If you add together the purses for the other two KYD preps on Saturday, the Wood Memorial and the SA Derby, you get $1,250.000. That would also be the purse amount for the BG Stakes, by itself. KEE is certainly doing something right by increasing their purses, a stark contrast from SA, who lowered theirs for 2025.
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Could Be the Race of the Year as Two Great Champions Lock Horns in Vinery Madison
Vinery Madison – Grade I KEE Race #8 7f Dirt Graded StakePurse $650.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Lady Sammyantha The Sidley Stud Lopez P 123 — The BC Fillies and Mares Sprint Champion returns… Read More ›
100 Valuable Points on the Line in SA Derby
We’ve reached the final big weekend of prep races for the KYD, as three 100-point races will be held that can shake up the leaderboard as we currently know it. There will then be the “Hail Mary” next weekend in the Lexington, but this weekend will determine a lot. Here, we will head out west to SA, to take a look at the 22nd running of the Grade 1 SA Derby.
Tactical Spin Looks to Stake Her Claim in Ashland
Ashland – Grade I [KYO]KEE Race #6 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $750.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Affair D J C Racing Stables Centeno D E 120 — As we get to the latter stages of KYO qualification… Read More ›
Boss Spearman Lays Down the Law in AR Derby
Earlier in the day, Daemon asserted himself as the KYD favorite with five weeks to go before the big race by winning the FL Derby. This would lead all eyes to OP, where virtual race fans looked to see if the other top contender, Extreme Jet, could also get a big win in the AR Derby.
Daemon Looks Like an Unstoppable Force, Adds The FL Derby to His Resume’
3/29/2025 14 GP The FL Derby (GI) [KYD] $1,000.000 3yo 11/8th Mile Dirt 122lbs We both had the winner, but so did a majority of the free world. Daemon keeps his hot hand going and moves… Read More ›
Extreme-ly Good Field for The AR Derby
Time is winding down in the chase to get horses in to the KYD. This weekend and next figure to be the last chances for a horse to get the necessary points, although there will be “Hail Mary’s” in the Lexington. 100 point races began last week, and after seeing Gold State and Ello Santa secure massive wins, OP and GP will be the focus this weekend.
Can Mb Break the Curse or Is It Daemon’s Day to Shine? It’s The FL Derby
3/29/2025 14 GP The FL Derby (GI) [KYD] $1,000.000 3yo 11/8th Mile Dirt 122lbs A big day of racing here in SoFla and it doesn’t get any bigger than The FL Derby (GI) and… Read More ›
Wasted Away’s Dominance Continues with Beholder Mile Win
After her dominant three year old season that saw her win both the KYO and the BC Distaff, among others, Wasted Away returned to the race track after some well deserved time off to make her four year old racing debut. This filly by Fire N Fury had not been wasting away over the last four months and successfully took care of business in the Beholder Mile just like we are used to her doing.
Wasted Away Makes 2025 Debut in Beholder Mile
The Beholder Mile is the weekend’s lone Grade 1, taking place at SA for older females on the main track. It takes place for the 20th time this year, and for the tenth time here at SA after previously being held at HOL. The $300.000 purse has been common for the race in general, but it is a reduction from the $500.000 that we saw in 2022 and 2023.