8/27/22 10 SAR The Travers (GI) $1,250.000 3yo 1 1/4m Dirt 122lbs A great race was expected and that’s just what we got in Saturday’s The Travers (GI), here at The Spa. Mb Stables was having a great… Read More ›
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“Drinks” Are on Mb Stables in The Personal Ensign Win
8/27/22 7 SAR The Personal Ensign (GI) $600.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/8m Dirt 123lbs Mb Stables put on a show this weekend, and it’s only half over… Drink Me Pretty sat just behind the pace, moved up to… Read More ›
Street Edge Turns Front Running into An Art in Obrien Stakes
OBrien Stakes – Grade II [BC]7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Street Edge Spankys Barn Maldonado E If ever there was an example of a front runner being discovered and then running consistently… Read More ›
Mb Is Back to the Default Setting as He Takes a One-Two in The Funny Cide
The Funny Cide6 1/2 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $200.000 Open 2 Year Olds Foaled In NY. 1st Default Setting Mb Stables Davis D If ever there was a contradiction that draw wins races it was this race. The off track… Read More ›
Theres No Doubt Who Has the Biggest Heart in CT Oaks
CT Oaks – Grade III7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Theres No Doubt Angelos Stable Franco M On a track where being on speed is almost essential to winning this one got the perfect spot… Read More ›
The Jerkens Memorial One of Several Mb Wins at the Spa Saturday
Rogue Commando has been stuck on the outside for pretty much her entire career since being acquired by Mb Stables in January, and on many occasions, it’s been a double digit number. For the Jerkens Memorial, the gelding may have thought it was weird to be so close to the rail to the start, but the better post position would help him turn a string of seconditis into a victory.
In The Ballston, Proud Eights Gets Eighth Graded Win
We would be left with only five horses for the Grade 2 Ballston with the scratches of both Classic Princess and La Terrifiant, but there would still be plenty of quality left in the race. We would have a close finish between two horses that also ran against one another here in the Diana last month.
Oleg Shows His Good Side in CT Classic Win
A field of nine took to the bullring at CT for the annual CT Classic, looking for the winner’s share of the $1,000.000 purse. Among them was Oleg, one of those horses that if he could ever be consistent, could be up there with some of the greats in the game right now.
The Ballerina Is as Wide Open as a West Virginia Screen Door
8/28/22 7 SAR The Ballerina (GI) [BC] $600.000 4yo&Up F&M 7f Dirt 3yo 119lbs Older 124lbs Sunday Stakes at SAR… and it’s of the sprinting matron variety, as we look at the field for the Ballerina (GI). This… Read More ›
Ewa Beach Looks to Repeat in The Ballston
It’s Travers Day at SAR! While that race will be the highlight of the day, it also means that there are plenty of exciting races on the undercard. One of them is the Grade 2 Ballston, which is for older females and is run on the grass.