Hard Discretion came into the Native Diver Stakes on a two race winning streak, with a pair of victories in optional claimers. Both of those results, especially the most recent one, showed that he deserved a shot to run at the stake level.

For the 18th time, the Native Diver will be taking place, and it has been run at DMR every year since 2014. During its tenure at DMR, we have already seen two dead heats for a win, so we’ll be hoping not to see a third this year.

In the Grade 3 Hope Stakes, our field was predominantly filled with up and comers, making the race seemingly up for grabs. It would be a great chance for a horse to make a great impression, and the one doing that in this race would be East Of Creep, for Barcelona Farms. This is a horse that debuted, like many others, in April of this year, but did not hit the track again until August.

Last year, while many were still thinking about the top horses to have raced in the BC Juvenile, a horse by the name of Howl Of The Hound was running here, and winning the Hope Stakes for his first graded win.

10/31/21   6  BEL      The Bold Ruler (GIII) $200.000     3yo&Up    7f   Dirt      3yo 121 lbs   Older 124 lbs   +penalties It was a big weekend of stakes action here in Elmont, NY, and the upsets ruled the weekend… we had another… Read More ›