First Lady – Grade IKEE Race #4 1m Turf Graded StakePurse $800.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. 1 Beach Towel Winning Link Stables Curtis B 124 — This four-year-old seems to have been around forever but… Read More ›
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Ukraine Be Free Heads Tight Field in The Frizette
The Frizette – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Two-Year-Old Fillies. At AQU The Frizette: another that’s been here since the beginning of HRP history, starting with Jerry Garcia Racing who is HRP history himself winning the first edition… Read More ›
Distance Eperience the Key in The Champagne at AQU
The Champagne – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Two-Year-Olds. At AQU The Champagne: certainly named right, the class of the juvenile season from the earliest days of HRP. Thundering Bay was the first winner, not a famed horse,… Read More ›
Welcome Back! Pattison Returns to the Schedule
While the days of the Pattison Canadian International offering a $2,000.000 purse and seeing Bronze Sabre dominate it like he did three years in a row, this is still a great opportunity for distance turf horses and we’re glad to have it back. After all, the race was not held in the real world last year, and it was also shelved in 2022.
Queen of the Keeneland Six — Lady Sammyantha Poised to Reign TC of America
Race overview: The TC of America (Grade II) at Keeneland, 6 furlongs on dirt, Race 2 — Oct 4, 2025, offers a $400.000 purse for fillies & mares 3yo+. A salty sprint with multiple graded performers, sharp works, and plenty… Read More ›
Alcibiades Draws 13 Looking for BC Entry
-Keenland Park, Lexington, KY Several different angles to consider in this wide-open win-and-your-in scramble. Let’s start with the scoreboard facts, State Title (Team 7 Illusions) has banked just over $282.000 in her first three races and that number tops the… Read More ›
Nine Line Up for BC Chance in Jessamine
Keenland Park, Lexington KY- All eyes on Patronize and Grand Concourse after they finished a strong 3rd and 4th in the Grade 1 Natalma Stakes on September 13th at Woodbine. Patronize (DJC Racing Stables) just missed by a neck after… Read More ›
Closers Were Electric in The Vosburgh at AQU
The Vosburgh – Grade III7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Three-Year-Old And Upward. At AQU 1st Electric Angelos Stable 9.40-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) That is some hot Electric! I called him high in this race, and that he was…. Read More ›
Mightiness Grabs the Win Late in DEL Handicap
Last month at ELP, Mightiness won the $200.000 Groupie Doll, and would make her graded debut in the DEL Handicap. She also needed to carry one more pound than the rest of the field, but none of that would prove to matter as she got up in time to get the big win!
Late Push Sends Spring Street to Zenyatta Stakes Win
The last time that Spring Street ran here at SA, she won the Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes in April, and was hoping that a return to the track would lead to her formally getting a spot in the BC Distaff. The track’s been kind to over the course of her career, and it would be again, with a fantastic stretch performance to grab the win.