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Could There Be a Robbery in Santa Barbara Stakes?
Santa Barbara StakesSA Race #3 1 1/2m Turf StakePurse $100.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Cp Choosen Farley Mo Mentum Farm Dettori L 123 — There are a few penalties flying around in this race… Read More ›
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Appreciate Should Appreciate the Drop in Class in Star Shoots
Star ShootsWO Race #12 6f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 (plus up to $18.75 for ON-breds) For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Appreciate Mo Mentum Farm Stein J 121 — Half the field get a two-pound advantage in this race and that… Read More ›
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You Can’t Keep an Old Smoker Down in Ali
Ali – Grade III1 3/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $300.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Smoking Makes You Il Night Rider Stables Castellano J J Well, for once at least we have two pieces of form that actually… Read More ›
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Class Talks as Pytrannical Coasts Home in Elkhorn
Elkhorn – Grade II1 1/2 Mile Turf Stake Purse $350.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Ptyrannical Arindel Gutierrez Mario If ever there could be said to be a dead cert winner at HRP it was this one, and… Read More ›
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Elkhorn Looks to Be at the Mercy of Ptyrannical
Elkhorn – Grade IIKEE Race #2 1 1/2m Turf Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Spankersville The Sidley Stud Baird E T 123 — Ran down the field in the 2020 BC Turf Juvenile after a… Read More ›
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Ali Brings Out a Few Pensioners and Some Failing Reputations
Ali – Grade IIIKEE Race #1 1 3/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Crack Dab Gdp Inc Eramia R E 123 — This seven-year-old has been right up there since 2018 when he ran… Read More ›
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Demanding Commander Downs the Big Guns in Wiley
Wiley – Grade I1 1/16 Mile Turf Stake Purse $600.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Demanding Commander Mb Stables Lopez P I am not sure where to start with this review because I have no idea… Read More ›
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The Opposition Feels the Burn in The Fleet Sprint Handicap
The Fleet Sprint Handicap – Grade IIIOP Race #1 6f Dirt StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1st Chemical Burn Mb Stables Van Dyke D Well, I mentioned that these handicaps inevitably go to one of three ‘hacks’,… Read More ›
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Can Perfect Class Regain Her Throne in Wiley?
Wiley – Grade IKEE Race #3 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $600.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Perfectly Pink The Freakshow Ferrer J C 123 — This six-year-old may be on a 7-race losing streak… Read More ›
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The Fleet Sprint Handicap Winner Will Only Be Obvious Once They Cross the Line
The Fleet Sprint Handicap – Grade IIIOP Race #1 6f Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. This race pretty much typifies how handicaps at HRP have become more about the hack than the horses. It has… Read More ›
