Zifi delivered a powerhouse performance in The Maid of the Mist for Mb Stables, taking control early under Gutierrez Mario and never letting anyone by. Sent off as the favorite, the 2-year-old filly broke on top, established command of the… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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She Is Into It: Rags to Riches, KYO, Everything
Rags to Riches [KYO]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Old Fillies At AQU 1st She Is Into It Jerry Garcia Racing 7.50-1 (HRP) 7-2 (SRF) She Is Into It stayed much closer to the lead than usual,… Read More ›
Self Love Earns Street Sense, Heads for KYD
Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU 1st Self Love Mb Stables *2.25-1 (HRP) 7-2 (SRF) As predicted, Self Love stalked the speed throughout the race into the stretch taking… Read More ›
Blueberry Powers Home in NY Turf Sprint
NY Turf Sprint Championship $200.000 6 Furlongs TurfThree Year Olds and Upward Foaled in NYAqueduct October 25, 2025 With a $200.000 purse on the line, six NY bred horses lined up for the NY Turf Sprint Championship. When the dust… Read More ›
Hat Trick Time for Never Hold Back in The Empire Classic
-The Empire ClassicPurse $250,000 (3+ Foaled In NY)South Ozone Park, NY A hat trick is a tough enough accomplishment in ice hockey, but it does happen when a single player is in the zone during one game. In horse racing,… Read More ›
Boardwalk Authority Shows Authority in The Empire Distaff
-The Empire DistaffPurse $250,000 (Fillies and Mares 3+ Foaled In NY)South Ozone Park, NY Boardwalk Authority proved too tough late and held sway from the eighth pole home under strong urging by Jockey RM Hernandez to take the Empire Distaff… Read More ›
Full Field of Juveniles Look to KYD in Street Sense at AQU
Street Sense – Grade III [KYD]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Olds At AQU I’m not going to go on too much about the history of the development of Street Sense. It reads almost identical to Rags to Riches…. Read More ›
Young Lasses Look for Rags to Riches at AQU
Rags to Riches [KYO]1 1/16 miles Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Two-Year-Old Fillies At AQU Rags to Riches was first run in 2014 as a $60.000 1-mile event. Purse value gradually until in 2019 it reached $120.000, then the following year… Read More ›
Barewolf Serves Notice in Ticonderoga
The Ticonderoga$200.000 1 1/16 Miles InTurfFillies and Mares Three Years Old and Upward Foaled in NYAqueduct October 25, 2025 The Ticonderoga drew a small field of five and turning for home there were four horses across the track fighting it… Read More ›
Bear Head Shows His Good Side In The Station
Bear Head was very impressive with the way he won the Secretariat in August, and he certainly seemed destined to finish better than tenth in his next two starts. There were excuses for each of those runs, and close to three months later, Bear Head reminded us all of the Secretariat.