Just a few days after being named 2023 Horse Of The Year, Matamata will be heading to the starting gate to kick off her five year old season against eleven rivals at OP. The race is the Grade 3 Bayakoa, which first appeared on our schedule in 2015.
Grade III
TC Hopefuls Continue to Climb The Ladder… The Withers (GIII)
2/3/24 3 AQU The Withers (GIII) [KYD] $250.000 3yo 1 1/8m Dirt 122lbs Well, I worked on a write-up for 2+ hours and lost it because… well, never mind. It’s gone… so, we get the abbreviated… Read More ›
Grass Gremlins Go at It in The Kittens Joy
2/3/24 8 GP The Kittens Joy (GIII) $150.000 3yo 1 1/16m Turf 121 + penalties SoFla and a nice group of sophomores set to go a mile and a sixteenth in The Kittens Joy (GIII), over the lush… Read More ›
The TAM Stakes
The TAM Stakes – Grade IIITAM Race #6 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $175.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Moonlight Special Allinthegate Castanon J L 126 — The fact that this seven year old has to carry 4Lbs… Read More ›
The Endeavour
The Endeavour BC – Grade IIITAM Race #7 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $175.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Proper Pan Farms Cotto P L Jr 122 — Well the races don’t get any easier… Read More ›
Lewis Stakes
Lewis Stakes – Grade III [KYD]SA Race #8 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Three Year Olds. These early KYD qualifiers really get the blood running but they also remind you of just how hard it is to get… Read More ›
Claiming Game Will Go Up a Notch After King Z Takes McKnight Stakes
McKnight Stakes – Grade III1 1/2 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. Could the new old game of HRP be back? Years ago, before breeding took off the claiming part of the game along… Read More ›
Lady Hilltopper Does It in Style
La Prevoyante Handicap – Grade III1 1/2 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $150.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Lady Hilltopper Black N Gold Stable Gutierrez Mario I have a feeling that at age five… Read More ›
Hippyheart Uses Bad Debt to Cash Big Check in The Southwest
1/27/24 2 OP The Southwest (GIII) [KYD] $800.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 121lbs To be this early in the Road To The TC, I was quite happy without selections today… predicted the upset, still nailed the… Read More ›
With Late Push, Stinky Rene Pulls Out Win in The Pegasus F & M Turf
Some of the best active horses in the game were on display as the running of the Pegasus F & M Turf took place on Saturday. In total, there were four former winners of the BC F & M Turf in the race, so you knew this had to be a good one. Stinky Rene is not one of them, but she was a horse that seemed to be peaking heading into the BC.