The $500.000 NY Stallion Series Fifth Avenue Stakes takes center stage at Aqueduct on December 6, 2025, presenting a seven-furlong test on the main dirt track exclusively for two-year-old fillies foaled in New York. As a prestigious State Bred stakes… Read More ›
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Gate Speed May Be Key in The Inaugural Stakes
The Inaugural Stakes TAM Race #9 6f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Two Year Olds. 1 Techno Residency The Sidley Stud Ferrer J C 120 —The son of Techfluence hasn’t run a bad race in five starts, but he hasn’t set… Read More ›
Valedictory Stakes Looks Dangerous and Cheap
Up north on Saturday, we will have the sixteenth edition of the Valedictory Stakes, which is for horses that like to keep on running and running, at a mile and a half on the main track. The details for the race have been constant through time, remaining a Grade 3 since 2011, and little movement with the purse level.
Amy Street Looks for Upset in The Sandpiper Stakes
The Sandpiper Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies $125,000 -Tampa Bay Downs Tampa, FL Amy Street was taken for feed money at auction back in early September of this year by her current connections. “Street” has a win in allowance company and a… Read More ›
Wild Water Wagon Aims for Grade II Glory in Demoiselle Stakes
The $250.000 Demoiselle Stakes (Grade II) highlights the Aqueduct card on December 6, 2025, presenting a 1 1/8-mile test on the main dirt track exclusively for two-year-old fillies. As a Grade II event serving as a key prep on the… Read More ›
Fillies Look to Put Down Early Marker for KYO in Starlet
Starlet – Grade II [KYO]LA Race #2 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. 1 Balance That Budget Rock Creek Smith M E 120 —Looked pretty good in the Spinaway when making good ground from a… Read More ›
Who Is the Great Hope in Great White Way?
NY Stallion Series – Great White Way AQU Race #5 7f Dirt StakePurse $500.000 For Two Year Olds Foaled In NY. 1 Wealthy B Wonka Mb Stables Lopez P 120 —Bought for $135.500 pre-race it was pretty clear the champion… Read More ›
Head Scratcher for Gamblers in The Cigar Mile Handicap
The Cigar Mile Handicap Grade 2 $500,000 Aqueduct RacetrackSouth Ozone Park, Queens, NY When a race has many angles to sink your teeth into it can get frustrating as a gambler, but you also know it’s a race you want… Read More ›
Pineapple Puff Powerful in FL My Dear Win
The FL Sire Stakes – My Dear$300.000 Two Year Old Fillies Foaled in FL1 1/16 Miles DirtGulfstream Park – November 29, 2025 In six starts Pineapple Puff has not yet finished off the board. She came home first by almost… Read More ›
Neon Lightning Takes Hollywood Derby by Storm
Hollywood Derby GI$300.000 Three Year Olds1 1/8 Miles TurfDel Mar November 29, 2025 I covered two races this weekend and they were both won by Nakamura homebreds where the winner was practically the only starter ever for their two winning… Read More ›