For Sunday, we’ll take a look at the Big A, where the 22nd running of the Grade 3 Pebbles will take place, drawing a field of seven. This will be just the fourth time that the race has been run here, however, as it was part of the BEL card from 2003-2021.
Grade III
Raining Prince Looks to Reign Supreme in Hope Stakes
The $100.000 Hope Stakes (Grade III) headlines the Del Mar card on November 16, 2025, presenting a seven-furlong test on the main dirt track exclusively for two-year-olds. As a Grade III event, this prestigious race carries weight penalties for recent… Read More ›
The Jockey Club Oaks Features Six Going For Glory
Jockey Club Oaks – Grade III AQU Race #2 1 3/8m InTurf Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Fillies Three Years Old 1 Ailin Royalty Stables Velazquez J R 122 — This race contains six decent fillies who probably wouldn’t have looked… Read More ›
Six Will Hunt for Chilukki Win on Saturday
Saturday’s racing at CD will include the 21st running of the Chilukki, which is a $300.000 Grade 3 sending female horses a mile on the main track. At inception in 2005, the Chilukki was a Grade 2, but ran for half the purse that it does today.
One Spirit Refuses to Yield in The Long Island
One Spirit delivered a resolute, front-running triumph for owner/breeder Nakamura Stables, scoring the Long Island (G3) over Aqueduct’s firm inner turf for jockey Rafael Bejarano. Sent off around 2-1, the 4-year-old filly kept finding through every stage of the 1… Read More ›
Edged Out’s Precision Strike Decides The Hill Prince
Edged Out delivered a measured, late-running victory for owner TwinTowersRacing under jockey Franco M in the Hill Prince (G3) at Aqueduct stopping the clock in 1:45.19 for 1 1/8 miles on the Inner Turf (firm). The colt settled well behind… Read More ›
Skeptic Gives Pablo Racing First Graded Win While Silencing Autumn Foes
Autumn Stakes – G3$150.000 1 1/8 Miles DirtThree Year Olds And UpwardWO November 8, 2025 In writing the preview for the G3 Autumn Stakes I saw the eventual second and third finishers as improving contenders with possibilities but even though… Read More ›
Be Exceptional Cruises to Maple Leaf Stakes Win
There were not many who felt that Be Exceptional was going to win the Maple Leaf Stakes, as she was by far the longest shot on the board at 53/1. She had been struggling, but as we alluded too, she’s had cold funks before and has been able to break out of them.
Honey, That Was So Beautiful Winning Bessarabian Stakes
Coming into the Bessarabian Stakes, So Beautiful won (in a dead heat) in her stake debut, the Grade 3 Chillingworth while earning a 100 SRF in the process. Adding a little distance from that race seemed like something that would only benefit her more.
Six Challengers Face The Lunatic in WO Autumn Stakes
Autumn Stakes – G3 $150.000 1 1/8 Miles DirtThree Year Olds And UpwardWO November 8, 2025 The nineteenth running of the Grade 3 Autumn Stakes has drawn a field of seven going nine furlongs on the dirt north of the… Read More ›