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Since the powers of summertime racing decided to hold their marquee events for 3-year-old fillies on the same warm August afternoon, why not compare and contrast.
Read MoreSince the powers of summertime racing decided to hold their marquee events for 3-year-old fillies on the same warm August afternoon, why not compare and contrast.
Read MoreByrama will be well fancied in Friday night’s running of the $85,000 Sandy Blue Stakes at Del Mar. Seven sophomore fillies will line up to face the starter and traverse the flat-mile circuit of the spinach Where The Turf Meets The Surf. Simon Callaghan will provide a leg up to Garrett Gomez, who will do his best to navigate a beneficial journey from post 2.
Read MoreThe summer has arrived and the Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners stable is poised to provide its partners with some serious, big race action in Week 1 of the 2 marquee race meets on the American racing calendar at Saratoga and Del Mar.
Read MoreByrama had been knocking at the door in Stakes and Graded Stakes company in recent months and was arguably very unlucky not to have achieved Stakes honors, but got the job done in the most spectacular of style on Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Park when she launched herself off the far bend and made up what appeared to be an insurmountable deficit to capture the $70,000 Manhattan Beach Stakes.
Read MoreByrama has a 1-2-2 record from 5 starts since being imported to California by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners last summer. On Saturday, she’ll have a golden opportunity to balance her record out in the $70,000 Manhattan Beach Stakes scheduled to be run at 6 furlongs on the Hollywood Park greensward.
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