Sometimes, a young horse will just have a bad race. For Escapist, that is probably all the Adirondack was. After being purchased in private sales for $350.000, Escapist struggled at SAR for the Adirondack but came to CD hoping to escape what happened there in the Grade 3 Pocahontas.
Grade III
Street Magician Comes on Late to Win Iroquois
The morning line odds for Street Magician were 12/1, but the gelding would see a lot of love in the pick ‘em, and that would lead to those odds dropping all the way to 3/1, and just narrowly missing becoming the post-time favorite. Street Magician would show that all of the support was justified as he rebounding from a sluggish outing in the Best Pal Stakes to win the Iroquois with a come from behind effort.
Superface Party Edges Clear Late to Take Jockey Club Oaks at AQU
9/14/24 8 AQU Jockey Club Oaks (GIII) $350.000 3yoF 1 3/8m innerTurf 122lbs The Green Card stays as hot as Mb Stables, handing out the straight exacta in the Jockey Club Oaks (GIII)… Superface Party, the near… Read More ›
Balanced Field for Iroquois
This Saturday, we will see a group of promising two year olds who hope to make the BC Juvenile in a little less than two months and perhaps even return here on the first Saturday of May next year. It’s the 22nd running of the Iroquois, which is held at a mile and offers a $300.000 purse.
Center Of Gravity Headlines Pocahontas
At CD on Saturday, we will have a couple of great stakes races for two year olds as the BC Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies get closer. Here, we will look at the Pocahontas, which is the race for fillies, and there are seven heading to the starting gate.
Small Field of Five for Jockey Club Oaks at AQU
9/14/24 8 AQU Jockey Club Oaks (GIII) $350.000 3yoF 1 3/8m innerTurf 122lbs Sophomore ladies will be going the mile and three-eighths marathon distance over the inner Turf course, here at AQU, and we look at the… Read More ›
Atomic Eclipse Shows Up for the Big Time Again
The Mint Million – Grade III 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $2,000.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Atomic Eclipse Spankys Barn Gaffalione T The last time this one won a race it was a shock win in the… Read More ›
Lady Hilltopper Is Thoroughly Dominant in Ladies Marathon
Perhaps it needs to happen when the race is of a longer distance like the Ladies Marathon, but it is very rare to get a four length winner in our game in a $1,000.000 race when it was not an off track. This was the case on Saturday in the Ladies Marathon, when Lady Hilltopper left them in the dust in the stretch for the comfortable win.
Mb Pulls VA Derby Upset with Inherently
9/7/24 1 CNL VA Derby (GIII) $500.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs Get in front and improve position… a saying as old as time. Well, Mb Stables‘ Inherently did almost-that in Saturday’s VA Derby (GIII). Leading… Read More ›
Time To Go Long in Ladies Marathon
It doesn’t have as high of a purse as other races at KD may have on Saturday, but there is never anything wrong with running for $1,000.000. That’s what a field of ten will do in the third running of the Ladies Marathon. As it’s name suggests, it is a long race, going a little more than a mile and a quarter.