It had been eleven months since Exemplary last won a race, and he did not get off to a particularly strong start as a three year old. Recently, he had been showing signs of getting closer to that victory, and had run third in the Quick Call at SAR last month.
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Lady Hilltopper Is Thoroughly Dominant in Ladies Marathon
Perhaps it needs to happen when the race is of a longer distance like the Ladies Marathon, but it is very rare to get a four length winner in our game in a $1,000.000 race when it was not an off track. This was the case on Saturday in the Ladies Marathon, when Lady Hilltopper left them in the dust in the stretch for the comfortable win.
Mb Pulls VA Derby Upset with Inherently
9/7/24 1 CNL VA Derby (GIII) $500.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs Get in front and improve position… a saying as old as time. Well, Mb Stables‘ Inherently did almost-that in Saturday’s VA Derby (GIII). Leading… Read More ›
Mb Delivers a “Nightmare” for One Dreamer Field
9/5/24 1 KD The One Dreamer $500.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 70yds Turf 3yo 119lbs older122lbs I told you someone had best break up this trainer/jockey combo… they might as well just give him… Read More ›
Time To Go Long in Ladies Marathon
It doesn’t have as high of a purse as other races at KD may have on Saturday, but there is never anything wrong with running for $1,000.000. That’s what a field of ten will do in the third running of the Ladies Marathon. As it’s name suggests, it is a long race, going a little more than a mile and a quarter.
Grand Opening Goes for Four in a Row in KD Turf Cup
KD Turf Cup – Grade II [BC] KD Race #6 1 1/2m Turf Graded StakePurse $2,000.00 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Master Of Disguise Mb Stables Franco M 122 — These huge purses keep coming as do the… Read More ›
Interesting Blend of Horses in Simpson Stakes
The next big race at KD for Saturday to look at will be the sixth running of the Simpson Stakes, which runs as a Grade 1 for the first time this year. In 2019, the race debuted as a Grade 3 for $500.000, and was promoted to a Grade 2 two years later. The purse also has doubled from last year’s $1,000.000 amount, making this race increasingly prestigious.
Move Over BC Turf Sprint Let’s Find the Champ in KD Turf Sprint
KD Turf Sprint – Grade II [BC] KD Race #5 6f Turf Graded StakePurse $2,000.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Electric Blue Spankys Barn Dettori L 122 — He may have won nine of his eleven races in… Read More ›
Time to Spin Our Way Back Home for the VA Derby at CNL
9/7/24 1 CNL VA Derby (GIII) $500.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs Two hours south-east of Culpeper, where the Green Card was invented, we head to CNL for the VA Derby (GIII), a mile and… Read More ›
Alberquirky Looks to Mint a Million at KD
The Mint Million – Grade III KD Race #2 1m Turf Graded StakePurse $2,000.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward 1 Hawaiian Lord Our Athletes Buick W T 122 — Capped off some consistent form with a win off bottom… Read More ›