10/5/24 7 KEE The Shadwell Turf Mile (GI) [BC] $1,250.000 3yo&Up 1m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs The big weekend of stakes action continues here in Lexington, and we look at the field for The Shadwell Turf… Read More ›
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Fast Freshman Fillies Do Battle in The Frizette at AQU
10/5/24 6 AQU The Frizette (GI) [BC] $400.000 2yo 1m Dirt 120lbs To Gotham City and a nice group of young fillies set to go a mile on the main track, it’s The Frizette (GI). … Read More ›
Looks Like Full Gate for Phoenix at KEE
10/4/24 3 KEE Phoenix (GII) [BC] $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs My love for KEE is well documented… the fall stakes get going with a six-panel dash for the speedsters and… Read More ›
Juvenile Fillies Do Battle as We Get to the Pointy End of the Season
Alcibiades – Grade I [BC]KEE Race #5 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $600.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. 1 Stink Eye TwinTowersRacing Geroux F 122 — The last big weekend of BC qualifiers sees the youngsters take the center stage… Read More ›
Bad Debt Is Good Investment – Takes OK Derby with Ease
9/28/2024 1 RP The OK Derby (GIII) $400.000 3yo 1 1/8m Dirt 122lbs D J C Racing Stables seemed to notice that when Bad Debt won the Southwest (GIII), he was on the lead… when he won… Read More ›
No Wrong Turns… Albaquirky Takes John Henry at SA
9/28/2024 13 SA John Henry Turf (GII) $750.000 3yo&Up 1 1/4m Turf 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Whomever was talking smack on Albaquirky way back when, some few months ago… I think you owe both… Read More ›
Shark Waters Cuts Back Just Fine, Wins Eddie D Stakes
For his entire career, even including his debut race, Shark Waters has run at least a mile. However, his last two races did not go particularly well, and this would lead to his trainer, Fractious, deciding to do something different with the gelding. In the Eddie D Stakes, he would only go six and a half furlongs, and it would prove to be the right call.
Fractious Adds Another Trophy to Their Rapidly Filling Cabinet
California Crown – Grade I (P10) [BC]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Master And Commander Fractious Franco M What a day it was for Fractious Stable today as once again they found… Read More ›
Wahpekute Sioux Comes Back to Form in Lukas Classic
Lukas Classic – Grade II (P2)1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Wahpekute Sioux Mb Stables Gaffalione T When this horse gets on speed there are few tougher horses in training and he… Read More ›
Speter Books His BC Place in Ack Ack
Ack Ack – Grade III (P7) [BC]1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Speter Fractious Van Dyke D It was to be a day when the AI would get the timing right for one… Read More ›
