8/30/2024 5 SAR The Saranac (GIII) $175.000 3yo 1 1/16m InTurf 122lbs +penalties The good news is our version wasn’t nearly as catastrophic as the RL version of The Saranac (GIII). Here, it was business… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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8/30-31 Stakes Coverage
8/30/2024 5 SAR The Saranac (GIII) $175.000 3yo 1 1/16m InTurf 122lbs +penalties The sophomores head to The Mellon Turf course for The Saranac (GIII), a mile and a sixteen grass stakes and I for… Read More ›
Tower Isle Gets It Done on Opening Day at KD, Takes The Tapit Stakes
8/29/2024 1 KD The Tapit Stakes $500.000 3yo&Up 1m 70yds Turf 3yo 119lbs Older 122lbs The undulating dogleg certainly makes KD a one-of-a-kind place to race… I for one, love it! There should have… Read More ›
Mb Goes “Crypto” As Bitcoin Bobby Takes The With Anticipation at SAR
8/29/2024 5 SAR The With Anticipation (GIII) $175.000 2yo 1 1/16th m InTurf 119lbs +penalties Some things never change… Mb Stables keeps winning, Ali picks them and dead heats are like my ex-wives… just too many… Read More ›
La Terrifiant Can Make History in KD Ladies Turf
The great La Terrifiant returns to the track on Saturday for the 68th time in her career, and hopes that this will be the race that pushes her over the $10,000.000 mark in lifetime earnings. Any finish in the top three would accomplish that while fourth would get her agonizingly close.
KD Ladies Sprint Looks Very Competitive
It’s a big day at KD on Saturday, and turf horses could not be any happier. Part of the card features the ninth running of the KD Ladies Sprint, a $1.000.000 race for females. It’s a fantastic opportunity, and it should come as no surprise that we will have a nearly full field as thirteen horses head to the starting gate.
The JC Gold Cup Brings Together a Tough Bunch
The JC Gold Cup – Grade I [BC] SAR Race #13 1 1/4m Dirt Graded Stake Purse $1,000.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward 1 Gorogue Laga Fractious Velazquez J R 124 — Before their stable liquidation Arindel had gone… Read More ›
Decal Comes to Turf to Try for Big Money
KD Juvenile Sprint KD Race #1 6 1/2f Turf Stake Purse $750.000 For Two Year Olds. 1 Magadonia TwinTowersRacing Jaramillo E 122 — Struggled in the Bashford Manor but has come back with a decent turf work and gets a… Read More ›
It’s Pacific Classic Time at DMR
On Saturday, the virtual racing world will be focused out west as our next “win and you’re in” race for the BC Classic takes place at DMR. It is none other than the Pacific Classic, a race that has seen the likes of Icicle, Barbarino, and Ginger Haggis pick up victories, while Combat Wombat even did it twice.
Rearranger Goes for the Derby Treble
The Nashville Derby – Grade IIIKD Race #3 1 5/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $2,500.000 For Three-Year-Olds. It’s the first running of the Nashville Derby with a huge prize of $2,500.000. We get a mix here of turf specialists, recent converts,… Read More ›