Grade III
So Beautiful and Honey Get a Rematch in Bessarabian Stakes
Next up at WO, we have the Grade 3 Bessarabian Stakes, which is a seven furlong race on the main track for fillies and mares. Five horses will be heading to the starting in hopes of taking the winner’s share of the $150.000 purse. The race was first held in 2010, and would become graded for the first time in 2011.
Eight To Run in Maple Leaf Stakes at WO
The BC may be over, but the race calendar still moves on, and we have several races that we can look at this weekend. Up at WO, female horses that like to run long will get their chance to run in a Grade 3 while more than likely knowing that there will not be any BC horses in the field.
Good Memories Tries to Make First Time Turf Memorable in River City Handicap
River City Handicap Grade3 $300.000 -Churchill Downs Louisville, KY Good Memories from the Mb Stables switches to turf for the first time in his career on Saturday. The four-year-old colt also takes a substantial drop in class after a strong… Read More ›
Self Love Earns Street Sense, Heads for KYD
Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU 1st Self Love Mb Stables *2.25-1 (HRP) 7-2 (SRF) As predicted, Self Love stalked the speed throughout the race into the stretch taking… Read More ›
Full Field of Juveniles Look to KYD in Street Sense at AQU
Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU I’m not going to go on too much about the history of the development of Street Sense. It reads almost identical to Rags to Riches…. Read More ›
Bear Head Shows His Good Side In The Station
Bear Head was very impressive with the way he won the Secretariat in August, and he certainly seemed destined to finish better than tenth in his next two starts. There were excuses for each of those runs, and close to three months later, Bear Head reminded us all of the Secretariat.
Diametric Goes Wire To Wire In The Fayette
Despite being in a barn which is not shy about running horses in stakes, Diametric had spent most of his career running in overnights, and consistent hitting the board in them. In August, Diametric finally got his chance to step up in a high paying ungraded race in 2025, and would run second in the $200.000 Jones Stakes.
Looking for a King in Fayette
On Saturday, we will have a field of seven taking part in the 21st running of the Fayette, a nine furlong Grade 3 on the main track for three year olds and upward. This race got its purse boost in 2022, from $200.000 to the current level of $350.000, but is downgraded in classification for the first time, having been a Grade 2 since 2009.