The field is set for Saturday’s running of the KY Cup Classic, and there are some very big names that will be taking part in it. It’s a $300.000 Grade 3 that debuted in 2006, but has not been run every year and this is just the tenth edition of the race. The race was a Grade 2 from 2006 through 2011, but then did not appear again until 2018, when it was a small ungraded race running for $100.000.
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The Essex Handicap May Come Down to Tactics
The Essex Handicap – Grade IIIOP Race #1 1 1/8m Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 El Gran Cambio Bears Stable Juarez A J Jr 122 — If this were a plain Stakes race, then… Read More ›
Star-Studded Field Headed by Credit Crime Take Aim at FG Oaks
FG Oaks – Grade II [KYO]FG Race #12 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $400.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Sune Lee Riggins Racing Lopez P 122 — Bought for $265.000 from Aer Stables after a strong second in the… Read More ›
Shes A Looker Will Try and Shine in Bourbonette Oaks
Bourbonette Oaks [KYO]TP Race #5 1 1/16m Dirt StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Tranquil Top Mb Stables Beschizza A 122 — Claimed from Acber Farms after a fourth-place finish in an optional claimer off a maiden win… Read More ›
Could Ruby Stakes Give Us the KYD Favorite?
3/22/2025 7 TP Ruby Stakes (GIII) [KYD] $700.000 3yo 11/8th Mile Dirt 122lbs To the dust bowl we go, and although we don’t get the glorious taste of fibers due to no syn… Read More ›
Muniz Memorial Handicap Draws Nine
On the undercard of a spectacular Saturday at FG will be the 20th running of the Muniz Memorial Handicap, a nine furlong race on the turf for older horses. At inception, this race ran for a $500.000 price tag, but has been at the $300.000 level since 2014.
Emotions And Racing… It’s The Mike LaRosa LA Derby
3/22/2025 14 FG Mike LaRosa LA Derby (GII) [KYD] $1,000.000 3yo 13/16th Mile Dirt 122lbs It’s an absolute honor to cover this race for the SRF… two years, just as raw as if it… Read More ›
Monsters Galore in New Orleans Classic at FG
3/22/2025 13 FG New Orleans Classic (GII) $500.000 4yo&Up 11/8th Mile Dirt 123lbs A huge day of thoroughbred action here at FG, and we get a top notch group of older handicap types… Read More ›
Chisel Uses Fast Fractions to Take Whitmore Stakes at OP
3/15/2025 1 OP Whitmore Stakes (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up 6f Dirt 122lbs I tried to get cute in the handicapping department, and it bit me… oh well… We did have the winner in Saturday’s… Read More ›
Broadway Heiress Gets Her Reward for Consistency in Queen Stakes
Queen Stakes6 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $125.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Broadway Heiress Glorify Stables Roman C Consistency was key here as this game five-year-old which rarely runs a bad race did her best as… Read More ›