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• Overflow Field Looks to San Felipe Stakes at SA

  By Maximum Cool on March 5, 2026 • ( 0 )

  San Felipe Stakes – Grade II1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $200.000 Three-Year-Olds. At SA San Felipe Stakes is an economically priced qualifier for the KYD which has a few runners that have already qualified for the Derby. In… Read More ›

• Dead Heat Rematch in SA Handicap

  By Maximum Cool on March 4, 2026 • ( 0 )

  SA Handicap – Grade I1 1/4 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $300.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA SA Handicap is one of the grand old races of HRP. First run in 2005 was won by Jerry Garcia Racing’s legendary Icicle… Read More ›

• Blooming Attack Secures a Trip to KYD by Taking The Rebel

  By Maximum Cool on March 3, 2026 • ( 0 )

  The Rebel – Grade II [KYD]1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $1,000.000 Open Three-Year-Olds. At OP 1st      Blooming Attack                         Mb Stables                *9-2 Blooming Attack’s narrow loss in the CA Cup Derby was enough to garner favouritism and… Read More ›

• Smitten with The Stymie

  By Maximum Cool on March 1, 2026 • ( 0 )

  The Stymie1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $150.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At AQU 1st     Smitten              Asgar           6-1 (HRP) 5-1 (SRF) Smitten was leading in his last two races as they passed the mile marker only to be run down just… Read More ›

• Tight Field Meet for The Stymie at AQU

  By Maximum Cool on February 27, 2026 • ( 0 )

  The Stymie1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $150.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At AQU The Stymie was first run in 2010 and won by Nakamura Stables’ Cerano which went on to earn $707.130 in his career. Nak is back this year with… Read More ›

• Buffalo G Beats Mixed Bag in San Marcos Stakes at SA

  By Maximum Cool on February 15, 2026 • ( 0 )

  San Marcos Stakes – Grade III1 1/4 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $100.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA 1st      Buffalo G               Nakamura Stables                     *3-1 (HRP) 9-5 (SRF) Goes to show just how very hard a Grade I, $1,000.000… Read More ›

• Bold Intruder Surprises in Risen Star Stakes at FG

  By Maximum Cool on February 15, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Risen Star Stakes – Grade II [KYD]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $500.000 Three-Year-Olds. At FG 1st      Bold Intruder                 The Sidley Stud                12-1 (HRP) 12-1 (SRF) Bold Intruder had never raced in a Graded stakes race before… Read More ›

• Gold Vault and Buffalo G Do Battle in San Marcos Stakes

  By Maximum Cool on February 14, 2026 • ( 0 )

  San Marcos Stakes – Grade III 1 1/4 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $100.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA San Marcos Stakes looks to be a battle between The Sidley Stud’s Gold Vault and Nakamura Stables’ Buffalo G with the… Read More ›

• Painted Ice Should Make Derby Trail Slippery in Risen Star Stakes

  By Maximum Cool on February 12, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Risen Star Stakes – Grade II [KYD]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $500.000 Three-Year-Olds. At FG Risen Star Stakes has three starters that already have their ticket to the KYD, and those three take up three of the top… Read More ›

• Game The System: Claim to Win in Valdale Stakes at TP

  By Maximum Cool on February 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Valdale Stakes6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Three-Year-Old Fillies. At TP 1st      Game The System                Arindel               7-1 (HRP) 6-1 (SRF) I said Arindel sees something here, and by golly he did. He claimed Game The System from… Read More ›