2/1/2025 9 TAM The TAM Stakes (GIII) $175.000 11/16th Mile Turf 4yo&Up 122lbs +penalties Once again, the TAM jockey colony was raided for out-of-town stakes, the C/D guys got the rides and that’s just a shame. … Read More ›
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Red Fox Farms Nails Down First Graded Win in Holy Bull “Surge”
2/1/2025 9 GP The Holy Bull Stakes (GIII) [KYD] $250.000 11/16 Mile Dirt 3yo 121lbs It looks like the theme of this weekend’s handicapping will be in honor of Bob Uecker… “just a… Read More ›
Tactical Spin Defies the Odds to Win The Forward Gal Stakes
We picked Tactical Spin to win the Forward Gal Stakes, but were apparently in the minority, as she went off as a surprising 30/1 longshot, and was indeed the longest shot on the board. She would pay $62.30 to win, and we’re not really sure why she was not bet more.
GP Is Ruths House in Sweetest Chant
The way they were entered into the gate is the way that they would finish in the Sweetest Chant, as the six horses finished in perfect number order. That’s great news for Ruths House, as the TwinTowersRacing filly hit it out of the park to won by a length with a wire to wire performance.
They Could Purrrr Along in Front in The Kittens Joys
The Kittens Joy GP Race #4 1 1/16m Turf StakePurse $150.00 For Three Year Olds. 1 Spin Zone Mb Stables Velazquez J R 123 — I don’t often see this trainer with an entry carrying a penalty, but they must… Read More ›
The Speed Will Be on in The Swale Stakes
The Swale Stakes GP Race #7 7f Dirt StakePurse $150.000 For Three Year Olds. 1 Bad For Your Health Mb Stables Lopez P 121 — This race tends to have a few entries that look to go to the bigger… Read More ›
Award Winning Lady Sammyantha Makes 2025 Debut in Santa Monica
Fresh off of winning HRP awards as the 2024 Older Female of the Year and Sprinter Female, Lady Sammyantha begins her 2025 campaign here in the Santa Monica Stakes. The two-time BC F & M Sprint winner will have to do so from the outside, but that is nothing she hasn’t done before.
Sweetest Chant Draws a Field of Six
A field of six will be heading to the starting gate for the 17th running of the Sweetest Chant, which is for three year old fillies on the turf. The race was a Grade 3 for a while, getting that designation in 2016, but it was downgraded back to an ungraded stake after last year.
Nine Turf Types to the Post for The TAM Stakes
2/1/2025 9 TAM The TAM Stakes (GIII) $175.000 11/16th Mile Turf 4yo&Up 122lbs +penalties We head over to the TAM turf and look at the field of nine set to go a mile and a sixteenth in… Read More ›
The Forward Gal Stakes Is Completely Up for Grabs
The Forward Gal Stakes is February’s first KYO prep, and it will offer 20 points for its winner. At seven furlongs, the race is shorter than recent prep races we have seen, such as the Martha Washington and the Busanda but it still will attract a field of eleven fillies.