3/18/2023 5 GP The Hutcheson Stakes $100.000 3yo 6f Dirt 122lbs +penalties We head down to GP for The Hutcheson Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for the sophomores and this is a wide-open… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Beholder Mile Looks Easy in Retrospect
Beholder Mile – Grade I SA Race #6 1m Dirt StakePurse $500.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1st Retrospect Mb Stables Loveberry J Well apparently, everything is running on horse lead these days but whether they are… Read More ›
Lady Hilltopper Keeps on the Up in Santa Ana Stakes
Santa Ana Stakes – Grade III1 1/4 Mile Turf Stake Purse $100.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Lady Hilltopper Black N Gold Stable Rispoli U Everything went right for the wide draw today as they found… Read More ›
Sports Edition Takes Mt Cristo Rey Handicap
Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap5 1/2 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $100.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up Foaled In NM. 1st Sports Edition Asgar Gomez E P It has taken a while, but this gelding seems finally to have found his… Read More ›
Championship Rounds Best in Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap
Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap – $100.000 TUP – 6 Furlongs – Dirt For Three Year Olds And Upward March 11, 2023 Championship Rounds tracked the pace and took control midway through the six-furlong contest, fending off a late run by… Read More ›
Sinister City Wins The FL Oaks, Extends Win Streak to Four
The FL Oaks – Grade 3 TAM – 1 1/16 mile – Turf For Fillies Three Years Old March 11, 2023 Freakshow’s brilliant three-year-old filly did it again in the FL Oaks. Sinister City has won coming off the pace… Read More ›
Starting Over Takes Correction Stakes
The Correction – $100.000 AQU – 6 Furlongs – Dirt For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward March 11, 2023 Starting Over did just that in the Correction. She hadn’t had a win since the Fritchie Stakes (Grade… Read More ›
Zalinda Pulls Away to Take The Hillsborough Stakes
3/11/23 15 TAM The Hillsborough Stakes (GII) $225.000 4yo&UP F&M 1 1/8m Turf 122lbs +penalties Well, we both had Zalinda in the mix and the ol’ gray mare is exactly what we expected… tough as nails. The… Read More ›
Dead-heats Galore in Fitzsimmons Mile Handicap
3/11/23 10 TUP Fitzsimmons Mile Hcp $100.000 3yo&UP 1 1/16thm Turf Hcp Weights Would it be a weekend of stakes racing without a handful of dead-heats? Of course not, and we had one for the win and… Read More ›
Outside Trip Doesn’t Spoil Matamata’s Day in The Azeri
Smokey Stover was not messing around when it came to entering horses for The Azeri. All three of his horses seemed to have a great chance to win the race, including the legendary Z Command and the ultimate post time favorite, Third Gear. His third entry, Matamata, had just as much potential and came into the race on a stretch of three victories in four starts.