The BroadwayAQU Race #2 7f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward Foaled In NY. 1 Twizzle Mo Mentum Farm Kocakaya G 123 — Bought at the end of last year for $65.000 you would… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Will a Big Name Win The GP Sprint Championship?
While the name of the race would suggest that this was a graded stake for a large purse, the GP Sprint Championship is an ungraded stake with a purse of “only” $125.000. There was a time when it did carry more prestige, running as a Grade 2 back in 2004, but eventually it was downgraded to a Grade 3 before becoming ungraded in 2023.
Beating Ruthian May Be a Powerful Task in The Heavenly Prize
At $150.000, the purse for the Heavenly Prize could be more heavenly, but it is still a nice offering for this ungraded stake that runs for the seventh time. It would debut in 2017, but has not been run every year, and for a little while, it seemed like it might be in jeopardy of not filling this year as well.
Small Field of Five for The Lightning City Stakes at TAM
2/22/2025 8 TAM The Lightning City Stakes $125.000 5f Turf 4yo&Up F&M 122lbs Abbreviated field, abbreviated distance, but I’m glad we were able to get this one to go… A field of five females… Read More ›
The Razorback Handicap Is Sure to Entertain as the Older Horses Do Battle
The Razorback Handicap – Grade III OP Race #2 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. These handicaps are always interesting, not because a 6Lb spread in the weights should make any difference, but because… Read More ›
Don’t Miss The Confident Elegance and Soliloquy Sunset Rematch in The Honeybee
Last Saturday, the Alexandra kicked off the 50-point races for the KYO, and now all eyes will be at OP on Saturday as the 19th running of the Honeybee takes place for the second 50-pointer of the season. To celebrate, OP has raised the purse this year to $500.000, up $100.000 from where it was last year, and that too, was a $100.000 increase over the prior year.
Tough Field in Cincinnati Trophy Stakes
Cincinnati Trophy Stakes [KYO] TP Race #2 1m Dirt StakePurse $175.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Intimate Team 7 Illusions Corrales G 122 — Team 7 Illusions hit the jackpot with the draw monster here with the two inside… Read More ›
Daemon Looks to Make It Five in a Row as Rebel Has Big Field and Big Purse
2/22/2025 3 OP The Rebel (GII) [KYD] $1,250.000 11/16th Mile Dirt 3yo 122lbs The interest grows, the field grows, the purse grows… and it’s only February. The chocolates are eaten, the… Read More ›
TC Trail Goes to TP for Battaglia
2/22/2025 3 TP Battaglia Memorial Stakes [KYD] $175.000 11/16th Mile Dirt 3yo 122lbs The Road to Louisville continues and we will obviously have a full gate for the Battaglia, a mile and a sixteenth… Read More ›
Darrow Holds Off Late Charging Foes to Take SUN Derby for Mb
2/8/2025 8 SUN SUN Derby (GIII) [KYD] $400.000 11/16th Mile Dirt 3yo 120lbs Hey, hey… we hit the $108 exacta – The Card had it straight, no box needed. When you get on… Read More ›