When the schedule came out, there were six stakes within the FHBPA series that were available, and we were ready to provide coverage of these FL-bred races here at the SRF. However, there would be only one race of this group that would draw, and that is the FHBPA Sprint.
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Five Females Get CD Spring Stakes Underway with The Roxelana
4/25/2026 5 CD The Roxelana $200.00 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122lbs +penalties Five sprinting ladies will kick-off the stakes action on opening day, here in Louisville, and we look… Read More ›
The Stone Pony Hangs on By a Nose in McKenney Handicap
McKenney Handicap Purse $100.00 – For Three Year Olds And Upward Foaled In PA 6 Furlongs – Dirt Parx – April 22, 2026 Midweek racing delivered a standout performance as The Stone Pony went straight to the front and never… Read More ›
Without Warning and Criminal Law End Even in a Thriller – OP Handicap
Without Warning from the TwinTowersRacing and Criminal Law, trained by D J C Racing Stables could not be separated and ended in a dead-heat in the OP Handicap on April 18, 2026. The OP Handicap brought together a deep older… Read More ›
Extravagant Turns the Tables in American Stakes
Extravagant delivered a polished performance in the Grade III American Stakes at Santa Anita on April 19, 2026, giving Bigchief Stables a stakes victory at one mile on firm turf. Under Fresu A, the 4-year-old son of Great State sat… Read More ›
KEE Spring Meet Closes, And The Bewitch Is Sure To Be Special
4/24/2026 5 KEE Bewitch (GIII) $350.00 4yo&Up F&M 11/2m Turf 123lbs The saddest part of spring… closing Friday at KEE. I know, I know… it’s off… Read More ›
Pennsylvania-Breds Look to Regain Form in McKenney Handicap
McKenney Handicap Purse $100.00 – For Three Year Olds And Upward Foaled In PA 6 Furlongs – Dirt Parx – April 22, 2026 Pennsylvania’s breeding program gets another moment in the spotlight this Wednesday, as a competitive field assembles for… Read More ›
Powerful Stretch Drive Gives Santa Maria to Spirit Storm
Santa Maria Stakes – GIII $100.00 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward 1 1/16 Miles – Dirt Santa Anita Park – April 19, 2026 This writer got this race very right and very wrong as demonstrated by… Read More ›
Three in a Row for Sweating Bullets in Pep Stakes
Pep Stakes6 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $20.00 Fillies Three-Years-Old. At FON 1st Sweating Bullets Panionios Racing 9-2 (HRP) *6-5 (SRF) Well, our review correctly predicted Sweating Bullets the winner but expected her to be the favourite which she was not…. Read More ›
Call Demi, Ghost is ON in Biogios Rose Win
4/19/2026 2 AQU The Biogios Rose $135.00 4yo&Up F&M Foaled in NY 1m Dirt 123lbs +penalties That’s what I said… The Biogios Rose looked like a one-horse race to me, and a three-length… Read More ›