A field of eleven will be heading to the starting gate for The Challenger Stakes as a part of the TAM Derby undercard. This is a smaller Grade 3, and it is only the third year that has run as a graded stake. It first appeared in 2005 as ungraded, and was only a $65.000 race back then.
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Number Nine May Be Too Tough for The Hillsborough Stakes Field
As we move closer to the TAM Derby, we’ll get a look at some of virtual racing’s top female horses as six will run in the 18th running of the Hillsborough Stakes. Among them will be the reigning BC Fillies and Mares Turf winner, Number Nine, but she is not the only one in here who made a start in the BC last year.
Will There Be Torrents in The Hurricane Bertie at GP
The Hurricane Bertie – Grade IIIGP Race #5 6 1/2f Dirt Graded StakePurse $100.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Lannys All In South Beach Racing Alvarado J Four of this ones six wins… Read More ›
It is the Head to Head of the Season So Far in The Azeri
The Azeri – Grade IIOP Race #1 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $350.00 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. This race sets up as the race of the season so far for the fillies and mares as… Read More ›
Gate Full of Sophomores Ready for The TAM Derby
3/12/2022 16 TAM The TAM Derby (GII) [KYD] $400.000 3yo 1 1/16m Dirt 120lbs Another weekend in Oldsmar and that never disappoints me… we look at the field for The TAM Derby (GII) which could be a… Read More ›
Cinnamon Strike Best in Diarmida
The 18th Running of the G2 Diarmida March 5, 2022 16:35 GP Race #13 $200.000 13/8 Turf 4yos and up 124 lbs (plus penalties) Track Record-2:11.35 (Techfluence-2018) Stakes Record-2:11.24 (Bronze Sabre-2010) Entering Saturday’s $200.000 G2 Diarmida, Cinnamon Strike was riding a… Read More ›
Sexy Back Impresses in GP Mile Shocker
The 19th Running of the G2 GP Mile March 5, 2022 16:15 GP Race #12 $200.000 1-Mile 4+ 124/119 lbs (plus penalties) Track/Stakes Record-1:33.20 (Noble Y Guapo-2012) Can someone pass the salt and pepper? This crow goes down a lot… Read More ›
Ptyrannical Gets His G1 in Kilroe Mile
The 18th Running of the G1 Kilroe Mile March 5, 2022 SA Race #12 19:10$500.000 1-Mile Turf 4YO+ 123 lbs Track Record-1:31.64 (Trading Punches-2009) Stakes Record-1:31.75 (The Jamaican-2013) Saturday’s $500.000 G1 Kilroe Mile may have proved as a passing of the… Read More ›
Late Burst Wins The Davona Dale Stakes for Curlina
It took a lot of money, $450.000, for Arindel to get Curlina, but in her second start since the sale, the filly is off to a good start in getting some of that money back. The purse money for The Davona Dale Stakes is part of it, but perhaps more important are the 50 points for the KYO that she just earned.
Shades of the Infamous KYD as Grouse Mountain Takes San Felipe Stakes
San Felipe Stakes – Grade II (P9) [KYD]1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Grouse Mountain John Henry Bridgmohan S X Well i am glad i got the races i got this week… Read More ›