DebutanteCD Race #8 6f Dirt StakePurse $175.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. This race tends to turn out better winners than the Bashford Manor but maybe that is down to the fact that fillies tend to last a bit longer… Read More ›
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Just Four Go to Post in a Disappointing Turn Out for Great Lady M Stakes
Great Lady M Stakes – Grade IILA Race #1 6 1/2f Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. There will be a few trainers kicking themselves for not throwing something in this race as… Read More ›
Bashford Manor Looks to Shoot a Juvenile to the Top of the Pile
Bashford ManorCD Race #7 6f Dirt StakePurse $175.000 For Two Year Olds. The traditional start to the BC chase for the two year olds The Bashford Manor doesn’t produce the next TC winner but it has produced a few good… Read More ›
It Will Be Noses and Nostrils in Highlander Stakes
Highlander Stakes – Grade IIWO Race #10 6f Turf Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Elijah G Mb Stables Gallardo A A A very successful sprinting season as a three year old culminated… Read More ›
Field of Six for Kent Stakes
Part of the action at DEL on Saturday will be the 17th running of the Kent Stakes, a Grade 3 event for three olds on the turf. It is a race that was once held in much higher regard, going for a $500.000 purse for it’s first two years, but then the reductions began happening. The low point would be $150.000.
Seven Sophomores Set For “Other” Derby at CD
7/2/22 7 CD American Derby (GII) $200.000 3YO 1 1/16m Turf 122lbs +penalties The endless string of Derby races brings us to CD, but no… it’s not that one and it’s not even the Ohio Derby (who has… Read More ›
Deep Purple Looks to Make the Grade in The Dwyer
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) The 19th edition of The Dwyer-G3 has drawn a field of eight sophomores… Read More ›
Sister Crespi the Likely Favorite in DEL Oaks
This Saturday, we get to enjoy some racing from DEL as a field of six fillies goes to post for the 17th running of the DEL Oaks. This has never been a race to attract a large field for some reason, as in checking the field sizes for the last ten years, either five or six horses were entered.
Time for a Gold Cup Rematch in Foster
Some of the top older horses in the game are headed to CD this weekend for the 20th running of the Foster. Valuable points for the BC Classic are available for the top four finishers, and looking to pick up the winner’s share again will be Charleys Latte.
Small Field of Five for Fleur De Lis Handicap at CD
7/2/22 12 CD Fleur De Lis Hcp (GII) $350.000 F&M 4yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt Hcp Weights The big weekend of stakes actions continues here at the Twin Spires and we look at the field for the Fleur De Lis… Read More ›