly every year since then, with 2010 being an exception.
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Three Sixes Looks For More OP Success In Honeybee
Like the Busher up at AQU, the Honeybee is also a fifty point race for the KYO, but it’s $750.000 purse is nearly four times more than what is seen up north. Therefore, it should not be a surprise that has attracted a stronger field than the Busher. We’ll have nine taking part in the race, which includes two of the top seven on the KYO point leaderboard.
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Fifty KYO Points on the Line in The Busher
Saturday’s running of the Busher at AQU will be the second fifty point prep race for the KYO, something that attracts eleven fillies to starting gate. This is the 15th time that the race has been run, and the ninth time that the race has been run at a mile.
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Gutter Black Catches Stablemate to Win Royal Delta
The betting public did not show much love to Gutter Black, making her a 21/1 longshot, but we thought otherwise and made her our pick to win! She would step up, narrowly, in a photo with her stablemate Barossa Valley, and paid $44.10 with the victory.
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Looking For One To Love In Saturday’s Royal Delta
Last year, Wavy Girl picked up the first win of her five year old season here in the Royal Delta, and it would be a successful season that saw her end up in the BC Distaff for the third straight year. She’ll be looking to repeat that performance, which is something that no other prior winner of the race has accomplished.
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Credit Crime Steals the Win Late in The Bayakoa
The freshly named Three Year Old Female Horse of the Year, Credit Crime, was in action on Saturday at OP for the Grade 3 Bayakoa. Mostly everyone saw everything that she accomplished last year, with the six wins in eight starts, including the KYO. Apparently, the oddsmakers were unaware of that, putting her at 15/1 for the morning line.
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Houseofidentity Brings Home Lukas Stakes
In a well balanced field of horses that know how to either win or hit the board in most of their races, it was tough to pick a winner for the Grade 2 Lukas Stakes. Any of these fillies and mares had the ability to rise to the occasion and grab the win, so it was not a surprise that only three lengths separated first from last at the end.