Triple Bend Stakes – Grade IIISA Race #2 7f Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Valance Maxmillion Farm Frey K 124 — Bought from Wood Duck Stables for $100.000, the new trainer managed to find… Read More ›
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Can Jacqui Defy Top Weight in ET Mint Julep Handicap?
ET Mint Julep Handicap – Grade III CD Race #5 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $250.00 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 McCaskill Royalty Stables Lopez P 117 — My opinions about how the handicap works… Read More ›
An Open Field for Regret May Rely on the Weather
Regret – Grade III CD Race #10 1 1/8m Turf Graded StakePurse $275.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Heaven In The Bronx Langley Farms Elliott S 122 — A filly with ability but she is unproven at this level…. Read More ›
Lunar Victory Looks Tough to Beat in The Blame
Lunar Victory heads to CD on Saturday in hopes of repeating as the winner of the Grade 3 Blame. If he does so, he will accomplish the feat for two different trainers and he does seem to be the one to beat in here. It’s a field of six, and the other five have different plans as they look to be the ones to grab the win.
Strong Field of Nine for The Shawnee
A field of nine older females have made their way to CD to take part in the sixth running of the Grade 3 Shawnee, which will send them a mile and a sixteenth around the main track. As time has gone on, the race has seen gradual purse increases and has settled into the $275.000 amount now for the second year.
All Eyes on PEN on Friday for PEN Mile
There are many, many races that get held at PEN over the course of a year, but none will be bigger than the PEN Mile, which awards a $400.000 purse and attracts some of the best three year old turf horses out there.
Seven Sophomores to the CD Sod for The Audubon
5/31/2025 8 CD The Audubon $275.000 3yo 11/8th m Turf 122lbs Every once in a while, you get one of those races… I think we’ve arrived. … Read More ›
Six Pack of Turf Gents Set for Arlington Stakes at CD
5/31/2025 8 CD Arlington Stakes (GIII) $275.000 4yo&Up 11/16th m Turf 122lbs It’s not in Chicago… it’s not a million… sheesh… but here’s the field for the Arlington Stakes, a… Read More ›
Aristides BC Draws Seven Speedsters to CD Main Track
5/31/2025 6 CD Aristides BC $275.000 4yo&Up 6f Dirt 122lbs It’s a big day of racing here in Louisville, and high-end sprinters… Read More ›
Nazca Lines Fires Late to Take Winning Colors at CD
5/26/2025 1 CD Winning Colors (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122lbs Neither The Card nor I were even close in… Read More ›