Last year, Poetic Panther entered the KD Ladies Turf on the heels of winning the Diana at SAR. She’d win the Diana again this year, but unlike 2024, she would go to the Grade 1 Taylor afterwards, a race that was held two weeks after this one last year.
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
A Quick Look at DMR Handicap
DMR Handicap – Grade II [BC]DMR Race #9 1 3/8m Turf Graded StakePurse $300.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. As a BC qualifier, the DMR Handicap has always been a bit of a backdoor to the BC Turf, and… Read More ›
Quiet Return Looks for Another $1,000.000 Race
The JC Gold Cup – Grade I1 1/4 Miles Dirt Stake Purse $1,000.000 Three-Year-Olds And Up. At SAR The JC Gold Cup goes all the way back to 2004 and is steeped in the history of HRP. The first winner… Read More ›
The KD Juvenile Sprint May Turn Out to Be a Speed Battle
KD Juvenile SprintKD Race #2 6 1/2f Turf StakePurse $1,000.000 for Two-Year-Olds. 1 Down To Earth – Riggins Racing – Husbands P – 122 Experience can be key in these races, and this is the gelding’s fifth start, with a… Read More ›
KD Juvenile Fillies Looks to Bring Riches to One Lucky Runner
KD Juvenile FilliesKD Race #1 1m Turf StakePurse $1,000.000 For Fillies Two Years Old. 1 Summer Colors Maxmillion Farm Cedillo A 122 The stable will need to buy the draw monster a drink because they get inside draws for all… Read More ›
KD Turf Sprint Has 14 Chances for the Big Prize
KD Turf Sprint – Grade II [BC]Race #1 6f Turf Graded StakePurse $2,000.000 For Three-Year-Olds And Upward. 1 Bay Another Man Our Athletes Luzzi L J 119 Three pounds isn’t a lot for a three-year-old to get from their elders,… Read More ›
A Quick Look at Green Flash Handicap
Green Flash Handicap – Grade III [BC]DMR Race #6 5f Turf Graded StakePurse $150.000 For Three Year Olds And Upward. A mish mash of sprinters here for a race that is promoted to a pick em spot so deserves some… Read More ›
A Quick Look at The Spinaway
The Spinaway – Grade I [BC] 7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $300.000 Filly 2 Year Olds. There is nothing tougher than a two-year-old race at this time of year to find a winner and the pick em starts off with… Read More ›
A Quick Look at The Flower Bowl
The Flower Bowl – Grade II [BC] 1 3/8 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $500.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. One of the smallest fields for the pick em here but it is no easier to try… Read More ›
Nashville Derby Enjoys Large Purse And Big Field
Last year, the Nashville Derby appeared on the schedule with a $2,500.000 purse, making it immediately a race that trainers could look forward too. That would have been good enough, but the purse would grow even more, to $3,500.000, which has quickly made the Nashville Derby one of the bigger races of the entire year.