Last month, Operation Mongoose took on some of the best in the BC Mile, but he has also been a very good sprinter as evidenced by his victory in the Grade 2 Nearctic in October. In the Janus, he would take care of business while going five furlongs, catching massive longshot Superbush just in time.
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Gun Runner Entices Eleven with Coveted Derby Points
Gun Runner$100.000 For Two Year Olds1 1/16 Miles – DirtFairgrounds – December 20, 2025 As we come to the end of the 2025 season the Gun Runner offers the final opportunity in 2025 for two-year-olds to gain points to qualify… Read More ›
All Eyes on Fried Chicken for Harlan
Saturday’s action at GP will include the thirteenth running of the Harlan, a Grade 3 on the main track that goes a mile and a sixteenth. The race debuted on the schedule in 2011, but only would begin being held every year once it gained graded status in 2016.
Chase The Money All Set to Chase Them All Down in The Sugar Swirl
The Sugar Swirl 6f Dirt Stakes Purse $125.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. -Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida Chase The Money from Avenue Z is a five-year-old mare who looks to have found the perfect spot. “Money”… Read More ›
Who Can Take a Trip Up The Suwannee River and Come Home with the Catch?
The Suwannee River GP Race #6 1m InTurf StakePurse $150.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. 1 Club Card Alydar Stables Maragh Ro 123 — The five-year-old took a while to add career win number eight to… Read More ›
KY Oaks Points on Tap in Untappable
Untappable $100.000 Two Year Old Fillies1 Mile & 70 Yards – DirtFairgrounds – 12/20/25 When a $100.000 purse draws an overload field of thirteen you know something else must be on offer. I’m no conspiracy theorist (I actually am!) but… Read More ›
Field Quality in Janus Far Exceeds Its Purse Level
The Janus may “only” be a $125.000 ungraded stake, but that has not stopped four horses that ran in BC races last month from participating in it. That’s partially due to limited opportunities for turf sprinters this time of year, but it does give this race a feel of one that should go for double the purse.
Everything For Sale Attempts to End the Year with a Stakes Win in Tenacious Stakes
Tenacious Stakes 1 1/16th on Dirt Purse $100.000 (plus up to $15,000 for LA-Breds) For Three Year Olds And Upward. New Orleans, LA Everything For Sale from Night Rider Stables was claimed for $30.000 back in April of this year. Four… Read More ›
The Wrong Guy Proves Right Choice in Hobbs Fall Classic
The Wrong Guy rallied from well back to capture the $100.000 Hobbs Fall Classic at Zia Park, overtaking the leaders in the stretch to win the 6 1/2-furlong State Bred stakes for two-year-olds foaled in New Mexico under Felipe Da… Read More ›
Who Will Springboard into the TC Picture at RP?
RP Springboard Mile [KYD]RP Race #1 1m Dirt StakePurse $300.000 For Two Year Olds. This race was and still is to an extent a real good guide for the TC chase which starts in just a couple of weeks. In… Read More ›