There’s a new stake on the schedule this year, as the Great Lakes Stakes is set to take place up north at WO, sending older horses a little more than a mile on the main track.
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Izzy Loves His Return to Sprinting to Take Aristides BC
Aristides BC6 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $125.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Izzy Mandelbaum YME Stable Van Dyke D There’s nothing like HRP for extremes and this horse came from a 12 furlong race to a six furlong… Read More ›
Rotten Apple Takes The Blame
The Blame1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $125.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Rotten Apple Nakamura Stables Court J K A Nak one two in this, not a bad result when you consider this one’s last run was… Read More ›
Who Will Take The Blame at CD?
The BlameCD Race #11 1 1/8m Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Kick Rocks Nakamura Stables Cohen D Another one of those tough fours and up races that could go to anything. This one was bought… Read More ›
It’s a Coin Toss in Aristides BC
Aristides BC CD Race #9 6f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Izzy Mandelbaum YME Stable Van Dyke D A very consistent five year old he comes back from 12 furlongs to 6 furlongs today and whilst… Read More ›
Broad Brush Paints the Rail to Win Cinema Stakes
Based on their resumes heading into the Cinema Stakes, none of the five horses in the race would be granted a starring role in higher profile races, but you have to start somewhere. For eventual winner Broad Brush, that stepping stone to bigger and better things would happen here in the Cinema Stakes.
Lillehammer Goes Wire to Wire in The Keertana
5/22/21 6 CD The Keertana $100.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/2m Turf 122 lbs +penalties For everything I did wrong in this race, at least I got the winner right. Lillehammer, owned by Invicta Group Llc, made every call a… Read More ›
Burning Approval Reminds Us of Past Form in The Seek Again
You have to go back to 2019 to find the last time that Burning Approval won a stake. He won that PA Derby that day, the final win of what was an outstanding stretch that saw him win three top races in a row. After that, he ran second in the BC Dirt Mile, and you would have thought that there was more to come.
Up and Comers Take Center Stage in Cinema Stakes
A field of five will go to post for the fifth edition of the Cinema Stakes, and this race should serve as a good stepping stone for its winner to go on to do bigger and better things. For now, this is not a field packed with runners with glowing resumes, but is made entirely of horses hoping to get there.
The Seek Again to Run at BEL for the First Time
A new stake has appeared on the schedule this year, and a field of eleven will head to the gate, making The Seek Again already successful as a race.