Lunar Victory heads to CD on Saturday in hopes of repeating as the winner of the Grade 3 Blame. If he does so, he will accomplish the feat for two different trainers and he does seem to be the one to beat in here. It’s a field of six, and the other five have different plans as they look to be the ones to grab the win.
Grade III
Strong Field of Nine for The Shawnee
A field of nine older females have made their way to CD to take part in the sixth running of the Grade 3 Shawnee, which will send them a mile and a sixteenth around the main track. As time has gone on, the race has seen gradual purse increases and has settled into the $275.000 amount now for the second year.
All Eyes on PEN on Friday for PEN Mile
There are many, many races that get held at PEN over the course of a year, but none will be bigger than the PEN Mile, which awards a $400.000 purse and attracts some of the best three year old turf horses out there.
Six Pack of Turf Gents Set for Arlington Stakes at CD
5/31/2025 8 CD Arlington Stakes (GIII) $275.000 4yo&Up 11/16th m Turf 122lbs It’s not in Chicago… it’s not a million… sheesh… but here’s the field for the Arlington Stakes, a… Read More ›
Nazca Lines Fires Late to Take Winning Colors at CD
5/26/2025 1 CD Winning Colors (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122lbs Neither The Card nor I were even close in… Read More ›
Distant Breeze Wires Sexton Mile
5/26/2025 16 LS Sexton Mile (GIII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116lbs Older 122lbs Not that it paid much, but we nailed this one down… The Sidley Stud gets the job done as Distant Breeze… Read More ›
Seven to the Gate for Sexton Mile at LS
5/26/2025 16 LS Sexton Mile (GIII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116lbs Older 122lbs Down to Texas and a big day of racing here at LS… this one, we take… Read More ›
Sprinting Spinster Do Battle In Colors at CD
5/26/2025 1 CD Colors (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122lbs Louisville and sprinting ladies will be on the menu as we look at the full field… Read More ›
American Generals Marchs to Victory in The Louisville
5/17/2025 5 The Louisville (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up 11/2 Mile Turf 122lbs It took a new stakes record to get the job done in Saturday’s Louisville (GIII), here… Read More ›
Christmas In May for Ello Santa in The Dinner Party Stakes
Five horses would take part in the Dinner Party Stakes, and many people expected a showdown between Ello Santa and Grand Opening, as the two took 75% of the selections in the Pick ‘em. This corrected the morning line odds seeing otherwise, and these two would end up taking the top two positions in a tightly contested race.