San Clemente Handicap – Grade II 1 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $200.00 Fillies Three-Year-Olds. At DMR San Clemente Handicap was a first-year stakes race back in the wild west years of HRP where things happened that we would… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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The Quick Call Awaits a First-Time Graded Stakes Winner
The Quick Call – (Grade lll) Purse $225.00 – For Three Year Olds 5½ Furlongs – Turf Saratoga – July 19, 2026 Opportunity knocks this Sunday at Saratoga, where all seven entrants have a chance to become a first-time graded… Read More ›
Full Field Set for The Connaught Cup Sunday
Connaught Cup Stakes 7 1/2 furlongs on Turf Grade 2Purse $175.00 For Three Year Olds And UpwardWoodbine Racetrack Toronto Ontario, Canada -I love turf racing and I love full fields, because that is usually where the money is when spending… Read More ›
Weight Allowance Makes Lucy Heat Tough To Beat In Nassau Stakes
This Sunday at WO, we will have a field of eight taking part in the 19th running of the Nassau Stakes, which is held at a mile on the turf course for fillies and mares. The purse for the race has been as high as $300.00, but has been at the present level of $175.00 since 2017.
Seven Seeking to Negotiate a Win in The United Nations Stakes
The United Nations Stakes – GII $500.00 For Three Year Olds And Upward 1 3/8 Miles – Turf Monmouth Park – July 18, 2026 New Jersey is (was?) a great place. I grew up there. The Jersey Shore and Monmouth… Read More ›
Obi Wan: These Are the Horses I’ve Been Looking for in San Diego Handicap
San Diego Handicap – Grade II 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $300.00 Three-Year-Olds-And-Upward. At DMR San Diego Handicap has been with us since the beginning… 2003 won by the future HOF stallion… one of our base stallions… Read More ›
The Coronation Cup Preview: Franklymydearscarlet Goes for Two at SAR
The Coronation Cup will be run on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at Saratoga as Race #5, a Grade III turf sprint for three-year-old fillies at 5 1/2 furlongs carrying a purse of $225.000. First contested in 2012, the race has… Read More ›
The Haskell Preview: Gogh Wild Seeks Another Grade I Crown
The Haskell will be run on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at Monmouth Park as Race #10, a Grade I event for three-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on dirt carrying a purse of $1,000.000. The race is also designated as a… Read More ›
Poetic Panther Chases a Diana Three-Peat Against a Loaded Field
The Diana – (Grade l) Purse $500.00 – For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward 1⅛ Miles – Turf Saratoga – July 18, 2026 What a race we have this weekend at The Spa as the best turf… Read More ›
Undefeated Monarchy Heads Impressive WO Oaks Field on Sunday
The Woodbine Oaks 1 1/8 on Dirt Purse $500.00 For Fillies Three Years Old Foaled In CanadaWoodbine Racetrack Toronto Ontario, Canada Monarchy from Mo Mentum Farm surely needs no introduction to anybody following the races these days, the three year… Read More ›