10/4/24 3 KEE Phoenix (GII) [BC] $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs My love for KEE is well documented… the fall stakes get going with a six-panel dash for the speedsters and… Read More ›
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Juvenile Fillies Do Battle as We Get to the Pointy End of the Season
Alcibiades – Grade I [BC]KEE Race #5 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $600.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. 1 Stink Eye TwinTowersRacing Geroux F 122 — The last big weekend of BC qualifiers sees the youngsters take the center stage… Read More ›
Bad Debt Is Good Investment – Takes OK Derby with Ease
9/28/2024 1 RP The OK Derby (GIII) $400.000 3yo 1 1/8m Dirt 122lbs D J C Racing Stables seemed to notice that when Bad Debt won the Southwest (GIII), he was on the lead… when he won… Read More ›
No Wrong Turns… Albaquirky Takes John Henry at SA
9/28/2024 13 SA John Henry Turf (GII) $750.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Whomever was talking smack on Albaquirky way back when, some few months ago… I think you owe both… Read More ›
Shark Waters Cuts Back Just Fine, Wins Eddie D Stakes
For his entire career, even including his debut race, Shark Waters has run at least a mile. However, his last two races did not go particularly well, and this would lead to his trainer, Fractious, deciding to do something different with the gelding. In the Eddie D Stakes, he would only go six and a half furlongs, and it would prove to be the right call.
Fractious Adds Another Trophy to Their Rapidly Filling Cabinet
California Crown – Grade I (P10) [BC]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Master And Commander Fractious Franco M What a day it was for Fractious Stable today as once again they found… Read More ›
Wahpekute Sioux Comes Back to Form in Lukas Classic
Lukas Classic – Grade II (P2)1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Wahpekute Sioux Mb Stables Gaffalione T When this horse gets on speed there are few tougher horses in training and he… Read More ›
Speter Books His BC Place in Ack Ack
Ack Ack – Grade III (P7) [BC]1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Speter Fractious Van Dyke D It was to be a day when the AI would get the timing right for one… Read More ›
“Oh Brother” Spanky Wins Again, Takes City of Hope
9/28/2024 9 SA City of Hope Mile (GII) [BC] $200.000 3yo&Up 1m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Looks like we picked this one upside down and inside out… content to stalk the pace from… Read More ›
You’re Kidding? Well Done Wins The Hirsch Turf Classic
There was plenty of reason to think that Well Done would rebound well from a tough outing in his prior race, the Nashville Derby. However, this was still the Hirsch Turf Classic, and with the likes of King Que Niagra, Fanatical Empire, and Ziccio (among others) in the field, Well Done needed to do more than just rebound.