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• Eight Line Up for The Broadway

  By Stu on February 22, 2025

  The BroadwayAQU Race #2 7f Dirt StakePurse $125.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward Foaled In NY. 1 Twizzle Mo Mentum Farm Kocakaya G 123 — Bought at the end of last year for $65.000 you would… Read More ›

• Will a Big Name Win The GP Sprint Championship?

  By Nynl Stables on February 20, 2025

  While the name of the race would suggest that this was a graded stake for a large purse, the GP Sprint Championship is an ungraded stake with a purse of “only” $125.000. There was a time when it did carry more prestige, running as a Grade 2 back in 2004, but eventually it was downgraded to a Grade 3 before becoming ungraded in 2023.

• Beating Ruthian May Be a Powerful Task in The Heavenly Prize

  By Nynl Stables on February 20, 2025

  At $150.000, the purse for the Heavenly Prize could be more heavenly, but it is still a nice offering for this ungraded stake that runs for the seventh time. It would debut in 2017, but has not been run every year, and for a little while, it seemed like it might be in jeopardy of not filling this year as well.

• Small Field of Five for The Lightning City Stakes at TAM

  By Cozman on February 20, 2025

  

    2/22/2025   8  TAM    The Lightning City Stakes         $125.000    5f   Turf        4yo&Up F&M      122lbs Abbreviated field, abbreviated distance, but I’m glad we were able to get this one to go…  A field of five females… Read More ›

• The Razorback Handicap Is Sure to Entertain as the Older Horses Do Battle

  By Stu on February 19, 2025

  The Razorback Handicap – Grade III OP Race #2 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $500.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. These handicaps are always interesting, not because a 6Lb spread in the weights should make any difference, but because… Read More ›

• Don’t Miss The Confident Elegance and Soliloquy Sunset Rematch in The Honeybee

  By Nynl Stables on February 18, 2025

  Last Saturday, the Alexandra kicked off the 50-point races for the KYO, and now all eyes will be at OP on Saturday as the 19th running of the Honeybee takes place for the second 50-pointer of the season. To celebrate, OP has raised the purse this year to $500.000, up $100.000 from where it was last year, and that too, was a $100.000 increase over the prior year.

• Tough Field in Cincinnati Trophy Stakes

  By Stu on February 18, 2025

  Cincinnati Trophy Stakes [KYO] TP Race #2 1m Dirt StakePurse $175.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Intimate Team 7 Illusions Corrales G 122 — Team 7 Illusions hit the jackpot with the draw monster here with the two inside… Read More ›

• Daemon Looks to Make It Five in a Row as Rebel Has Big Field and Big Purse

  By Cozman on February 18, 2025

  

    2/22/2025   3  OP   The Rebel (GII)  [KYD]               $1,250.000     11/16th  Mile   Dirt        3yo      122lbs The interest grows, the field grows, the purse grows… and it’s only February.  The chocolates are eaten, the… Read More ›

• TC Trail Goes to TP for Battaglia

  By Cozman on February 18, 2025

  

    2/22/2025   3  TP   Battaglia Memorial Stakes  [KYD]         $175.000     11/16th  Mile   Dirt        3yo      122lbs The Road to Louisville continues and we will obviously have a full gate for the Battaglia, a mile and a sixteenth… Read More ›

• There’s a Winning Link in SUN Oaks

  By Stu on February 17, 2025

  SUN Oaks [KYO] 1 Mile Dirt Stake Purse $250.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Shericka Winning Link Stables Velazquez J R It is great to see the lesser-known trainers getting success especially when it is with a horse they bred… Read More ›

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