Falls City Handicap – Grade III1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Always A Virgin Tinkey Gaffalione T The outside speed push saw this one take the lead early on which… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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Seven Is Lucky Sets New Course Record in HOL Turf Cup Victory
11/24/23 5 DMR HOL Turf Cup (GII) $200.000 3yo&Up 1 1/2m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Who knew a mile and a half marathon would be spelled out in a speed duel that ultimately set the stage for… Read More ›
Hangry Commander Closes Well To Take Clark at CD
11/24/23 5 CD Clark (GII) $60.000 3yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt 3yo 122lbs Older 124lbs Any number of horses had a chance in Friday’s Clark (GII) at CD, but in the end, Night Rider Stables’… Read More ›
Lady Lara Could Be a Special in The Fern Creek
The Fern CreekCD Race #6 6 1/2f Dirt StakePurse $225.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. 1 Copper Maiden Nakamura Stables Geroux F 120 — Took three goes until she broke her maiden at FE and then ran a great race… Read More ›
The Brown May Go to Super Freak
The Brown CD Race #5 6 1/2f Dirt StakePurse $225.000 For Two Year Olds. 1 On Tap Winning Link Stables Beschizza A 120 — This colt has been admirably consistent through his four starts but needs to step up today to… Read More ›
Seabiscuit Handicap Draws a Field of Ten
This Saturday at DMR, the top race of the day will be the 20th running of the Seabiscuit Handicap, and there will be ten horses heading to post to try and win a race that has seen the likes of Barbarino and Five Spirits win in the past. The race had a higher purse back in the day, so it may have drawn stronger fields overall.
Saturday Stakes Action Takes Us to AQU For The Comely
11/25/23 2 AQU The Comely (GIII)$200.000 3yoF 1 1/8m Dirt Weight 122lbs +penalties Gotham City and the TG weekend as we look at the field for The Comely (GIII), a classic mile and an eighth main track… Read More ›
The Falls City Handicap Could Go to a Virgin
Falls City Handicap – Grade IIICD Race #5 1 1/8m Dirt Graded StakePurse $400.00 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. 1 Brienne The Snake Martyparty Wilson E J 120 — A well-traveled four-year-old with six wins to… Read More ›
Let Me Explain Is Back on Dirt for Golden Rod
Like its companion race, the KY Jockey Club, the Golden Rod provides points for the big race that will be held here over the first weekend in May. That, of course, is the KYO, but as we saw with last year’s KY Jockey Club, these races are really more about winning a nice race in November with a talented juvenile for a generous purse.
Marathon Males Chase History in HOL Turf Cup at DMR
11/24/23 5 DMR HOL Turf Cup (GII) $200.000 3yo&Up 1 1/2m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Almost 10-years since HOL closed… hard to believe, but the HOL Turf Cup (GII) lives on… a race with a… Read More ›