The Travers – Grade I1 1/4 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $1,250.000 Open 3 Year Olds. The late withdrawal of Fawkes left this race at the mercy of Extreme Jet, and now the expected clash for the three-year-old championship may have… Read More ›
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The Party Heads to The BC After The Jerkens Memorial Victory
The Jerkens Memorial – Grade I7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Open 3 Year Olds. 1st Ineedu2party Maxmillion Farm Roman K Turf or dirt, this speedy sort doesn’t care one jot, and whilst it would be rare in real life… Read More ›
The Devil Laughs All the Way to The BC at SAR
The Personal Ensign – Grade I [BC]1 1/8 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. On a day with some quite shocking results, the winner here was no big shock, but the three that… Read More ›
Rain Rattle Storms Home to Win The Lake Placid
The Lake Placid (Grade 2)- $400.000 PurseSAR- For Fillies Three Years OldOne Mile on the Inner TurfAugust 23, 2025 The Lake Placid seemed like it would be a wide-open race, as six fillies looked to get a big win on… Read More ›
Berlin Grinds Out a Win in CT Classic
The CT Classic is a race that has been won by many true greats of our virtual world. Now, Berlin, perhaps not the first horse that comes to mind when thinking about those that are trained by The Sidley Stud, will add his name to that impressive list.
Gigafemme Is Impressive In Stretch To Win CT Oaks
Last December, Gigafemme picked up a huge win when she captured the $500.000 Fifth Avenue, for NY-breds, at AQU, but she has been quiet thus far as a three year old. Despite being winless in her five starts coming in, she had looked good last month in a SAR allowance to create some optimism about how she may fare at CT.
Untidy Heads Evenly Matched Field in The Ballerina at SAR
The Ballerina – Grade I7 Furlongs Stake Purse $500.000 Fillies & Mare Three-Year-Olds And Up. What an evenly matched bunch of lasses. It’s races like this that make me regret my decision to handicap the full race. It’s mind-numbing business… Read More ›
Comparing the Six that Will Run in The Lake Placid
It’s Travers Day at SAR, and that means plenty of good races on the undercard as well! Here, we’ll take a look at the 22nd running of the Lake Placid, which is held on the inner turf course for three year old fillies, at a mile. The purse for the race has doubled from where it had been in recent years, and the $400.000 represents a new high for this race.
Mb Stables Looks for Fourth Forego
The Forego – Grade I7 furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $500.000 Four-Year-Olds And Up. At SAR The Forego is one of the original stakes races of HRP with its debut in opening year 2003 where Paradise Stable’s Warrior Spirit scored a… Read More ›
Berlin Headlines The CT Classic Field
Previously, we looked at the CT Oaks, so now it’s time to check out the other massive race taking part at everyone’s favorite bullring: the CT Classic. This race first appeared on the schedule in 2010 and has seen some true virtual racing legends get the win. After all, the first two winners were Madhouse and Mrs Bombastic!