For three year olds, the horses that are getting all of the attention right now will run on the main track. Under the radar just a little bit are a group of excellent turf horses also looking for some recognition. We don’t know their names quite as well yet, but we’ll get a chance to enjoy them running in the Grade 2 PEN Mile, for a $300.000 Purse.
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Road to The BEL – Part Two
Cheesy, Howl To The Hounds biggest rival? Well it certainly looks as though on TC form up to now it is going to be this horse and Locomotive that pose the biggest threat to HRP’s first TC winner Many saw… Read More ›
Bajan Mask Makes Every Post a Winning One in Connaught Cup Stakes
Connaught Cup Stakes – Grade II7 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $175.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Bajan Mask Spankys Barn Stein J This four year old found… Read More ›
It’s a Table For One in Honeymoon Stakes
Honeymoon Stakes – Grade III1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $100.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Table For One Alydar Stables Espinoza V Well this certainly looked the filly with the most upside before… Read More ›
Broad Brush Paints the Rail to Win Cinema Stakes
Based on their resumes heading into the Cinema Stakes, none of the five horses in the race would be granted a starring role in higher profile races, but you have to start somewhere. For eventual winner Broad Brush, that stepping stone to bigger and better things would happen here in the Cinema Stakes.
Drink Me Pretty Captures The Santa Maria Stakes
About six weeks ago, Mb Stables paid $500.000 for Drink Me Pretty, and so far the results have been quite positive. The filly finished third a week after the sale in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom, and on Saturday, she would add to that by capturing the Grade 2 Santa Maria at SA for her fifth career win.
Lillehammer Goes Wire to Wire in The Keertana
5/22/21 6 CD The Keertana $100.000 4yo&Up F&M 1 1/2m Turf 122 lbs +penalties For everything I did wrong in this race, at least I got the winner right. Lillehammer, owned by Invicta Group Llc, made every call a… Read More ›
Empire World Sails Home in Colors at CD
5/22/21 7 CD Colors (GIII) $125.000 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122 lbs +penalties Maxmillion Farms’ Empire World made a big move on the far turn, hit the front turning for home and cruised under the wire by two, taking… Read More ›
Burning Approval Reminds Us of Past Form in The Seek Again
You have to go back to 2019 to find the last time that Burning Approval won a stake. He won that PA Derby that day, the final win of what was an outstanding stretch that saw him win three top races in a row. After that, he ran second in the BC Dirt Mile, and you would have thought that there was more to come.
Full Field for Connaught Cup Stakes
Connaught Cup Stakes – Grade IIWO Race #6 7f Turf Graded StakePurse $175.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Marx On The Moon Court Jester Racing Da Silva E R A solid five year old stakes… Read More ›