The Doubledogdare Stakes may have seemed like an evenly matched race before hand, but in the end it would become a two horse race as Ask Forfree Delivery and Retrospect convincingly pulled away from the rest of the field and settled it between themselves.
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It’s A Runyon Reunion in Times Square
We get ourselves a good ol’ Smokey Stover versus Arindel duel in the 14th running of the Times Square, which is part of the NY Stallion Series. The race draws a field of seven, but those two trainers will have five of those runners. D J C Racing Stables and La Canada Racehorses have the other horses in the field and will look to play the spoiler role.
Solid Field of Sprinters Set for Kona Stakes
4/22/23 12 SA Kona Stakes (GIII) $100.000 4yo&Up 6 1/2f Dirt 123lbs +penalties We head out to SoCal and SA for a nice group of sprinters that will be… Read More ›
Shining Moments Runs by Them All in Apple Blossom Handicap
The 18th Running of the G1 Apple Blossom Handicap Saturday, April 15, 2023 OP Race #2 $1,000.000 F&M 4+ Handicap Weights 11/16 1st: #7 Shining Moments (RNP Stables/R. Bejarano 118): Reserved energy to trail the field entering the first turn. … Read More ›
Elkhorn Looks to Be at the Mercy of Ptyrannical
Elkhorn – Grade IIKEE Race #2 1 1/2m Turf Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Spankersville The Sidley Stud Baird E T 123 — Ran down the field in the 2020 BC Turf Juvenile after a… Read More ›
Ali Brings Out a Few Pensioners and Some Failing Reputations
Ali – Grade IIIKEE Race #1 1 3/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Crack Dab Gdp Inc Eramia R E 123 — This seven-year-old has been right up there since 2018 when he ran… Read More ›
Doubledogdare Stakes Draws a Field of Six
A field of six have made their way to KEE for Friday’s running of the Doubledogdare Stakes, which is on the main track for older females, sending them a little more than a mile. The race was first held in 2005, and ran for only $100.000.
Lucky Thirteen Headed Postward for The OP Handicap
4/22/23 1 OP The OP Handicap (GII) $1,000.000 4yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt Hcp Weights Looks like the end of the OP meet so that means it’s time for the big one here, The… Read More ›
Sioux Flower “Blooms” in Beaumont Victory at KEE
4/16/23 5 KEE Beaumont (GII) [KYO] $400.000 3yoF 7 Dirt 120lbs
High In Hollywood to Be High in KYD (Probably) After Lexington Win
The running of the Lexington represented the final opportunity for a horse to earn valuable KYD points, with twenty of them on the line for the winner. There were a few in this field that came into the race tied with 30 points, an amount that by itself would be highly unlikely to get in, but a win would change everything.