MTH Cup – Grade III 1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $350.00 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Classic Look Nakamura Stables Centeno D E 1:47.26 The mysterious rain clouds at MTH today only… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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Team 7 Shows They Aren’t Done Yet with Victory in The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker – Grade III 1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $300.00Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Star Sequence Team 7 Illusions Corrales G 1:49.39 The HRP weathermen frustrated the owners once… Read More ›
Barossa Valley Looms Large Over Twin Bridges Field
The Twin Bridges $175.00 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward 6 Furlongs – Dirt Ellis Park – July 19, 2026 This will be the fourth running of The Twin Bridges. The inaugural running was in 2023 when… Read More ›
Will Cougar Be Allowed to Cross Ice Water in San Clemente Handicap?
San Clemente Handicap – Grade II 1 Mile Turf Graded Stake Purse $200.00 Fillies Three-Year-Olds. At DMR San Clemente Handicap was a first-year stakes race back in the wild west years of HRP where things happened that we would… Read More ›
The Quick Call Awaits a First-Time Graded Stakes Winner
The Quick Call – (Grade lll) Purse $225.00 – For Three Year Olds 5½ Furlongs – Turf Saratoga – July 19, 2026 Opportunity knocks this Sunday at Saratoga, where all seven entrants have a chance to become a first-time graded… Read More ›
Full Field Set for The Connaught Cup Sunday
Connaught Cup Stakes 7 1/2 furlongs on Turf Grade 2Purse $175.00 For Three Year Olds And UpwardWoodbine Racetrack Toronto Ontario, Canada -I love turf racing and I love full fields, because that is usually where the money is when spending… Read More ›
Weight Allowance Makes Lucy Heat Tough To Beat In Nassau Stakes
This Sunday at WO, we will have a field of eight taking part in the 19th running of the Nassau Stakes, which is held at a mile on the turf course for fillies and mares. The purse for the race has been as high as $300.00, but has been at the present level of $175.00 since 2017.
Seven Seeking to Negotiate a Win in The United Nations Stakes
The United Nations Stakes – GII $500.00 For Three Year Olds And Upward 1 3/8 Miles – Turf Monmouth Park – July 18, 2026 New Jersey is (was?) a great place. I grew up there. The Jersey Shore and Monmouth… Read More ›
Obi Wan: These Are the Horses I’ve Been Looking for in San Diego Handicap
San Diego Handicap – Grade II 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Graded Stake Purse $300.00 Three-Year-Olds-And-Upward. At DMR San Diego Handicap has been with us since the beginning… 2003 won by the future HOF stallion… one of our base stallions… Read More ›
The Coronation Cup Preview: Franklymydearscarlet Goes for Two at SAR
The Coronation Cup will be run on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at Saratoga as Race #5, a Grade III turf sprint for three-year-old fillies at 5 1/2 furlongs carrying a purse of $225.000. First contested in 2012, the race has… Read More ›