The latest purse reduction for The Gold Cup did not keep the top two finishers from the BC Classic from making the trip to SA to compete in this ten furlong stake. Six months ago, Spankersville got the better of Wahpekute Sioux, and so far in 2025, we have not seen Wahpekute Sioux at the stake level.
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Gutter Black Turns the Tables on Devil In High Heels, Scores in Santa Margarita
5/25/2025 2 SA Santa Margarita (GII) $200.000 3yo&Up F&M 11/8thm Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs The Card hands out the trifecta, all $11 worth, but with a 5-horse field, what… Read More ›
Spankersville In Action Monday in The Gold Cup
We will be treated to some great horses on Monday that will be racing in the Grade 2 Gold Cup, including none other than Spankersville, who will make his fourth start of 2025. He is just one part of a great field of ten, that will also see the likes of Wahpekute Sioux, Individuation, Hiei, and others looking to steal the show!
Techfluence High May See Pain in Bid to Win The Gamely Stakes Again
Monday’s running of the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes has drawn a field of six that will head to the gate in hopes of picking up the winner’s share of the $300.000 purse. If that winner is Techfluence High, she will become the third different two time winner of the race.
Small Field of Five Go Postward for Santa Margarita at SA
5/25/2025 2 SA Santa Margarita (GII) $200.000 3yo&Up F&M 11/8thm Dirt 3yo 121lbs Older 124lbs Out to the left coast for Sunday stakes actions for the ladies and we look at the… Read More ›
Shoemaker Mile Field Looks Electric
Memorial Day action is plentiful, and among the card on this holiday where we remember our fallen heros is the 21st running of the Shoemaker Mile, a race that may have only drawn a field of six, but among them will be the last two winners of the race.
Seven to the Gate for Sexton Mile at LS
5/26/2025 16 LS Sexton Mile (GIII) $400.000 3yo&Up 1m Dirt 3yo 116lbs Older 122lbs Down to Texas and a big day of racing here at LS… this one, we take… Read More ›
Sprinting Spinster Do Battle In Colors at CD
5/26/2025 1 CD Colors (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up F&M 6f Dirt 122lbs Louisville and sprinting ladies will be on the menu as we look at the full field… Read More ›
American Generals Marchs to Victory in The Louisville
5/17/2025 5 The Louisville (GIII) $250.000 4yo&Up 11/2 Mile Turf 122lbs It took a new stakes record to get the job done in Saturday’s Louisville (GIII), here… Read More ›
The PRK Has No Real Drama in the Stretch
It was time for the PRK, and race fans would make KYD winner Extreme Jet a heavy favorite in the Pick ‘em. He’d be one of seven horses in the race that also ran two weeks ago, so there would be questions about how they would handle the other seven in the field that had more rest.