Checking in with racing at the Spa on Friday, we will have the 17th running of the Troy, which is a Grade 3 race for older horses. Until 2020, three year olds were able to participate in this turf sprint, but that would change during that year and it has remained that way.
Grade III
Dominance Dominates In Stretch To Win MTH Oaks
With a name like Dominance, you better be good. Heading into the MTH Oaks, this filly had been successful, but had never taken on a stakes crowd before. It would be her fourth stake for Nakamura Stables, who claimed her for $65.000 at the start of the year and she would knock off a pretty good crowd in that stakes debut.
Mother Goose Co-Winners Set For MTH Oaks Rematch
Sunday racing at MTH will be highlighted by the 17th running of the MTH Oaks, a Grade 3 stake for three year old fillies. The details of this race have been constant for most of that time, except for an odd trip to the turf in 2009.
Kick Rocks Gets It Done in Cougar
Cougar Stakes – Grade 3 DMR – 1 1/2 Mile – Dirt For Three Years Old and Upward July 24, 2022 Kick Rocks made his first win of the year a big one, taking the Cougar and holding off a… Read More ›
The Result Never Looked Different as The Matchmaker Is Turned Into A Procession.
The MatchMaker, Grade Three 1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. Well sometimes HRP, just like real life, can seem random and unpredictable but here we had a race that pretty much… Read More ›
Cassandra G Gets Home First To Take Caress At The Spa
7/23/22 6 SAR Caress (GIII) $200.000 4yo&Up F&M 5 1/2f Turf 23lbs I didn’t get much right in Saturday’s Caress (GIII) at SAR, including the venue… but in the end, Angelos Stable’s Cassandra G flexed her speedster muscles… Read More ›
Z Command Strikes Out The Pitcher Stakes Field
While the eyes of the racing world were at MTH to see the Haskell, the best horse that stepped foot on the track on Saturday was not any of them that were running in the day’s featured race. Instead, that honor would belong to the great Z Command, a one-time BC Champion among other big races won by the six year old mare.
The MTH Cup See’s Experience And Class Trump The Weight Allowance
MTH Cup – Grade III1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. I remember the chat last year when three year olds went from dominating older horses to merely competing and there were two or… Read More ›
Scalp Has It Going On In Stretch To Win Lake George
In April, Spankys Barn picked up Scalp in a $25.000 claimer, a race that she ended up winning by six lengths. He would not run her right away, and seemingly took the type to take another look at adds, and she would reappear on the track with lasix.
Pitcher Stakes Is A Phipps Rematch For Top Three
On paper, the Pitcher Stakes is a Grade 3, but there is nothing “Grade 3″ about the $400.000 purse that it offers and the quality of the horses that will be running in the race. We will see a showdown between Z Command and Fashionable, with five others who are very capable of knocking them off and stealing the show.