SAR Oaks – Grade IIISAR Race #8 1 3/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $700.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Love Is Free Iolaus Racing Silvera Ru So far this filly has been more successful on a wet track but i… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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Big Purse and BC Classic Spot at Stake in The Whitney
It’s time for one of the biggest races of the entire SAR Meet as the Grade 1 Whitney will be taking place. While everyone will want the winner’s share of the $1,000.000 purse, a victory will also provide an automatic entry into the BC Classic, giving it even more value.
Maggie Greene Looks to Add to Her Legacy
The Glens Falls – Grade IISAR Race #8 1 1/2m InTurf Graded StakePurse $250.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. This isn’t the best grade two ever run but it does give a chance to two stars… Read More ›
The Test May Go to Main Flirt
The Test – Grade ISAR Race #9 7f Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Genghis Happened Arindel Velazquez J R The three year old fillies get a good run through these sprints in the run up… Read More ›
Phar Lap Gets the Better of Droopy in Read Stakes
The 19th Running of the Read Stakes-G2 Sunday, July 31, 2022 DMR Race #6 $250.000 3+ 119/124 Lbs 11/8 (T) Track/Stakes Record-1:44.48 (Snippets-2009) The G2 Read Stakes lost a little bit of its star power with the early-morning scratch of Iron… Read More ›
Familiar Faces Meet in The Troy
Checking in with racing at the Spa on Friday, we will have the 17th running of the Troy, which is a Grade 3 race for older horses. Until 2020, three year olds were able to participate in this turf sprint, but that would change during that year and it has remained that way.
Shifu Tan Uses Closing Effort to Take Crosby at DMR
7/30/22 7 DMR Crosby Stakes (GI) [BC] $400.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt 3yo 119 Older 124 It looks like the John Henry barn will be spending fall in Lexington… well, at least they have their ticket punched as Shifu… Read More ›
Carnoustie “Smokes” The Vanderbilt Field
7/30/22 6 SAR The Vanderbilt Hcp (GI) $350.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt Hcp Weights My lack of handicapping ability rings true yet again as Smokey Stover’s Carnoustie held off the late… Read More ›
Angel Dust Best in Curlin
The Curlin – $135.000 Ungraded SAR – 1 1/8 Mile – Dirt For Three Years Olds July 29, 2022 After a slow start, Angel Dust (Arindel) overcame traffic to get to the wire a head in front of Shamo (Mb… Read More ›
Dominance Dominates In Stretch To Win MTH Oaks
With a name like Dominance, you better be good. Heading into the MTH Oaks, this filly had been successful, but had never taken on a stakes crowd before. It would be her fourth stake for Nakamura Stables, who claimed her for $65.000 at the start of the year and she would knock off a pretty good crowd in that stakes debut.