STAKES ARTICLES

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Secretariat Stakes Draws Six on Saturday

CNL will get its chance to host several good races this Saturday, and here we will look at the running of the Grade 2 Secretariat Stakes, which is for three year olds on the turf course. This is a race that formerly had been contested at AP, but moved to CD for 2022 and then here to CNL in 2023.

Happy Dancer Cruises to Victory in Pucker Up Stakes

Since returning to the turf in May, Happy Dancer had a couple of close calls, finishing second twice, so she certainly seemed like she was due to break through. Looking for her first stake victory, she made her way to ELP for the Pucker Up Stakes, and back up our selection of her by pulling off the victory.

Winner! Winner! Fried Chicken Takes The Whitney

Even if we took a deeper look into the runners of the Whitney, we probably still would not have come up with the winner. Fried Chicken has been successful since joining Angelos Stable, and he had been working well. Still, this was the Whitney, and he was going up some of the greatest virtual horses out there that are active.

A Quick Look at This Year’s Whitney

One of the biggest races of the year at SAR takes place in a few hours as 20th running of the Grade 1 Whitney will run, offering it’s automatic spot into the BC Classic. Previous winners of the race include Barbarino, Atomic Twister, Splash Mountain, and Tactical.