Sunday racing at WO will feature the fourteenth running of the Valedictory Stakes, which sends its participants that maximum mile and a half distance on the main track. The conditions for the race have been mostly constant through time, however the first edition of the race was an ungraded affair.
STAKES ARTICLES
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It Would Take Some Magic to Find the Winner of The Go For Wand
The Go For Wand Handicap – Grade IIIAQU Race #2 1m Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. With just two pounds separating this field we can forget it’s called a handicap and just… Read More ›
Is There a Hidden “Jewel” at FG for CC Day?
12/2/2023 10 FG CC Jewel $200.000 (+30.000 for LA Bred) 3yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 123lbs +penaltiesAdditional Requirements: Have started for a claiming price of $35.00 or less since 1/1/2022…. Read More ›
More Questions Than Answers in CC Canterbury
12/2/2023 10 FG CC Canterbury $150.000 (+22.500 for LA Bred) 3yo&Up 5 1/2f Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 123lbs +penaltiesAdditional Requirements: Have started for a claiming price of $25.00 or less since 1/1/2022. These… Read More ›
Mb Looks for a One Two Three In Reality
The FL Sire Stakes – In RealityGP Race #7 1 1/16m Dirt StakePurse $300.000 For Two Year Olds Foaled In FL. 1 Outlaw Kid Smokey Stover Vasquez M A 120 — A five-race maiden yet still working as well or… Read More ›
The Remsen Looks to Launch an Early KYD Hope
The Remsen – Grade II [KYD]AQU Race #3 1 1/8m Dirt Graded StakePurse $250.000 For Two Year Olds. 1 Test The Waters Mb Stables Saez L 120 — This is about the time when we see the BC runners get… Read More ›
The FL Sire Stakes- My Dear Will See a Field of Seven
The FL Sire Stakes will be running on Saturday, and that will include the 19th running of the My Dear, which sends two year old fillies a little over a mile on the main track. Unfortunately, the $300.000 purse equals the low point for the race, an amount not seen since 2013, and down from $400.000 last year.
Can Quiet Return Win Another Derby?
12/2/23 11 DMR HOL Derby (GI) $300.000 3yo 1 1/8m Turf Weight 122lbs Mid-December and the Derbys keep coming… even if the track closed a decade ago. It’s the HOL Derby (GI),… Read More ›
Purple Charger Not Worried About Outside Post in The Demoiselle
We turn the page of the calendar to December, and the first weekend of the month will see some great racing at the Big A. Part of that schedule will be the 19th running of The Demoiselle, a KYO- point paying race that has attracted seven horses that were a part of the BC festivities at SA last month. They will take on five others in a full field that has the making of a great race.
Moonlight Special Captures Seabiscuit Handicap
In November of last year, Moonlight Special would win the River City Handicap, but he had not been to the winner’s circle since then. After being entered in several quality stake races where his performance would be considered decent, it would also be considered underachieving.