San Felipe Stakes – Grade II1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $200.000 Three-Year-Olds. At SA San Felipe Stakes is an economically priced qualifier for the KYD which has a few runners that have already qualified for the Derby. In… Read More ›
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Dead Heat Rematch in SA Handicap
SA Handicap – Grade I1 1/4 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $300.000 Four-Year-Olds And Upward. At SA SA Handicap is one of the grand old races of HRP. First run in 2005 was won by Jerry Garcia Racing’s legendary Icicle… Read More ›
Renowned Looks Like the Right Profile for TAM Derby
Saturday, March 7, 2026 brings the TAM Derby (Grade III [KYD]), a Kentucky Derby Points Race for three-year-olds at TAM (Race #12), contested at 1 1/16 miles on dirt for a $400.000 purse. Recent editions have been dominated by major… Read More ›
Blooming Attack Secures a Trip to KYD by Taking The Rebel
The Rebel – Grade II [KYD]1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $1,000.000 Open Three-Year-Olds. At OP 1st Blooming Attack Mb Stables *9-2 Blooming Attack’s narrow loss in the CA Cup Derby was enough to garner favouritism and… Read More ›
Upset Coming in The Beholder Mile?
The Beholder Mile Grade 1 Purse $300.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Ca When you look down and see only seven horses signed up for a grade 1 stakes you get the… Read More ›
Starting Over Looks the One in The Azeri at OP
3/7/26 1 OP The Azeri (GII) $400.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs Another big weekend at the paper-clip and it’s the older… Read More ›
Hurts Puts the Favorite Tag to Work in the Fountain of Youth
Hurts ran like the headliner in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (Grade II [KYD]), delivering a winning performance for Royalty Stables with Velazquez in the irons. Sent off at 7-5, the bay colt handled the 1 1/16-mile dirt trip on… Read More ›
Beach Body Handles the Soft Going and Holds on in The Fox
Beach Body delivered when it counted in The Fox (Grade III), stopping the clock in 1:38.19 for TwinTowersRacing with Velazquez aboard. The five-year-old mare proved best over the soft inner turf mile, staying engaged throughout the run and finishing the… Read More ›
Lady Lobo Bounces Back to Win The Honeybee
With fifty points for the KYO and a $750.000 purse on the line, we saw some of the best three year old fillies in the virtual racing world on the track for the Honeybee. In a softer field, Lady Lobo would not have been a 12/1 longshot, but that would be the case for the Riggins Racing filly.
Whipped Loves the Wet Grass in The Diarmida
The Diarmida – Grade II $200.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward 1 3/8 Miles – InTurf Gulfstream Park – February 28, 2026 Saturday saw a schism of track conditions at Gulfstream Park. While the runners on dirt were blessed… Read More ›