Top jockeys and purse money will make their way to MNR on Sunday for the annual WV Derby, a Grade 3 that has $400.000 at stake. Unfortunately, that amount represents a low point for the race (not counting the period when it was a free race), as it is a $100.000 deduction from where it had been since 2018, and much lower than the high point of $750.000.
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Pucker Up and Do a Happy Dance on Sunday
Looking at the action for Sunday at ELP, there will be an excellent opportunity for three year old female turf horses to pick up a large purse in the 20th running of the Pucker Up Stakes. It’s still a Grade 3, but one that offers $400.000 for its top finishers, giving trainers plenty of reason to pucker up.
Ello Santa Looks for a Derby Double at SAR
SAR Derby – Grade ISAR Race #8 1 3/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $750.000 For Three Year Olds. 1 Free Casino Team 7 Illusions Gutierrez Mario 122 — The gelding has dabbled at this level in the KD Juvenile but came… Read More ›
The Test Will Be a Test to See Who Can Win in a Race with Plenty of Chances
The Test – Grade ISAR Race #7 7f Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Shes All I Need TwinTowersRacing Franco M 122 A closer by nature she did well around this trip in overnights so was… Read More ›
Eight to the Gate for The Fourstardave Handicap
It’s a great weekend of racing all over the country, but SAR will be the center of attention with multiple races that are “win and you’re in” races for the BC. The Whitney is the deserving focal point, but the Fourstardave Handicap will be one to watch as well, since it will send it’s winner to the BC Mile.
State Cavier Takes Read Stakes
Read Stakes – Grade II1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $250.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st State Cavier Diablo Diablo Bejarano R This admirably consistent and prolific six-year-old has continued to cross over between overnights and stakes for… Read More ›
There’s a Storm in The Glen Falls
The Glens Falls – Grade II1 1/2 Mile Inner Turf Stake Purse $250.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st November Storm Mb Stables Franco M It has been a while since this five-year-old has won two in… Read More ›
General Zod Earns BC Sprint Spot with Crosby Stakes Win
Last month, General Zod just missed picking up his first stake win in the $300.000 Hanshin at CD before settling for second in a photo. He’d head to DMR on Saturday hoping to do a little better while cutting back to a sprint for the first time in eleven months. It would prove to be the right move, as the colt would not be denied in the stretch for the win!
Yet Another Dead Heat to Enjoy as Trillium Stakes Sees Two Winners
Trillium Stakes – Grade III1 1/16 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $150.000 Filly & Mare 3 Year Olds And Up. 1st= Whoop Whoop The Sidley Stud Moran D Another day and another dead heat and whilst the optics don’t look good… Read More ›
Massive Longshot Frenchman Pulls It Off in San Diego Handicap
No one would ever say that Frenchman wasn’t good in the morning, consistently running off good work times, but he had not brought that effort into races often enough. As such, there were very few people that felt that he could win the San Diego Handicap, and he would go off as a massive longshot, at 189/1.