The RunyonAQU Race #2 6f Dirt StakePurse $100.000 For Three Year Olds Foaled In NY. 1 Captain Jackman Allinthegate Castillo I 122 — After winning two from two at the start of this one’s career, he has since been tested… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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Any Limit Could See Any of These Win
On Sunday, the $100.000 Any Limit will take place, but when looking at the field, it doesn’t look much different than a high level allowance. Those races can be very competitive too, of course, and there are some appealing looking horses amongst this group of six.
Queen Stakes Looks to Crown a Winner
Queen StakesTP Race #3 6f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 My Pretty Fractious Hernandez C J 122 — This isn’t the strongest Stakes race ever run and a lot of the stakes… Read More ›
Hutcheson Stakes Draws Nine
A field of nine will take part in the ungraded Hutcheson Stakes at GP, a race that runs for a $100.000 purse. It was not always like that, however, as this was a Grade 2 from 2004 through 2013, and then a Grade 3 from 2014 until 2019.
Sod Sophomores Try For Blacktype in Pasadena
3/16/24 6 SA Pasadena Stakes $100.000 3yo 1m Turf 122lbs +penalties We stay in SoCal and move to the turf course for the Pasadena Stakes, this one going a flat mile on the lush lawn, here… Read More ›
SA Gate Full Of Speed For San Carlos Stakes
3/16/24 6 SA San Carlos Stakes (GIII) $100.000 4yo&Up 7f Dirt 123lbs +penalties Out to SoCal and The Great Race Place… we catch a nice group of sprinters set to go seven panels in… Read More ›
No Surprises in Captiva Island
Captiva Island5 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $100.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Antare s Smokey Stover Lopez P Well, there wasn’t much of a surprise about this first four, the class of the race won the… Read More ›
Always a Virgin Hands Tinkey Beholder Mile Win
3/9/24 7 SA Beholder Mile (GI) $300.000 4yo&Up F&M 1m Dirt 123lbs We went lookin’ for a long-shot and it was the wrong idea in this one. Always A Virgin, owned by Tinkey and sent off… Read More ›
Spanky Sings the “Blues” in San Simeon Stakes Victory
3/9/24 6 SA San Simeon Stakes (GIII) $100.000 4yo&Up 6 1/2f Turf (Downhill) 123lbs Nailed it! Spankys Barn came into Saturday’s San Simeon Stakes (GIII) with a purpose… mission accomplished!! Taking two of… Read More ›
Long Capo Handles the Mud Like a Boss in Big Daddy
Saturday marked the first running of the Big Daddy at TP, and it would be a wet one, as a driving rain storm left the track muddy. It didn’t stop the horse that we picked to win from winning the race, but it was certainly done in a manner that we were not expecting.