Phoenix – Grade II 6 Furlongs Dirt $400.000 Three Year Olds and Up Winner: Hollywood Cruiser. 7-year-old gelding. Dream Cruise/Hollywood Returns (Hollywood Kruz). Grit and determination earned a hard-fought win for this veteran who took down his second graded stakes… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
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Fight Clubber Knocks Them Out in Stretch to Win Bourbon
Two year old stakes races can often give us a surprising winner, but that would not be the case for readers of our preview, as Fight Clubber showed that his win in the KD Juvenile was not a fluke by knocking out the field in the Bourbon. Why he was 19/1, I can’t explain, but take that easy money!
Late and Lethal: Lady Lara Takes TC of America
Race: TC of America (Grade II) — Keeneland, 6 furlongs, Dirt, Purse $400.000, Fillies & Mares 3YO+Track: Fast • Fractions: :22.2 • :45.2 • :57.1 • Final: 1:09.11 Order of finish (top 3): 1) Lady Lara (Night Mare Racing, Geroux… Read More ›
First Lady Goes to the Beach
First Lady – Grade I1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $800.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st Beach Towel Winning Link Stables Curtis B Well, for the first 15 races of this four-year-olds career she raced on dirt… Read More ›
Hurts Takes a Familiar Road to The BC
Breeders Futurity – Grade I [BC] [KYD]1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $650.000 Open 2 Year Olds. 1st Hurts Royalty Stables Velazquez J R If we didn’t have a BC favorite before this race we probably have now as this… Read More ›
The Frizette Goes to Santorini at AQU
The Frizette – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Two-Year-Olds. At AQU 1st Santorini Riggins Racing 5.25-1 (HRP) 4-1 (SRF) Well, that seven-furlong work foretold this win for Santorini, as she unleashed a wicked stretch run that brought her… Read More ›
Tight Finish in Shadwell Turf Mile Sees Seven Is Lucky Prevail
While Seven Is Lucky may have been a 14/1 longshot in the Shadwell Turf Mile, he is no stranger to success in this race, having finished second two years ago. He’s been decent this year as well, but in this field, he would be lost in the shuffle with all of the talent around him.
Reciprocal Rubber Takes The Champagne in Blanket Finish
The Champagne – Grade I1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Two-Year-Olds. At AQU 1st Reciprocal Rubber Maxmillion Farm 13.90-1 (HRP) 10-1 (SRF) Some time off worked, and a fresh Reciprocal Rubber returned to form with an impressive half-length victory proving… Read More ›
King Z Rules in Pattison Canadian International
Several horses in the Pattison Canadian International took part in the KD Turf Cup last month, setting up an interesting rematch between a few of them. The bettors would make the KD Turf Cup’s winner, Sioux Arrival, a pretty big favorite, but it would be royalty, King Z, that atoned for his fifth place run in that race with a win in the Pattison.
Unfinished Symphony Hits the Right Note in Alcibiades
-Alcibiades Stakes G1 Keenland Park, Lexington KY Another win-and-you’re-in BC entry race at Keenland Park, this one, a Grade 1 with a $650.000 purse. Unfinished Symphony came out of the gate and under patient handling by Paco Lopez worked out… Read More ›