The Grade 2, $500,000-dollar Jim Dandy Stakes is Saturday at Saratoga Race Course. It is the final major prep race for the Grade 1 Travers Stakes. It is a compact but talented field of five three-year-olds competing over 1 1/8 miles on the main track. The field may be small, but it features several accomplished Stakes runners with legitimate Travers aspirations. Here is a closer … Continue reading Who Wins The Jim Dandy Stakes?
The $500,000 dollar Grade 2 Ohio Derby will be contested Saturday at Thistledown Park. The 1 1/8 mile race originally drew a field of eight, but there has been one scratch. It should be pointed out that in Ohio the medication Lasix is allowed in Stakes races. The race is slated as the final event on a card of eleven, with a scheduled Post Time … Continue reading Who Wins The Ohio Derby ?
The $500,000 dollar, Grade 2 Ohio Derby, will be run on Saturday at 1 1/8 miles at Thistledown in the suburbs of Cleveland. The race drew a field of eight 3-year-olds led by WHITE ABARRIO. This year’s edition of Ohio Derby field includes the Winners of the Florida Derby (G1), Tampa Bay Derby (G2), Holy Bull (G3) and Lexington (G3). Two other 3-year-olds who Won Stakes races … Continue reading The Ohio Derby
