The Fleet Sprint Handicap – Grade IIIOP Race #1 6f Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. This race pretty much typifies how handicaps at HRP have become more about the hack than the horses. It has… Read More ›
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Lexington Is the Last Chance for KYD Points
After a dominant weekend last week, Mb Stables is sitting pretty. Many other stables are not in the same predicament, and will be watching the last chance to accrue points for the KYD. 20 points are on the line for the winner of the Grade 3 Lexington, with 8, 6, 4, 2 points available for the second to fifth place finishers. The big question will be, how many points are necessary to get into the big race?
Two BC Winners Return to KEE for Makers Mark Mile
Some of the best turf horses in the game today will be making their way to KEE on Friday for the 19th running of the Makers Mark Mile, a race that was initially a Grade 2 but quickly changed over to its Grade 1 designation, in 2007.
Dead Heat in Gazelle
The Gazelle – Grade 3 – $250.000 AQU – 1 1/8 Mile Dirt For Fillies Three Years Old April 8, 2023 Mb Stables’ filly made it look easy Saturday when she took the Gazelle. She stalked the pace until halfway… Read More ›
MB Stables Adds Qualifier Number Seven to Their KYD Fortress
SA Derby – Grade I [KYD]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $750.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Prevent Mb Stables Elliott S Well with all the skill apparently taken out of the tactical part of the game it seems Mb… Read More ›
Trippi Sparkle Finally Gets Her Graded Stakes Win in Monrovia Stakes
Monrovia Stakes – Grade III6 1/2 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Trippi Sprinkle Mb Stables Rispoli U Well, if all the skill has been taken out of the game because of… Read More ›
Mb Stables Kicks Off Dominant Day with Battle Plan in Wood Memorial
There were three 100-point KYD races that took place on Saturday, and Mb Stables did not need to win any of them. He had qualified more horses to the race than he will be allowed to enter, but that did not stop him from trying to win these races, for the prestige and purse monies that they offer. When the smoke cleared, Mb Stables would celebrate a victory in all three of these races, with Battle Plan being the one who got it done to start the day in the Wood Memorial.
Albaquirky Comes from Behind to Win Shakertown
A field of ten made their way to KEE for the running of the Grade 2, Shakertown, and one of the big questions surrounding this race would be how much of an impact would the eight pound weight allowance that the three year olds in the race actually be? For this time anyway, it would not make any kind of difference at all, as the top three horses in the race were older.
Ideal Info Snaps Winless Streak in Commonwealth
The Grade 3 Commonwealth had the appearance of a wide open race, and that would play out with a tight, three-way photo occurring at the wire. Prevailing in that would be Ideal Info, a gelding trained by Arindel that needed a good race after a couple of stinkers leading into it.
Vandelay Paints a Pretty Picture in The Bay Shore
The Bay Shore – Grade III7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Art Vandelay Jokerjoes Corbett G W I must admit to being a little surprised that the odds monkeys installed this one as a strong… Read More ›