The Honeymoon Stakes was a hard race to find a horse to like since the story for most of these fillies was more about using this race as a springboard for their career as opposed to what they had done already. If you wanted to beat the favorite, this may have been a good race to play the odds board and pick your longshot.
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Loaded Field For The Gold Cup
The excitement on Memorial Day continues with a race that probably could be named after one trainer with the way that they have owned it lately. It is the 19th running of the Grade 1 Gold Cup, sending horses ten furlongs along the main track and a race that has had a few two-time winners.
Cmonyall Proves a Closer Can Still Close at HRP
Melair Stakes1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $150.000 Filly 3 Year Olds Foaled In CA. 1st Cmonyalll Arindel Espinoza V Though most of not all of these small field stakes races look very similar we do seem to have… Read More ›
Angel Code Cracks It in Snow Chief Stakes
Snow Chief Stakes1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $150.000 Open 3 Year Olds Foaled In CA. 1st Angel Code Smokey Stover Gutierrez Mario There were several things about this race that made the result pretty obvious within two… Read More ›
Made The Choice High Makes the Right Choices in The Keertana
The Keertana1 1/2 Mile Turf Stake Purse $160.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Made The Choice High First Flight Stable Gaffalione T Well the most important thing in these small… Read More ›
Hit The Beach on Memorial Day with The Gamely Stakes
With it being a holiday weekend, the virtual racing excitement continues into Monday with some big races, many of which happen here at SA. In the Gamely Stakes, which is a Grade 1 event for female turf horses, a field of five will be vying for the winner’s share of the $400.000 purse.
Sexton Mile Looks Like Two-Horse Battle to Me
5/30/22 9 LS Sexton Mile (GII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116 lbs Older 122lbs It’s a big day of stakes races here in the Lone Star State and we look at the field for the Sexton Mile (GII),… Read More ›
Up And Comers Take the Stage in Honeymoon Stakes
Coming up at SA on Sunday will be the 18th running of the Grade 3 Honeymoon Stakes, which is held for three year old fillies. Over those eighteen years, the race has seen a lot of changes, first being held at HOL as a Grade 2 until 2013. In 2014, the race headed north to SA, still as a Grade 2, but got downgraded in 2019.
Shoemaker Mile Won’t Be Easy to Win
Shoemaker Mile – Grade ISA Race #4 1m Turf Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Silver Rocket Crocker Ggs Gutierrez Mario The three year olds only get a 3Lb allowance today but the draw monster… Read More ›
John Henry Should Be the Master of Daytona Stakes
Part of the card on Sunday at SA will be the 15th running of the Daytona Stakes, a turf race that allows older horses a chance to race amongst themselves and away from three year olds getting a weight allowance.
