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When he arrived on the Keeneland backstretch on Tuesday morning, the day after it was announced that Knightsbridge would join Sovereignty in the starting gate for Saturday’s $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic and not run in the $1 million Dirt Mile, jockey Junior Alvarado, who would be riding Sovereignty, stopped by trainer Bill Mott’s barn.
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Sushi Party finished first by a neck in Saturday’s $75,000 Armed Forces Stakes for 2-year-olds at Gulfstream Park, but lost the race via disqualification after an objection and an inquiry by track stewards. Mitzman, who was bumped by Sushi Party with a sixteenth of a mile remaining, was promoted to first. Sushi Party was relegated to second.
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It looked like Benvenuto Cellini had an impossible task in front of him as the field for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf came to midstretch, but then jockey Ryan Moore saw an opening in heavy traffic and the blaze-faced chestnut burst on through to win by three-quarters of a length over Map of Stars on Saturday at Keeneland.
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Favored Extravaganzoo won her second stakes in a row impressively on the stretch-out in Saturday’s $175,000 Key Cents for New York-bred 2-year-old fillies at Belmont.
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D J Stable homebred star Nitrogen may have wandered a bit in the stretch, but she easily held off the rallying Fully Subscribed to win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff by two lengths Saturday at Keeneland.
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Jockey Kendrick Carmouche has earned more than 4,000 victories during a career that started more than 26 years ago, but he had never ridden in the Breeders’ Cup before Saturday.
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Favored Program Trading collared the 35-1 outsider Thundering in the final strides to land the 65th running of the $175,000 Knickerbocker Stakes under Dylan Davis on Saturday at Belmont.
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There haven’t been many T O Elvis sightings in this country, but, man, when he shows up, he delivers.
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Kathynmarissa scored one on the turf for Team USA, getting up in the shadow of the wire to take Saturday's $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Keeneland by three-quarters of a length over fellow American Gimme a Nother. Longshot Jancis was another half-length back in third, just a neck ahead of Expensive Queen. The time for the 1 3/16 miles on the sod was 1:53.75. Kathynmarissa paid $13.24 as she picked up her fourth victory of the year.
