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  • It’s a Wonderful World for Smokey Stover in The Sweetest Chant

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    The running of the Sweetest Chant took place Saturday afternoon, and a filly that needed a good bounce back race after the BC certainly got it. That would be Wonderful World, the winner of the Grade 1 Natalma, who only finished in the middle of the field in the BC.

  • Will a Star Be Born in The Sweetest Chant?

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    The starting gate is full for the 16th running of the Sweetest Chant, which is for three year old fillies. It does not offer the largest purse out there, but the $150.000 is an improvement from where it stood all the way up until last year.

  • Holy Bull Time at GP

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    As February begins, we are now three months away from the KYD, but we are still a long way away from knowing who the field will be for the big race. Twenty valuable points will be at stake here, and we’re just two weeks away now from the first fifty point race. The Holy Bull first appeared on the schedule in 2004, but was only run for a $100.000 purse

  • Checking Out The Bayakoa

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    Just a few days after being named 2023 Horse Of The Year, Matamata will be heading to the starting gate to kick off her five year old season against eleven rivals at OP. The race is the Grade 3 Bayakoa, which first appeared on our schedule in 2015.

  • TC Hopefuls Continue to Climb The Ladder… The Withers (GIII)

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    2/3/24   3  AQU   The Withers (GIII) [KYD]        $250.000   3yo     1 1/8m  Dirt       122lbs Well, I worked on a write-up for 2+ hours and lost it because… well, never mind.  It’s gone… so, we get the abbreviated… Read More ›

  • Grass Gremlins Go at It in The Kittens Joy

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      2/3/24   8  GP   The Kittens Joy (GIII) $150.000   3yo     1 1/16m Turf    121 + penalties SoFla and a nice group of sophomores set to go a mile and a sixteenth in The Kittens Joy (GIII), over the lush… Read More ›

  • Hey Hey, It’s the Santa Monica Stakes

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    2/3/24 2/3/24   8  SA   Santa Monica Stakes (GII) $200.000   4yo&Up F&M     7f  Dirt       123lbs  +penalties Good to see most of the TAM jockey colony in SoCal… that seem right.  We catch a field of eight speedster spinsters ready to… Read More ›

  • The TAM Stakes

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    The TAM Stakes – Grade IIITAM Race #6 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $175.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. 1 Moonlight Special Allinthegate Castanon J L 126 — The fact that this seven year old has to carry 4Lbs… Read More ›

  • The Endeavour

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    The Endeavour BC – Grade IIITAM Race #7 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $175.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Proper Pan Farms Cotto P L Jr 122 — Well the races don’t get any easier… Read More ›

  • Lewis Stakes

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    Lewis Stakes – Grade III [KYD]SA Race #8 1 1/16m Dirt Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Three Year Olds. These early KYD qualifiers really get the blood running but they also remind you of just how hard it is to get… Read More ›