By 2YO EdgeMan
We are thrilled to bring you a two week update to cover the last couple of weeks in the exciting Game of Silks. For those of you who are not yet familiar with this game, I encourage you to check it out at silks.io The volume of the buzz surrounding this fantastic, fantasy horse racing game that pays out real rewards to owners that have a digital ‘twin’ of a real live thoroughbred horse that finishes ‘in the money’ is getting louder and louder. The people that are involved and that have ‘minted’ a horse are fired up – they are having a blast and enjoy seeing ETH flowing into their accounts as their stable of runners does well.
Back on 9/13/23, Kentucky Downs hosted the 6 ½ furlong, $500,000 Pepsi Untapable Stakes for 2YO fillies to conclude their last day of racing this meet and year. Yes, you read that right! $500,000, or said a different way – $1/2 million dollars. Silks owners get 10% of the payouts of the real race! Anyway, it was a tremendous event. Although Candi Girl, with odds of 7/1, led for the first half mile of the race, Buttercream Babe had caught and passed her by the head of the stretch. However, she would have to deal with a hard closing Crown Imperial, ridden by Ricardo Santana, Jr. who was gathering a big head of steam. At the end, the John Ortiz trained Crown Imperial was the victor, scoring by 1 ¼ lengths. She paid a whopping $29.46 to the lucky patrons that put $2 win on her and brought home $294,150 to her ‘real life’ owner – 4 G Racing, LLC. But the real winner was the owner of this filly in the Game of Silks – One Eyed Dog Stables. Their reward for the win was a massive 1.8294 ETH! Congratulations – and to add to that, I am awarding One Eyed Dog Stables my coveted ‘Game of Silks Owner of the Week(s)’.
Check out some of the other recent big wins for Silks owners, as I’ve listed below may of the races with a purse of $50,000 or more…
| Track / | ~ETH | ||||
| Date | Race # | Purse | Winner | Winning Owner | Won |
| Wednesday, 9/13/23 | KD9 | $ 500,000.00 | Crown Imperial | One Eyed Dog Stables | 1.8294 |
| Thursday, 9/14/23 | CD5 | $ 120,000.00 | Umeboshi | Alpha Dragon Lair | 0.4241 |
| Thursday, 9/14/23 | CD6 | $ 127,000.00 | Fibber | Zenyatta | 0.4484 |
| Friday, 9/15/23 | CD5 | $ 120,000.00 | Northern Flame | Legacy Alpha Racing | 0.4255 |
| Friday, 9/15/23 | CD8 | $ 127,000.00 | Balta | Charbo | 0.4496 |
| Friday, 9/15/23 | GP6 | $ 60,000.00 | Reminder | Ocala Racing | 0.2529 |
| Saturday, 9/16/23 | BAQ1 | $ 90,000.00 | Private Desire | MrOrange Stables | 0.3023 |
| Saturday, 9/16/23 | BAQ10 | $ 90,000.00 | Rosie Jeeks | House of Fred – Top 10 | 0.3024 |
| Saturday, 9/16/23 | CD7 | $ 300,000.00 | V V’s Dream | Wmougayar Stables | 1.1211 |
| Saturday, 9/16/23 | CD9 | $ 300,000.00 | West Saratoga | Big SliQ Racing | 1.1023 |
| Saturday, 9/16/23 | GP5 | $ 50,000.00 | Squints | Southwest Stables | 0.2082 |
| Sunday, 9/17/23 | BAQ5 | $ 75,000.00 | B D Saints | Winning Stables | 0.2537 |
| Sunday, 9/17/23 | CD5 | $ 120,000.00 | Shogun Be Fast | AlphaRacing | 0.4243 |
| Sunday, 9/17/23 | CD7 | $ 120,000.00 | Stretch Ride | Ocala Racing | 0.427 |
| Sunday, 9/17/23 | GP5 | $ 50,000.00 | Miss Sayely | FreakyFast | 0.2091 |
| Wednesday, 9/20/23 | CD9 | $ 92,000.00 | Shimmering Alure | Ashidroka Stables | 0.3217 |
| Thursday, 9/21/23 | BAQ1 | $ 75,000.00 | Mischief Joke | Charbo | 0.2597 |
| Thursday, 9/21/23 | CD1 | $ 58,000.00 | Scrupulous | KevinBee Stables | 0.2374 |
| Thursday, 9/21/23 | CD2 | $ 92,000.00 | Astronomical | Trade Your Horses Stable | 0.2539 |
| Friday, 9/22/23 | BAQ9 | $ 90,000.00 | Apollo Ten | Ocala Stables | 0.3106 |
| Friday, 9/22/23 | GP7 | $ 60,000.00 | Bubbly Champagne | First In Second Out Racing | 0.1508 |
| Saturday, 9/23/23 | PRX2 | $ 150,000.00 | Notice of Action | Choppers Racing | 0.5194 |
| Saturday, 9/23/23 | PRX3 | $ 150,000.00 | Aoife’s Magic | Alpha Racing | 0.5194 |
| Saturday, 9/23/23 | PRX5 | $ 100,000.00 | Calle Amada | Vshakerfarms | 0.377 |
| Sunday, 9/24/23 | BAQ8 | $ 125,000.00 | El Grande O | SnakeEyes Stable | 0.4323 |
| Sunday, 9/24/23 | PIM9 | $ 54,000.00 | Boy Magic | dtsh1234 Stables | 0.2037 |
Note: Current value of 1 ETH = approximately $1,593.10
