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• A Race for the Ages in Wiley

  By Stu on April 10, 2025

  Wiley – Grade IKEE Race #6 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $650.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. Just after I have gotten over the excitement of last week’s incredible sprint race where two champions squared off,… Read More ›

• Mb Aims at a One-Two in Giants Causeway

  By Stu on April 9, 2025

  Giants Causeway – Grade IIIKEE Race #4 5 1/2f Turf Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. 1 Sweet T Spb Racing Corrales G 125 — No three-year-olds in this race and a short field… Read More ›

• Speedsters Take on Limestone Turf Sprint

  By Stu on April 9, 2025

  Limestone Turf SprintKEE Race #4 5 1/2f Turf StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Categorical Decision Asgar Gutierrez Mario 120 — She moved from dirt sprinting to turf sprinting to capture two ungraded stakes, the last being the… Read More ›

• Starting Over Faces Big Weight Disadvantage in The Apple Blossom Handicap

  By Nynl Stables on April 9, 2025

  Outside of the races that are meaningful for the KYD, the Apple Blossom Handicap may be the biggest race that is held at OP. It attracts some of the best female horses every year, and offers a large purse for them. In 2024, that purse saw an additional increase, to the present $1,250.000 level and that is what it will be again.

• Heeza Dime Looks Appealing in Fleet Sprint Handicap

  By Nynl Stables on April 8, 2025

  OP will give us two exciting races to keep an eye on Saturday, with one of them being the 20th running of the Fleet Sprint Handicap. This race has been a Grade 3 since inception, but has seen it’s purse climb from $100.000 initially to the present $500.000, which began in 2020.

• Makers Mark Mile Isn’t a BC Race, It Just Looks Like One

  By Nynl Stables on April 8, 2025

  Last year in the Makers Mark Mile, the rain came and left us with soft turf. It would not dampen the action on the track, as a close finish saw Jacks Courage and King Luka finish in a dead heat. Now, a little more has been added to purse, up by $50.000 to $650.000, and an attractive field of twelve will be taking part.

• Can Mb Qualify the Entire Barn for The KYD? It’s Time for Lexington

  By Cozman on April 8, 2025

  

    4/12/2025   5   KEE   Lexington (GII) [KYD]          $400.000      3yo           11/16th Mile   Dirt      120lbs We are down to the final KYD points race and its hail-Mary time for some barns.  We look… Read More ›

• Mb Stables Wins Another Derby Prep: This Time SA Derby with The Golden Age

  By Nynl Stables on April 6, 2025

  After winning the BG Stakes, there was more work to be done for Mb Stables out west in the SA Derby, as the trainer had three entered in the SA Derby. In the end, he would see one of his horses, The Golden Age, pick up the win, giving him five horses in the top nine of the KYD leaderboard.

• KYD Points – Off to Louisville!!

  By Cozman on April 6, 2025

  

    4/6/2025      Points for the 2025 KYD              2025 TC Qualifying                    HORSE NAME  OWNER NAME #-W-P-S KYD PTS  EARNINGS   1  Daemon  Alydar Stables 7-6-0-0 210 … Read More ›

• Moves Are Made in the Qualifiers for The KYO

  By Stu on April 5, 2025

  The KYO is taking shape now with the top 8 with 100 points or more. Credit Crime remains on top but Rain Rattle and Creepy Runner Party moved up to make that top four look very good indeed. Narcissa Malfoy… Read More ›

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