9/10/24 14 FE Prince of Wales Stakes $400.000 3yo Foaled In Canada 1 3/16m Dirt 121lbs Monday’s Prince of Wales Stakes seemed to be a one horse show for the first mile and an eighth… then, it… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Small Field of Five for Jockey Club Oaks at AQU
9/14/24 8 AQU Jockey Club Oaks (GIII) $350.000 3yoF 1 3/8m innerTurf 122lbs Sophomore ladies will be going the mile and three-eighths marathon distance over the inner Turf course, here at AQU, and we look at the… Read More ›
Locust Grove Could Go Any Way as CD Opens
9/14/24 5 CD Locust Grove (GII) $400.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 1/16m Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs We leave the field and head to the Twin Spires for fall KY racing and look at the seven… Read More ›
Ten Head to Gate for Big Payday – WO Mile
9/14/24 7 WO WO Mile (GI) [BC] $1,000.000 3yo&Up 1m Turf 3yo 120lbs Older 123lbs North of the border we go, it’s a big week of racing up here in Canada and this is a… Read More ›
Allow Me to Explain the Dueling Grounds Derby
The big races at KD aren’t only weekends, as this Wednesday, we will have $1,500.000 at stake in the third running of the Dueling Grounds Derby. That purse amount is double what was offered last year, so perhaps we will soon see this race receive a graded designation. It is held exclusively for three year old filles, sending them over a mile and a quarter.
Winned Just Gets Home in Photo for The Gun Runner
The Gun Runner 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $1,000.00 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Winned Team 7 Illusions Garcia Mar I thought this mile would really suit this brilliant son of Decima, but after his game win by the narrowest… Read More ›
Is The Prince of Wales Just The Plate in Sheep’s Clothing?
9/10/24 14 FE Prince of Wales Stakes $400.000 3yo Foaled In Canada 1 3/16m Dirt 121lbs To FE we go for a big day of racing and this one has a real Kings Plate feel to… Read More ›
Sunday 9/8 Stakes Recaps
9/8/24 4 DMR OT Juv Turf (GIII) $100.000 2yo 1m Turf 120lbs +penalties Remember, it’s not IF you lead… it’s WHEN you lead… Alvin Smedley was only in front for about 150-yards, but it… Read More ›
Who Will Winned The Gun Runner?
The Gun Runner KD Race #4 1m Turf StakePurse $1,000.000 For Three Year Olds. 1 Winned Team 7 Illusions Garcia Mar 122 — This son of Decima may have always been destined for the turf with a sire like that,… Read More ›
Sunday 09/08 Stakes Action
9/8/24 4 DMR OT Juv Turf (GIII) $100.000 2yo 1m Turf 120lbs +penalties Sunday Stakes Action… we head out to SoCal and look at a field of seven freshmen ready to do battle on… Read More ›