The Nashville Derby – Grade III 1 5/16 Mile Turf Stake Purse $2,500.000 Open 3 Year Olds. A tiny bit of rain fell and made the official going good and suddenly this race that looked dominated by Fractious and Mb… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Mind The Dimes Collects the Dollars in KD Juvenile Sprint
KD Juvenile Sprint 6 1/2 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $750.000 Open 2 Year Olds. 1st Mind The Dimes Asgar Lopez P What is the best prep race for one of the biggest two-year-old purses of the year? How about a… Read More ›
Spankersville Takes a Step into Hall of Fame with Huge Win in The JC Gold Cup
The JC Gold Cup – Grade I [BC] 1 1/4 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Spankersville The Sidley Stud Franco M I think you all know how much I love the older horses,… Read More ›
Sunday/Monday Recaps
9/1/24 4 DMR DMR Derby (GII) $300.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs Somebody better break-up this trainer-jockey duo or it could be a long fall for you big stakes folks… Mb Stables and Extreme Super… Read More ›
Impressive Closing Effort Earns Hiei Pacific Classic Victory
Last year, Hiei finished third in the BC Classic after a late run in the stretch saw him get within a half length. Now, he is assured of his chance to return to that race once again, just as long as his trainer, Fractious, wants him there. To do that, he had a similar late run but was able to get by them all to win the Pacific Classic.
Demanding Commander Steals the Show in KD Ladies Turf
We’ll have to wait a little to talk about La Terrifiant cracking $10,000.000 in career earnings, because the KD Ladies Turf would belong to Mb Stables. Demanding Commander and Wander would finish in the top two spots, capping off a great race for the trainer.
Mo Ki Mo Closes Well to Win KD Ladies Sprint
We had some rain fall at KD, and that left the turf simply as good and led to the scratches of two horses. That did not completely dampen the day, or the running of KD Ladies Sprint, as we still had eleven horses going to post, and Smokey Stover smiling in the winner’s circle after the race.
09/01-02 Stakes Races
9/1/24 4 DMR DMR Derby (GII) $300.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs It seems like the “Derby” trail never ends, and we go left coast for the DMR Derby (GII) a… Read More ›
8/30-31 Stakes Recaps
8/30/2024 5 SAR The Saranac (GIII) $175.000 3yo 1 1/16m InTurf 122lbs +penalties The good news is our version wasn’t nearly as catastrophic as the RL version of The Saranac (GIII). Here, it was business… Read More ›
8/30-31 Stakes Coverage
8/30/2024 5 SAR The Saranac (GIII) $175.000 3yo 1 1/16m InTurf 122lbs +penalties The sophomores head to The Mellon Turf course for The Saranac (GIII), a mile and a sixteen grass stakes and I for… Read More ›
