STAKES ARTICLES

All the Stakes previews and reviews.

It’s Time to Rock in The Runhappy

There will be eight go to post this year for the fifth running of The Runhappy, a Grade 3 that runs at BEL. The race debuted on the calendar as an ungraded stake in 2018, but it did not take long for it to be upgraded to its current designation.

Directors Chair Faces Tough Battle in Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Stakes fits the description of being one of the smaller graded stakes out there, with a $125.000 purse, but it is actually an increase of $25.000 from where it had been in previous years so that’s a little something. The race initially debuted on the calendar as a Grade 2, but would be downgraded 2014.

Nine Speedsters Set for SRP Stakes

5/14/22    6  SRP     SRP Stakes $75.000    3yo&Up    4 1/2f   Dirt      3yo 120lbs  Older 123lbs +penalties Northern NM and SRP, at least we get some good food.  Today, we catch a group that will be running the abbreviated four and… Read More ›