This Memorial Day, we’ll have plenty of great racing taking place and that will include Grade 1 action from SA. It is here where the 18th running of the Gamely Stakes will take a place, a race that has been a Grade 1 since inception. In its early years, it was run at HOL, and would move over to SA when that track faded into the history books.
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Sinister City Sizzles in The Soaring Softly
There was plenty of reason to like Sinister City in the Soaring Softly. He had come into the race having won five of his last six, with his most recent race snapping the streak and having all the looks of a throw out. If there was any question about him, it would be whether or not seven furlongs would be enough distance for him.
No Clear Favorite in Commentator Handicap
Commentator Handicap – $200.000 BEL – 1 1/16 Mile – Dirt For Three Year Olds and Upward Foaled in NY May 29, 2023 1 Galactic CommandOwner: Lindeman Prairie This five-year-old has had success in allowance and optional claiming company, with… Read More ›
Six to Run in Melair Stakes
back but Stakes – $150.000 SA – Dirt – 1 ½ Mile For Fillies Three Years Old Foaled in CA May 28, 2023 My picks in this race, Water Demon and Bravo My Beast, are stakes winners with a gap of… Read More ›
The Snow Chief Brings Plenty of Potential to the Table
Snow Chief Stakes SA Race #5 1 1/8m Turf Stake Purse $150.000 For Three Year Olds Foaled In CA. 1 Grandish Team 7 Illusions Smith M E 122 — This one was looking like a perpetual bridesmaid after four seconds in a… Read More ›
Six Start in Soaring Softly on Saturday
Taking place at BEL on Saturday will be the eighth edition of the Soaring Softly, which is a long sprint on the grass for three year old fillies. It will run as a graded stake for the sixth time, and sees a purse increase of $75.000 to its current level of $175.000. Six horses will be heading to the starting gate in hopes of being the first one to win that race’s larger purse.
Will There Be an Anomaly in Shoemaker Mile?
Shoemaker Mile – Grade ISA Race #4 1m Turf Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Rantanen Royalty Stables Dettori L 124 — Working like a sprinter, running like a miler, how many times have I thought… Read More ›
All Take Looks to Turn to Sprinting to Get His Winning Form Back
Triple Bend Stakes – Grade IISA Race #3 7f Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Pray For Sunshine Spankys Barn Smith M E 123 — A six-year-old, he has been on the cusp of this… Read More ›
Nice Field Set for The Gold Cup at SA
5/29/23 2 SA The Gold Cup (GI) $400.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs More Memorial Day stakes action as we look at the older handicap gents going the… Read More ›
