8/21/22 5 DMR Solana Beach Stakes $150.000 3yo&Up F&M Bred in Cal 1m Dirt 3yo 120lbs Older 124lbs +penalties A six-pack of Cal-bred ladies will be headed post-ward on Sunday, and we look at the field for the… Read More ›
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The Smart N Fancy Field Takes Wide Open to Another Level
Saturday is Alabama Day at SAR, and there will be several exciting races on the undercard for us to enjoy as well. One of those is The Smart N Fancy, which may not have a graded designation, but still offers a $150.000 purse (the highest ever offered by this race) that promises to attract a good field.
The Lake Placid Is Anyone’s Prize as an Even Field Does Battle
The Lake Placid – Grade IISAR Race #8 1 1/16m InTurf Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Have One On Me Nakamura Stables Hernandez R M She was pushed pretty hard as a juvenile after winning her… Read More ›
The Queens Plate Stakes Draws Twelve North of the Border
The 17th Running of The Queens Plate Stakes Sunday, August 21, 2022 WO Race #5 $1,000.000 Canadian-Bred 3YOs 123 Lbs 11/4 Track Record-1:59.56 (The Windy City-2012) Stakes Record-2:00.76 (Freddo Cappuccino-2021) The biggest day in Canadian racing is Sunday and the… Read More ›
The Alabama Is Loaded and Deep
8/20/22 9 SAR The Alabama (GI) $600.000 3yoF 1 1/4m Dirt 122lbs What a great group of eleven sophomore fillies set to go the classic mile and a quarter in The Alabama (GI), the third leg of… Read More ›
Eight in the Gate for NYSS-Liberty
NYSS-Liberty – Ungraded – $150.000 SAR – 1 Mile – InTurf For Fillies Three Years Old Foaled in NY August 18, 2022 This field seems relatively soft, a good spot for someone to get their first stakes win. Or in… Read More ›
We May Be Seeing an Indian Summer in The Skidmore
The Skidmore SAR Race #7 5 1/2f Turf StakePurse $150.000 (plus up to $22.500 for NY-breds) For Two Year Olds. 1 Power Struggle Mb Stables Davis D Bought for $160 after a state bred maiden win at PEN he then looked… Read More ›
St. Louis Derby Highlights the FP Meet
It’s not very often that we get to cover a race from FP here in the SRF, but the St. Louis Derby is one of the highlights of the year from this Midwestern track. This is an ungraded stake, and it is only the second time that it has been run.
Speter May Be on the Right Path in The Iselin Stakes
The Iselin Stakes – Grade III MTH Race #8 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $250.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 Lions Reward Smokey Stover Rendon J By the stables standards this is no monster three year old but a… Read More ›
Quiet Hero Tops Short Field in NYSS-Calloway
NYSS – Calloway – Ungraded – $150.000 SAR – 1 Mile – InTurf For Three Year Olds Foaled in NY August 17, 2022 With the scratch of Dragon Authority, only three entries will go to the gate in the NYSS… Read More ›