5/30/22 9 LS Sexton Mile (GII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116 lbs Older 122lbs It was chalky, but nailed it! Gran Z keeps Maxmillion Farm’s hot hand going, closing from well off of the pace and getting up… Read More ›
Grade II
Jokerjoes “Thunders” Home For Eclipse Win
5/29/22 6 WO Eclipse Stakes (GII) $175.000 4yo&Up 1 1/16th Dirt 122lbs +penalties Jokerjoes gets his first Grade 2 win as Thundering Speed noses out Eclipse My Knowledge for the victory in the Eclipse Stakes (GII). It was a… Read More ›
Audioslave Shows “Original Fire” in Triple Bend Win
5/29/22 4 SA Triple Bend Stakes (GII) $200.000 4yo&Up 7f Dirt 123lbs +penalties If you threw the favorite out, we gave you a nice exacta in this one… this was a battle of necks as Audioslave, owned by Alydar… Read More ›
Sexton Mile Looks Like Two-Horse Battle to Me
5/30/22 9 LS Sexton Mile (GII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116 lbs Older 122lbs It’s a big day of stakes races here in the Lone Star State and we look at the field for the Sexton Mile (GII),… Read More ›
Can “Eclipse” Take Eclipse Stakes?
5/29/22 6 WO Eclipse Stakes (GII) $175.000 4yo&Up 1 1/16th Dirt 122lbs +penalties Up north of the border we go to WO for the Eclipse Stakes (GII), a mile and a sixteen main track stakes for the older handicap… Read More ›
Speedsters Set for Seven Furlong Sprint at SA in Triple Bend Stakes
5/29/22 4 SA Triple Bend Stakes (GII) $200.000 4yo&Up 7f Dirt 123lbs +penalties Our to sunny California and we look at the field for the Triple Bend Stakes (GII), a seven furlong sprint for the older gents and “older”… Read More ›
Droopy Feasts on the Field in The Dinner Party Stakes Victory
The running of the PRK would be getting closer, and while everyone anticipated the start of that, we still had the running of the Grade 2 Dinner Party Stakes to take care of. This is a race that people would recognize as The Dixie Stakes from years past, but the name of the race changed this year.
Third Gear Has Another Gear, Takes The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
5/20/2022 11 PIM The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (GII) $250.000 3yoF 1 1/8m Dirt 122lbs The 1.75 favorite ran last, my pick never got going and the Smokey Stover train keeps rolling through another station as their Third Gear wins… Read More ›
The Dinner Party Stakes Is a Different Stake Name So Maybe a Different Story
When The Dinner Party Stakes goes to post, the crowd will be anticipating the start of the PRK even more as this will be the final race of the undercard before the second jewel of the triple crown gets started.
Seven Fillies To The Gate For The Black-Eyed Susan
5/20/2022 11 PIM The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (GII) $250.000 3yoF 1 1/8m Dirt 122lbs To stinky ol’ Bal’mur we go and the run-down, dilapidated skeleton of a once thriving race track, PIM. We look at the field of seven… Read More ›
