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Good Field for Summertime Oaks
Summertime may be right around the corner, but the Summertime Oaks comes this Sunday as a field of eight fillies, several of which ran in the KYO at the start of the month, will hit the starting gate for this Grade 2.
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Billy Joel’s Back On Stage in Whittingham Stakes
One of the best horses of 2020 will return to the track for the first time in four months as BC Turf winning Billy Joel highlights the 16th running of the Grade 2 Whittingham Stakes
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High Planker Can Become PEN Mile High Stepper
For three year olds, the horses that are getting all of the attention right now will run on the main track. Under the radar just a little bit are a group of excellent turf horses also looking for some recognition. We don’t know their names quite as well yet, but we’ll get a chance to enjoy them running in the Grade 2 PEN Mile, for a $300.000 Purse.
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Broad Brush Paints the Rail to Win Cinema Stakes
Based on their resumes heading into the Cinema Stakes, none of the five horses in the race would be granted a starring role in higher profile races, but you have to start somewhere. For eventual winner Broad Brush, that stepping stone to bigger and better things would happen here in the Cinema Stakes.
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Drink Me Pretty Captures The Santa Maria Stakes
About six weeks ago, Mb Stables paid $500.000 for Drink Me Pretty, and so far the results have been quite positive. The filly finished third a week after the sale in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom, and on Saturday, she would add to that by capturing the Grade 2 Santa Maria at SA for her fifth career win.
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Burning Approval Reminds Us of Past Form in The Seek Again
You have to go back to 2019 to find the last time that Burning Approval won a stake. He won that PA Derby that day, the final win of what was an outstanding stretch that saw him win three top races in a row. After that, he ran second in the BC Dirt Mile, and you would have thought that there was more to come.
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Up and Comers Take Center Stage in Cinema Stakes
A field of five will go to post for the fifth edition of the Cinema Stakes, and this race should serve as a good stepping stone for its winner to go on to do bigger and better things. For now, this is not a field packed with runners with glowing resumes, but is made entirely of horses hoping to get there.
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Pocono Fashion-Drink Me Pretty Showdown Highlights The Santa Maria Stakes
There won’t be many running in the Santa Maria Stakes on Saturday, as only five head to the starting gate for the 16th running of this Grade 2 event, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t have a great race. When the race first appeared on the calendar in 2005, it was a Grade 1, and it would stay that way for five years before being downgraded just a bit.
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The Seek Again to Run at BEL for the First Time
A new stake has appeared on the schedule this year, and a field of eleven will head to the gate, making The Seek Again already successful as a race.
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Angelsinheaven Sneaks Past Gothic Heart to Win MD Sprint Stakes
History was made here at PIM as for only the second time ever in our virtual world, the same horse won the KYD and the PRK. Now, will the angels in heaven hear the howl at the BEL? Well, they were present to watch, in the form of our MD Sprint Stakes winner, Angelsinheaven, who won part of the PRK undercard for trainer Angelos Stable.
