Today there was only one race on the card at Hastings Park and it was a nice Grade 3 race for 3 year olds. The weather was perfect and the dirt course came back fast. All 4 horses that signed… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Custer of The West Is Best In Iroquois
Iroquois (Grade 3)- $100.000 Purse [BC] CD- For Two Year Olds One Mile and One Sixteenth on the Dirt September 12, 2015 With a berth in the BC Juvenile on the line, The Iroquois was a star studded field of… Read More ›
Jawbone Talks The Loudest In Sands Point
The Sands Point (Grade 2)- $500.000 Purse BEL- For Fillies Three Years Old One Mile and One Eighth on the Inner Turf September 12, 2015 The largest purse in the history of The Sands Point made for the strongest field… Read More ›
Kick It Up A Notch Receives a Presidents Cup
Presidents Cup 1 1/8 Mile Turf Stake Purse $200.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up Foaled In PA. I seem to have gone from writing about eight year olds to writing about three year olds in the space of a… Read More ›
Royal Prodigy Looks Super in Derby
Super Derby – Grade II 1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $400.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Royal Prodigy, trained by Mb Stables This was a breakthrough win for this son of Inspector Jacques after running some decent races… Read More ›
Officer Outcast Throws Form Book Out the Window in Kentucky Cup Turf
Kentucky Cup Turf – Grade III 1 1/2 Mile Turf Stake Purse $600.000 Open 3 Year Olds And Up. I said I would shave my privates and do a streak if a certain horse won this race so look out… Read More ›
Close Call for Bold Venture Stakes
With a full field of twelve in The Bold Venture Stakes it looks to be a close call between five or six of the runners all able to win over the six and half furlongs in 1.15-1.16, if I was… Read More ›
Canadian Stakes Wide Open Event
September 12, 2015 As a BC Win And You’re In race, the Grade II Canadian Stakes usually attracts some very good fillies and mares to the WO turf and on Sunday afternoon, a big field of 11 is signed on… Read More ›
Childe Of Nature from Claimer to Breeders Cup
Today at Woodbine the weather was perfect and the turf course came back firm with at least two 2 year olds getting ready to stamp their ticket into the Breeders Cup. In the filly version of the race all 12… Read More ›
Turon Warrior Looks Tough in Northern Dancer BC
September 12, 2015 Much like previous years, the Grade I Northern Dancer BC Turf stands alone as a race for horses prepping for the Grade I BC Turf and as such, has only attracted a field of six who opt… Read More ›