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Deadmans Party Heads Seven Lasses in Valdale Stakes at TP
Valdale Stakes6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Three-Year-Old Fillies. At TP. Valdale Stakes has an interesting history. It started in 2007 and existed until 2015 as a 1mile dirt race for a $50.000 purse. As a result, it didn’t… Read More ›
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Eight-Year-Old Kidding Pick in Thunder Road at SA
Thunder Road – Grade III1 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $100.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA Thunder Road. I hate this race. I just can’t tell which is which or what is what. Seven-year-olds, an eight-year-old, a nine-year-old! A four-year-old,… Read More ›
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Lightly Raced Fandom Ticks All the Boxes in Lewis Stakes
Lewis Stakes – Grade III [KYD]1 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $100.000 Three-Year-Olds. At SA Lewis Stakes is not offering a lot of depth or experience. At $100.000, most of the really big contenders are heading for the really big… Read More ›
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Anoushka Titan’s Logical Win in The Endeavour BC at TAM
The Endeavour BC – Grade III1 1/16 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $175.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At TAM 1st Anoushka Titan Maxmillion Farm 6-1 (HRP) 5-1 (SRF) If you look at Anoushka Titan’s recent progress for Maxmillion Farm on paper,… Read More ›
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Nakamura Stables Dead Heats San Pasqual Stakes at SA
San Pasqual Stakes – Grade II1 1/8 Mile Graded Stake Purse $200.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA 1st Special Event Nakamura Stables 5-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) See? I told you Classic Look would win this race. Special Event… Read More ›
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Another Extremely Tight Field in The Endeavour BC at TAM
The Endeavour BC – Grade III1 1/16 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $175.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At TAM The Endeavour BC is another tough race to handicap because of the diversity of the runners and the lack of comparison material…. Read More ›
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San Pasqual Stakes Tightest of Races at SA
San Pasqual Stakes – Grade II1 1/8 Mile Graded Stake Purse $200.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA San Pasqual Stakes is a race that is next to impossible to handicap with three’s turning four and sixes turning seven, a four-year-old… Read More ›
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Gaelic Commander Adds Baffle Stakes to His Resume
Baffle Stakes6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Three-Year-Olds. At SA 1st Gaelic Commander High Voltage *3-2 (HRP) *2-1 (SRF) Gaelic Commander looked more like his old self than his old self as he made his seasonal debut nearly four… Read More ›
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Chilly Spices Up Wishing Well Stakes at TP
Wishing Well Stakes6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $125.000 Fillies And Mares Four-Year-Old And Upward. At TP 1st Chilly La Canada Racehorses 10-1 (HRP) 5-1 (SRF) That is some hot Chilly! She loves it at the La Canada… Read More ›
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Gaelic Commander Makes 2026 Debut in Baffle Stakes at SA
Baffle Stakes6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Three-Year-Olds. At SA Baffle Stakes has been around since 2018 basically in this form except the first five years it was only $75.000. It has the usual sort of history: Mb Stables… Read More ›