June 9, 2015 From top to bottom, the field assembled for the Grade I Met Mile was impressive with five Grade I winners and more than half the field above $1000.000 in earnings. So it was only fitting that a… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
BC Mile Winner and Runner Up from 2014 Hook Up in Shoemaker Mile
The Shoemaker Mile, Purse $400.000, Grade 3, 1 mile, Turf for 3+ Here is a big race that will see at least one of the entrants move their way into the BC with an automatic qualifier. There is a tough… Read More ›
Broomsticks Camelot from Off the Pace in Eclipse
June 9, 2015 It might not have had the huge purse or the huge reputation of other events on BEL Stakes weekend but the Grade II Eclipse Stakes at WO did see a standout performance from Broomsticks Camelot and the… Read More ›
Shimoon Kruz Cruises to Victory in Acorn
June 9 2015 Many of the best three-year-old fillies at HRP got together for the running of the Grade I Acorn at BEL over the weekend and while the spotlight might have been on the boys, Shimoon Kruz put on… Read More ›
Honorable Eight Takes MTH Stakes.
Honorable Eight settled a length behind the pace setter challenged on the home turn to win The MTH Stakes by a length from the running on March Madness with Two Smoking Barrels a neck further back in third. Race #7… Read More ›
Volare Wins The NY
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 ›
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 ›