Feb 16 2024 My goodness there’s some beautiful filly’s and mares going to grace the Laurel Park surface today. Today loading in the starting gate is Snake Island. This filly, in her three-year-old campaign came a neck short… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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NY Fillies Go at It in The May at AQU
2/18/24 2 AQU The May $100.000 3yoF Foaled in NY 1m Dirt 122lbs +penalties Empire state bred sophomore fillies will be the flavor of the day, and we look at the field for The May, a flat mile… Read More ›
Someone Shut the Door… The Dust Commander is Wide Open
2/17/24 4 TP The Dust Commander $125.000 4yo&Up 1 1/16m Dirt 122lbs +penalties First, I apologize that this is formatted like junk… junk in, junk out. Now, on to The Dust Commander… seems like the right name for… Read More ›
Ask Forfree Delivery Looks to Defy the Odds in Royal Delta
Royal Delta – Grade IIIGP Race #5 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $150.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Brienne The Snake Martyparty Ortiz I Jr 124 — Did a good job on New Years Eve… Read More ›
SUN Oaks Features an Even Field
SUN Oaks [KYO]SUN Race #8 1m Dirt StakePurse $250.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Awesome Angel TwinTowersRacing Davis D 120 — This race doesn’t look on the face of it to have any stand outs so we may be… Read More ›
FG Stakes Looks Competitive
As a part of the big day at FG, we will have a race that is simply named after the track, the Grade 3 FG Stakes, which is a nine furlong race for older horses on the turf. It first appeared on the schedule in 2005, and has been run every year since other than 2006.
Demon Looks to Stay Hot in Mineshaft Stakes
The highlight of Saturday’s card at FG may be the Risen Star Stakes, but older horses are going to get a chance to run for a nice purse as well as the nineteenth running of the Mineshaft Stakes takes place. This race began modestly in 2005 with a $100.000 purse, and has seen the likes of Icicle, Shootfromthehip, and Class Edge earn the victory.
Sunday Sophomore Stakes Brings Dozen to SUN Derby
2/18/24 9 SUN SUN Derby (GIII) [KYD] $400.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 120lbs SUN… more like Mars, but what ever. We have Sunday stakes action with TC ramifications as well look at the full field for the SUN Derby… Read More ›
Will It Be Juvenile Form or New Blood That Takes Alexandra Stakes?
Alexandra Stakes – Grade II [KYO]FG Race #11 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Agapova Royalty Stables Velazquez J R 122 — The winner of the BC Juvenile Fillies after two fine seconds in… Read More ›
50 Point Races Begin Saturday with Risen Star
As the KYD gets closer, the prep races start to carry a little more weight, and this weekend we will have our first 50-point Derby prep. It’s the Risen Star Stakes from FG, a Grade 2 that has seen some great horses end up in its winner circle, including Fusion, Moment Of Madness, Beach Dandy, and Howl Of The Hound.