Highlander Stakes – Grade II6 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Shelbags Lindeman Prairie Fukumoto D It took a good horse to win this race as they beat the race record… Read More ›
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Lady Narloff Gets Up in Princess Rooney
The 18th Running of the G2 Princess Rooney Saturday, July 2, 2022 GP Race #3 $250.000 7-Furlongs Fillies and Mares 3+ 118/123 Lbs BC Automatic Qualifier for the Filly and Mare Sprint Track Record-1:20.66 (Omni-2005) Stakes Record-1:21.38 (Grand Cyclone-2021) With… Read More ›
Street Edge Runs Them Off Their Feet in The Nerud
The 8th Running of The Nerud-G2 Saturday, July 2, 2022 BEL Race #3 $250.000 7-Furlongs 4yo+ 123 Lbs Track Record-1:20.41 (Soy Dinero-2004) Stakes Record-1:21.12 (Tallmadge Star-2021) Leading every step of the way, Street Edge scored his 3rd graded victory of… Read More ›
Brave Freedom Wins The Dwyer on Independence Weekend
The 19th Running of The Dwyer-G3 Saturday, July 2, 2022 BEL Race #2 $250.000 1-Mile Dirt 3YOs 122 Lbs Track Record-1:33.34 (Alpha Ultimo-2005) Stakes Record-1:34.60 (Ufc Morals-2016) Brave Freedom, using a tracking trip from the three-path, accelerated late in The… Read More ›
Rags To Riches, Processing Greek Upsets Fleur De Lis Handicap
7/2/22 12 CD Fleur De Lis Hcp (GII) $350.000 F&M 4yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt Hcp Weights Kabooom goes the tote board… Processing Greek, sent off at nearly 40-1 odds and fresh off of a change of barns via a… Read More ›
Dead-Heat in Wise Dan
7/2/22 11 CD Wise Dan (GII) $350.000 4yo&Up 1 1/16m Turf 122lbs The big races keep coming and so do the dead-heats… this time, it was the Wise Dan (GII) where Raj The Magician and Express Majestic ended on… Read More ›
Rampage Stable Rules in American Derby at CD
7/2/22 7 CD American Derby (GII) $200.000 3YO 1 1/16m Turf 122lbs +penalties The American Derby (GII) didn’t play out the way I thought it would… nor anyone else, looking at the tote board. Rampage Stables’ Oh Brother… Read More ›
Matamata Scratches Out a Hard Fought DEL Oaks Victory
A couple of scratches left us with just four horses for the DEL Oaks, and in a close race on a track listed as good, it would be Matamata picking up the win for Smokey Stover.
Letters By The Way Wins Kent Stakes in Dominant Fashion
This April, Wood Duck Stables moved Letters By The Bay back to the turf, a surface he only had one career start on, a race he had won. It has certainly proven to be the right decision, as this horse is now a perfect 4-for-4 while running on the grass.
Saturday Khartoum Gets It Done Again, Wins Foster
At eight years old, Saturday Khartoum would have an excuse if his form started to decline, but that isn’t anywhere close to happening right now. In the Foster Handicap, which was the 41st start of his career, this gelding came from off the pace to beat a strong field at the Grade 2 Foster.