We’ll have an eight and a nine in the gate, but only five actually going to the post for the 15th running of the Grade 3 Waya. The race sends older females a total of eleven furlongs (one less than any prior year) along the inner turf and sees its purse double from last year.
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Star Studded Field for Lukas Classic
The last two winners of the Lukas Classic will be going to head to head this year, perhaps an even more impressive feat when you consider that this race was not even run in 2020. The 2018 winner, Having A Blast, and the 2019 winner, Eclipse My Knowledge are just two of the six horses in the nine horse field which have won over $1,000.000 for their careers.
Here’s a Toast for Our Champagne Field
The BC Juvenile is one of the most exciting races in the game, as not only is it a championship race for two year olds, it provides bragging rights and an early favorite for the KYD next year. The Champagne is one of the great prep races for it, and the 19th edition of the race is set to go on Saturday.
Tactical Looking to Be Awesome Again at SA
The 19th Running of the G1 Awesome Again October 2, 2021 18:10 SA Race #9 $300.000 11/8 Dirt 3YOs 121 Lbs 4yo+ 124 Lbs Track Record-1:46.74 (Imane-2013) Stakes Record-1:46.83 (Risen Ruler-2012) It’s another day of BC automatic qualifiers and one… Read More ›
Who Will Take Rodeo Drive Stakes All the Way to the BC?
Rodeo Drive Stakes – Grade I [BC]SA Race #8 1 1/4m Turf Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. This race tends to find all the nearly fillies and mares desperately seeking a BC slot… Read More ›
Get Your Pin Ready for Ack Ack Handicap
Ack Ack Handicap – Grade IIICD Race #7 1m Dirt Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. This race never seems to draw a stacked field so is often an opportunity for a non BC contender to pick… Read More ›
Is Wonder Where Stakes a Two Horse Battle?
10/2/2021 1 WO Wonder Where Stakes$250.000 3yo F Foaled In CA 1 1/4m Turf 123lbs Somewhere in the world, AW knows there’s a short field in a WO Stakes race and it’s just driving him crazy… he’s not… Read More ›
Loaded Field Set for The Woodward at BEL
10/2/2021 3 BEL The Woodward (GI) $500.000 3yo&Up 1 1/8m Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Big Sandy is the venue for Saturday’s Woodward (GI) going a mile and an eighth on the BEL main track and man oh… Read More ›
Friday’s Pharoah Stakes Draws Full Field of BC Hopefuls
Liberia is the only graded winner in a field where half are looking for the second win of their career.