Kentucky Oaks – GI $1.500.000 For Fillies Three Years Old 1 1/8 Miles – Dirt Churchill Downs – May 1, 2026 Final week. Just a few more days. After all the planning, training, hoping, strategizing and racing the big one… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Edgewood Will Be Hard to Win
Edgewood – Grade II CD Race #6 1 1/16m Turf Graded Stake Purse $600.00 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Valley Center Nakamura Stables Bejarano R 122 A consistent sort, she has yet to… Read More ›
Eight Belles Will Toll but for Which Lucky Owner
Eight Belles – Grade II CD Race #7 7f Dirt Graded Stake Purse $700.00 For Fillies Three Years Old. I am trying some new formats in my writing style and would welcome any feedback. Normally… Read More ›
Rising Fillies Ready to Step Forward in the Mamzelle
Mamzelle – (Grade lll) Purse $300.00 – For Fillies Three Years Old 5 1/2 Furlongs – Turf Churchill Downs – April 30, 2026 Amid the buzz of Kentucky Derby week, the 13th edition of the Mamzelle offers a stage for… Read More ›
Launch Code Goes Wire-to-Wire in The Woodstock Stakes for TwinTowersRacing
The Woodstock 6F on Dirt Purse $125.00 (plus up to $18.75 for ON-breds) For Three Year Olds. Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada Launch Code from TwinTowersRacing made good use of his natural speed and won the Woodstock in wire-to-wire fashion… Read More ›
FON Stakes Taken Down by Burger King
FON Stakes1 1/16 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Three-Year-Old And Upward. At FON 1st Burger King Serenity Stables 7-1 (HRP) 3-1 (SRF) Well, I said in my preview Burger King was practically the favourite but placed him well… Read More ›
Iron Hooves Splashes Home to Win Star Shoots
Star Shoots $125.000 For Fillies Three Years Old 6 Furlongs – Dirt Woodbine – April 25, 2026 Well, one preview prediction was right, the track came up sloppy at Woodbine for this one. What I didn’t get right is what… Read More ›
Eleven Future Stars Line Up for KY Juvenile
KY Juvenile Purse $250.00 – For Two Year Olds 5 Furlongs – Dirt Churchill Downs – April 29, 2026 The 17th running of the KY Juvenile isn’t about what’s been accomplished—it’s about what could be unfolding for these two-year-olds. Every… Read More ›
Blue Finn Gets the Win in FHBPA Sprint
Blue Finn entered the FHBPA Sprint on a two-race winning streak, which included the $100.00 Thomas Memorial Stakes in his last start. That would earn him a two pound weight disadvantage, but many were not deterred by that, as he would be the post-time favorite, as well as being our pick to win.