Ever since being gelded and being moved to the turf, Commander Chai has been excelling with Maxmillion Farm. It had been a couple months since he had last raced, but that was in an ungraded stake that he won and he seemed destined to build on that here.
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Roman Rage Earns 19th Career Win in The Troy
At the young age of seven, Roman Rage made the BC for the first time, and would run second in the BC Mile. This year, he is looking to head back for a second time, and it certainly did not matter that The Troy was his 59th career start.
Six in La Jolla at DMR
8/7/22 8 DMR La Jolla Hcp (GIII) $150.000 3yo 1 1/16m Turf Hcp Weights A six-pack of sophomores will be headed to the starting gate on Sunday as we look at the field for the La Jolla… Read More ›
Real Good Deal Stakes Too Close to Call
Real Good Deal Stakes – $175.000 Ungraded DMR – 7F Mile – Dirt For Three Years Olds Foaled in CA August 5, 2022 Dream Rummer looks for his second stakes win. He won the Winkfield (ungraded) in January and is the… Read More ›
Speed Aplenty in WV Governors Stakes
The 20th Running of the G3 WV Governors Stakes Saturday, August 6, 2022 MNR Race #16 $200.000 3+ 118/123 Lbs (plus penalties) 11/16 Track Record-1:41.01 (All Out Bark-2021) Stakes Record-1:41.05 (Flamenco Beach-2018) The co-feature on Saturday’s card at MNR, the… Read More ›
SAR Derby Brings Nice Lot of Sophomores to Spa Sod
8/6/22 10 SAR SAR Derby (GI) $1,000.000 3yo 1 3/16m Turf 122lbs The Derby Train keeps rolling and we go to The Spa for the SAR Derby (GI) and mile and three sixteenths turf stakes for the… Read More ›
Eight to the Gate for ONT Colleen Stakes at WO
8/5/22 2 WO ONT Colleen Stakes (GIII) $150.000 3yoF 1m Turf 123lbs We head up north of the border for a nice group of eight sophomore fillies going a mile on the WO turf course in the… Read More ›
Hirsch Stakes a Deserving Qualifier for BC Distaff
The 19th Running of the G1 Hirsch Stakes Saturday, August 6, 2022 DMR Race #8 $400.000 Fillies and Mares 3+ 120/124 Lbs 11/16 Automatic Qualifier for G1 BC Distaff Track Record-1:39.81 (Fab Four-2012) Stakes Record-1:40.86 (Brandy Punch-2012) Saturday’s action at… Read More ›
Ideal Info Looks the Part in WV Derby
The 20th Running of the G3 WV Derby Saturday, August 6, 2022 MNR Race #17 $500.000 3YOs 119 Lbs 11/8 Track/Stakes Record-1:47.49 (Clash Study-2017) Graded stakes action comes to MNR on Saturday and the $500.000 headliner is the G3 WV… Read More ›
Six Hope to Find Fame in National Museum Of Racing
A field of six will be heading to the starting gate for the 19th edition of the National Museum Of Racing, which is a Grade 2 race held on the grass. Over time, the distance of the race has varied, starting at nine furlongs, then losing 1/16th of a mile in 2011, then another sixteenth in 2019, to its current level.