The SAR Derby was a race that was new to the schedule last year, providing an excellent chance for three year old turf horses to show their stuff a month after the BEL Derby gets run at that race track.
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Three-Year-Olds Hold Aces in AP Million, but Immoral Holds Four of Them
AP Million – Grade I [BC]AP Race #4 1 1/4m Turf Graded StakePurse $1,000.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. 1 So Lonely Diablo Diablo Davis D It is great when you enter these races and find your entry with… Read More ›
Dozen Ladies Set for Beverly D
8/15/202 3 AP Beverly D (GI) $600.000 3yo&Up F&M 1 3/16m Turf 3yo 120lbs Older 124lbs We have a nice field of twelve set to go a mile and three-sixteenths with a huge purse of $600.000 on the… Read More ›
AP Turf Gets Busy in Secretariat Stakes
8/15/202 2 AP Secretariat Stakes (GI) $500.000 3yo 1m Turf 121lbs The gate is should be full as we have a loaded gate and an AE, set to go a flat mile here outside of Chicago in… Read More ›
“Raleigh” Rallies to Take La Jolla Handicap
8/9/2020 6 DMR La Jolla Handicap (GIII) $125.000 3yo 1 1/16m Turf Hcp Weights I think it is safe to say… Raleigh In Doubt likes the grass. After running a nice third in the Kent Stakes (GIII) the… Read More ›
Even With Only Two Three-Year-Olds in Race One Still Manages to Outgun Elders in The Ballerina
The Ballerina – Grade I [BC]7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up 1st Ms Pea Aer Stables Hernandez R M It was a typically up and down day for the trainer as their… Read More ›
Pace Makes the Race as Number Nine Dictates in The Waya
The Waya – Grade III1 1/2 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $150.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Number Nine Spankys Barn Franco M This front running filly has had the perfect draw and race pace to… Read More ›
Maxmillion Fixes the Yellow Ribbon Handicap
Yellow Ribbon Handicap – Grade II1 1/16 Mile Turf Stake Purse $150.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Fixes Maxmillion Farm Pereira T J Its no surprise anymore when an entire field finish within one length of… Read More ›
Southern Fame Takes The Troy for Another Mb Win
8/8/2020 9 SAR The Troy (GIII) $200.000 4yo&Up 5 1/2f Turf 123lbs Southern Fame, my top choice in The Troy (GIII), has been sharp this year… well, hone that knife just a bit more as the Mb Stables… Read More ›
Hawaiian Crusader By a Head in The Test
8/8/2020 9 SAR The Test (GI) $400.000 3yoF 7f Dirt 122lbs It was a topsy-turvy kind of a day at SAR and no reason for The Test (GI) to be any different… sent off at 19/1 odds, Fractious… Read More ›