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Reciprocal Rubber Takes The Champagne in Blanket Finish
The Champagne – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Two-Year-Olds. At AQU 1st Reciprocal Rubber Maxmillion Farm 13.90-1 (HRP) 10-1 (SRF) Some time off worked, and a fresh Reciprocal Rubber returned to form with an impressive half-length victory proving… Read More ›
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Ukraine Be Free Heads Tight Field in The Frizette
The Frizette – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Two-Year-Old Fillies. At AQU The Frizette: another that’s been here since the beginning of HRP history, starting with Jerry Garcia Racing who is HRP history himself winning the first edition… Read More ›
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Distance Eperience the Key in The Champagne at AQU
The Champagne – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Two-Year-Olds. At AQU The Champagne: certainly named right, the class of the juvenile season from the earliest days of HRP. Thundering Bay was the first winner, not a famed horse,… Read More ›
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Closers Were Electric in The Vosburgh at AQU
The Vosburgh – Grade III7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Three-Year-Old And Upward. At AQU 1st Electric Angelos Stable 9.40-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) That is some hot Electric! I called him high in this race, and that he was…. Read More ›
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Distant Breeze Breezes in Ack Ack at CD
Ack Ack- Grade III1 mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Three-Year-Olds And Upward. At CD 1st Distant Breeze The Sidley Stud *1.15-1 (HRP) 3-1 (SRF) Distant Breeze seems almost unbeatable these days especially on the dirt mile. Ack Ack… Read More ›
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Edward The Good Looks Good for The Vosburgh
The Vosburgh – Grade III7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Three-Year-Old And Upward. At AQU The Vosburgh… the beginnings… 2003… the legendary Omni owned by the guy that dragged me over here Fuji Stable. Omni won this race the only… Read More ›
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Ack Ack Could Be Anyone’s Race
Ack Ack- Grade III1 mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Three-Year-Olds And Upward. At CD Ack Ack was introduced in 2005 as a $100.000 race and fluctuated to today’s $400.000. The first edition was won by 5 A Racing’s The Eleven… Read More ›
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Houseofidentity Closes Late to Take Dogwood at CD
Dogwood – Grade III7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $300.000 Three-Year-Old Fillies. At CD 1st Houseofidentity Noblepark 10.65-1 (HRP) 5-1 (SRF) I mentioned that Houseofidentity has discovered she likes winning sprints, and it sure looks like she’s not done. She… Read More ›
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Bla Bla Bla, Everyone’s Talking About The PID Masters Stakes
The PID Masters Stakes – Grade II6 1/2 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $300.000 Two-Year-Olds. At PID 1st Bla Bla Bla TwinTowersRacing 77.15-1 (HRP) 3-1 (SRF) Well, I thought she was going to be in a battle for second;… Read More ›
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Dogwood Looks to Be Closely Contested
Dogwood – Grade III7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $300.000 Three-Year-Old Fillies. At CD Dogwood is an ancient race dating back to the birth of HRP in 2003. It was a route then, going 1 1/16 miles. It went through a… Read More ›