Cipriano Contreras

Inthemidstofbiz Upsets TCA

LEXINGTON, KY – Trainer/co-owner Cipriano Contreras’ Inthemidstofbiz sprung a 13/1 upset with an impressive driving effort in Saturday’s $200,000 Thoroughbred Club of America (TCA) Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. The TCA is […]

Race Previews

Apple Blossom Preview: Loaded Field Presents Tough Betting Challenge

HOT SPRINGS, AR – Eight graded stakes winners – including five Grade 1 victors and the defending Kentucky Oaks (G1) champion – comprise the 14-strong field of fillies and mares […] Read More

Race Recaps

Guest Suite Upsets Fifth Season

HOT SPRINGS, AR – In the first division of the Fifth Season Stakes, Contreras Stable Inc. and David Rodriquez’s Guest Suite, who was claimed for $62,500 Oct. 5, 2019 at Keeneland, got […] Read More

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Rated R Superstar Champions Essex

HOT SPRINGS, AR – A tussling trio of tough equines produced an exciting stretch battle in Saturday’s Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park that saw Rated R Superstar pull off the upset for […] Read More

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Nun the Less Drives Home Victorious in Kentucky Cup Classic

FLORENCE, KY – A career-best effort two starts back at Turfway Park prompted Nun the Less‘s connections to try him there again in Saturday’s Kubota Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes, and the 7-year-old […] Read More

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Matrooh Motors Home in G3 Hanshin Cup

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – Crystal Racing Enterprises and Contreras Stable’s Matrooh motored home in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Hanshin Cup, to give trainer Cipriano Contreras and jockey Santo Sanjur the first graded stakes wins of their […] Read More