The Vanderbilt Handicap – Grade ISAR Race #8 6f Dirt Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. With the handicapping system here at HRP. these handicaps become less about handicap weights than most other races with this example… Read More ›
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The MTH Oaks Could Go Any Way of Five for the Win
The MTH Oaks – Grade IIIMTH Race #6 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $250.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Ragnar D J C Racing Stables Juarez N 123 — A small but competitive field meets here with this filly… Read More ›
Lonely Is The Night Gets the Verdict in WO Oaks Stakes
WO Oaks Stakes1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds Foaled In Canada. 1st Lonely Is The Night Luz International Vazquez R A Made it three in a row but like her other two wins only just… Read More ›
An American Sky Rises in The Pitcher Stakes
The Pitcher Stakes – Grade III1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st American Sky Iolaus Racing Dettori L A far more conducive early pace saw her lay-up closer than she did… Read More ›
It’s a Dead Heat in MTH Cup
MTH Cup – Grade III1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st = Domiano Fractious Moore R L Well, this race pretty much went to the pattern that was expected with the on-pace runners… Read More ›
The Matchmaker is Taken in a Wander
The Matchmaker – Grade III1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $300.00 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Wander Mb Stables Velazquez J R Well, from about halfway there was little doubt who was going to win this… Read More ›
Little Trouble for Wasted Away in CCA Oaks
Fresh off a win in the KYO and a runner up in the Acorn, Wasted Away seemed like the one to beat in the CCA Oaks and was made our pick, but the bettors chose another one to make the post time favorite.
Blazing Blazes His Way to BC Classic with Haskell Win
Blazing made quite an impression this spring when he won the FL Derby on just over two weeks rest to get into the KYD. He didn’t run badly in that race at all, but it always seemed like he would be one to watch extra closely once the TC races were over.
King Que Niagra Does It Again in The United Nations Stakes
The United Nations Stakes boasted an impressive field, and the biggest names in the race did not let us down. Amongst those stars in the game, there was one with a little bigger resume than the rest of them, and that would be King Que Niagra. After an incredible 2023, plus having won this race in the past, there was a lot to like about him.
King Que Niagra Looks to Win The United Nations Stakes for Second Time
King Que Niagra will be in action this Saturday, as the gelding is one of seven horses taking part in the 19th running of the United Nations Stakes from MTH. This is the first year that the race will be run as a grade 2, as it received a downgrade in its classification from last year, but the $600.000 purse was not changed.