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Turf Loving Neon Lightning Takes The Gun Runner at KD
The Gun Runner 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $2,000.000 Three-Year-Olds. At KD 1st Neon Lightning Nakamura Stables 10-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) Neon Lightning continued his love affair with turf in The Gun Runner with a smartly crafted victory staking… Read More ›
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Lady Hilltopper Champion; Ponzi Scheme Challenger: Ladies Marathon
Ladies Marathon- Grade III1 5/16 Miles Turf Stake Purse $2,000.000 Fillies And Mares Three-Year-Olds And Up. At KD Ladies Marathon came into being in 2022 as a $550.000 marathon with all the same restrictions as today. It was boosted up… Read More ›
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KD Doubles The Gun Runner Purse
The Gun Runner 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $2,000.000 Three-Year-Olds. At KD This is only the second running of The Gun Runner, and KD doubles the purse to $2,000.000 from the original purse. The first edition was won by Team… Read More ›
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Quiet Return Steals The JC Gold Cup from Stalk
The JC Gold Cup – Grade I1 1/4 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Three-Year-Olds And Up. At SAR 1st Quiet Return John Henry 7.25-1 (HRP) 6-1 (SRF) What can I say? I told you so? I told you so! I… Read More ›
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They’re Speaking French at DMR
Pacific Classic – Grade I1 1/4 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Three-Year-Olds And Up. At DMR 1st Frenchman Threshold 22.45-1 (HRP) 8-1 (SRF) Oh, there’s dancing on the desktops in the newsroom at SRF today as Frenchman scored… Read More ›
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Quiet Return Looks for Another $1,000.000 Race
The JC Gold Cup – Grade I1 1/4 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Three-Year-Olds And Up. At SAR The JC Gold Cup goes all the way back to 2004 and is steeped in the history of HRP. The first winner… Read More ›
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Competitive Field Gathers for Pacific Classic at DMR
Pacific Classic – Grade I1 1/4 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Three-Year-Olds And Up. At DMR Pacific Classic goes all the way back to 2004 and is steeped in the history of HRP. The first winner of the race was… Read More ›
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The Ballerina Goes to Heart Of Joy
The Ballerina – Grade I7 Furlongs Stake Purse $500.000 Fillies & Mare Three-Year-Olds And Up. 1st Heart Of Joy Royalty Stables 12.00-1 In my preview, the question was, does this lightly raced filly handle seven furlongs against this strong field… Read More ›
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Robeth is Taking The Forego, Capiche?
The Forego – Grade I7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Four-Year-Olds And Up. At SAR 1st Capiche Robeth 25.80-1 Well, idiots unite! In my preview, I spent half my time building up a case as to why I shouldn’t… Read More ›
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Untidy Heads Evenly Matched Field in The Ballerina at SAR
The Ballerina – Grade I7 Furlongs Stake Purse $500.000 Fillies & Mare Three-Year-Olds And Up. What an evenly matched bunch of lasses. It’s races like this that make me regret my decision to handicap the full race. It’s mind-numbing business… Read More ›