This Friday at Saratoga, we will have the twelfth running of the Coronation Cup, which is a turf sprint for three year old fillies. It has always been a smaller ungraded stake here at the Spa, beginning with a $100.000 purse in 2012 before getting slight increases in 2021 and 2022 to its current level of $150.000.
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Wilton Draws a Field of Ten
The Wilton is a small ungraded stakes by SAR standards that takes place on the main track for three year old fillies. It is just the second year that the race has been in existence here at the Spa, with last year’s running also having a $135.000 purse.
Next Gen Proves That Size Doesn’t Matter in LA Derby
LA Derby1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $125.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Next Gen Iolaus Racing Figueroa C This pint-sized tank has been 15.1hh since December last year when it ran its debut so without any growth for 7… Read More ›
Mb Looks to Add Another Derby to His Trophy Cabinet
LA DerbyLA Race #1 1 1/8m Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Three Year Olds. 1 Question Everything TwinTowersRacing Valdivia J Jr 120 — This is a ‘why not have a go Derby’ as there are bigger prizes attached to other of… Read More ›
Have Phun Wins Hanshin
The Hanshin – $275.000 CD – 1 Mile – Dirt For Four-Year-Olds And Upward July 3, 2023 Have Phun stalked the pace throughout the mile contest and took control in the stretch to win by a length over Set In… Read More ›
Fake Sunset Wins the Battle of the Noses and Necks in Debutante
‘Debutante6 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $225.000 Filly 2 Year Olds. With less than two-tenths of a second covering the first six and only 1.2 seconds covering every runner, this indeed was a race that was as close as expected considering… Read More ›
Eight in the Gate for The Hanshin
The Hanshin – $275.000 CD – 1 Mile – Dirt For Four Year Olds And Upward July 3, 2023 1 Hint Of Sugar (Arindel) This five-year-old gelding hasn’t finished off the board in five starts so far this year, four… Read More ›
Things Start to Heat Up for the Juvenile Fillies as Maiden Winners Look to Become Stakes Winners
DebutanteCD Race #8 6f Dirt StakePurse $225.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. These early two year old races have become a race between the big-ticket maiden winners with nothing else getting a look in so once again we have to… Read More ›
Zakouski One Cruises to Win in American Derby
After finishing either first or second in his four races since being gelded, Zakouski One had a chance to make his stake debut on Saturday in the American Derby. There would be steady rain at CD, and that would leave the turf course as a yielding surface, but it would not stop Zakouski One from being able to step up and defeat four rivals to win his first stake race.
Just Five to Race in American Derby, So Why Not a Five Shot Party
A small field of five will head to the starting gate for the 19th running of the American Derby, a race that has probably seen better days but can still give us an entertaining race. It first appeared on the calendar in 2005 as a Grade 2, and saw its purse get as high as $300.000 for a couple years.
