Volare ran on very strongly getting up on the wire from the also fast finishing Tiz Flirt to win the NY in a photo by a nose with Princess Mandy a quarter of a length further back in third. Race… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
The Champion Treats This Race Like Its Just a Game
The Just A Game – Grade I 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $700.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. Well I billed this as the race that will sort out the best turf miler in the fillies and… Read More ›
The General Dances His Way Into the BC Turf Sprint Picture
The Jaipur – Grade III 6 Furlongs Turf Stake Purse $300.000 Open 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Dance General. Trained by Nakamura Stables This is your classic HRP story of a rags to riches horse that has gone from… Read More ›
Panther Tree Just Edges Rip Snortin in the ET Mint Julep
This year’s installment of the ET Mint Julip was a great one, with a thrilling run to the line between two great horses. When the gates opened Iceberg jumped out of the gate and rushed to the front and took… Read More ›
Phelps Goes for Gold in Eclipse
June 6, 2015 Over the years, a number of very good horses have won the Canadian version of the Eclipse Stakes, including Queen’s Plate winner Royal Chocolate, Hall Of Fame entrants Overskate, Frost King and Izvestia, and more recently, True… Read More ›
Close Call for MTH Stakes
The MTH Stakes looks to be a close call as most of the runners have covered the distance in around the 1.45 mark there was only a nose between Honorable Eight and Two Smoking Barrels in The Fort Marcy with… Read More ›
The Class of Z Jinxed One Shows Up;Wins Going Away in Belmont Gold Cup
Coming into the race the weather did not cooperate with the field and the turf course came up soft which could have a major outcome on the race. Early in the mile and a half journey Caught Red Hoofed and… Read More ›
Trench Admiral by a Nose in Aristides BC
5/30/15 Post Time 2:45PM RACE 7 CD Aristides BC (GIII) Purse $100.000 3yo&Up 6f Dirt Well, that’s about as close as it gets…. but after checking the photograph, Trench Admiral was the slightest bit faster than Welcome Change and got… Read More ›
Mister Major Warrants Major Look In Grade I Met Mile
June 4, 2015 One of the most important races for handicap horses each year is the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap, or the “Met Mile”, and this Saturday, it will once again be held at Belmont on its traditional spot on… Read More ›
Know How Causeway for The NY.
Know How Causeway could return to winning ways after running two good runs over today’s distance late last year in The Flower Bowl – Grade I beaten by half a length second and The BC Fillies & Mares Turf –… Read More ›
