AP Million (Grade 1)- $1,000.000 PurseCNL- For Three Year Olds and UpwardOne Mile and One Quarter on the TurfAugust 9, 2025 Formerly the most exciting race on the AP schedule, the AP Million has made its way to CNL and… Read More ›
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Just Five Contenders for ELP Derby
ELP DerbyELP Race #12 1m Dirt StakePurse $300.000 For Three Year Olds. A disappointing turn out for this race considering but maybe a sign of the times at HRP as just five three-year-olds race for a prize of $300.000. Here… Read More ›
Lady Hilltopper Makes Her Return to Beverly D
The Beverly D is another one of those races that was regularly contested at AP, but had to find a new home after the closure of that track. Fortunately, CNL stepped up to allow this race to continue on.
Painville Looks to Get Back on the Right Path
The Ballston – Grade IISAR Race #5 1 1/16m InTurf Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Beach Towel Winning Link Stables Corrales G 123 — As so often happens at HRP, a horse… Read More ›
Secretariat Stakes Draws Six on Saturday
CNL will get its chance to host several good races this Saturday, and here we will look at the running of the Grade 2 Secretariat Stakes, which is for three year olds on the turf course. This is a race that formerly had been contested at AP, but moved to CD for 2022 and then here to CNL in 2023.
Present Tense Turns Back the Clock in Hirsch Stakes
Hirsch Stakes – Grade I [BC]1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Present Tense Mb Stables Ortiz J L In the end it was this wonderful mare’s class that got her… Read More ›
Dupixiet Passes The Test
The Test – Grade I7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Dupixent Night Rider Stables Ortiz I Jr Went to the front at just an average pace for HRP and that was enough to see her… Read More ›
Dead Heats Again, Does Racing Get Any More Exciting Than It Does at HRP?
SAR Derby – Grade I1 3/16 Mile Turf Stake Purse $750.000 Open 3 Year Olds. Another stakes race and another dead heat in what has become an almost laughable situation where it is almost unusual not see to a dead… Read More ›
Keto Makes a Statement in The WV Derby
In a field of experienced runners, it would be easy to look past Keto simply because the WV Derby was only his third career start. He had looked good in breaking his maiden at SAR last month, and Mb Stables would bring him here for his next start.
Happy Dancer Cruises to Victory in Pucker Up Stakes
Since returning to the turf in May, Happy Dancer had a couple of close calls, finishing second twice, so she certainly seemed like she was due to break through. Looking for her first stake victory, she made her way to ELP for the Pucker Up Stakes, and back up our selection of her by pulling off the victory.