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Ocean Downs: Analysis for Sunday 8/9 and Monday 8/10
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/9 and Monday 8/10 cards at Ocean Downs.
Matt RoseAug 08, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/9 and Monday 8/10 cards at Ocean Downs.
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Lifetime Dreamer and Yannick Gingras put forth a dominant performance on Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands, capturing the $180,000 Platinum final for the New Jersey Sire Stakes in a world record 1:51 1/5 mile clocking. The freshman from the first crop of Ecurie D vaulted from the pocket at the three-quarter station and won by open lengths for trainer Ake Svanstedt.
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Longshot Sweet Lovin Lou disrupted a three-prong stretch sprint of the betting favorites with a bold brush over the top to win the $310,750 Grade 2 Cane Pace, for pacing 3-year-olds, in a lifetime-best 1:47 3/5 effort on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands.
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Golden Tempo, the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, continued his preparations for the Travers by working a half-mile in 48.94 seconds over Saratoga’s main track. Working company with Paige Turner, a stakes-placed 3-year-old filly, Golden Tempo continued out five furlongs in 1:01.38, six furlongs in 1:14.53 and seven furlongs in 1:28.56.
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Aintmyfirstro Deo made easy work of his four foes in the $180,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum Division final for 2-year-old male pacers on a rain-drenched Friday (Aug. 7) at the Meadowlands, equaling his lifetime mark of 1:52 and extending his career record to four-for-four.
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Woodbine Mohawk Park played host to a pair of Grade 3 events for 2-year-old trotters on Friday night, with the fillies in the C$168,000 Pure Ivory final and the boys in the C$155,000 Millard Farms final.
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Chapizzy and Seveallisto, a pair of daughters of Chapter Seven owned by Purple Haze Stables LLC., scored victories in their respective New York Sire Stakes splits for 2-year-old filly trotters on Friday night (August 7) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
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Sixteen months ago, Norwegian duo Rune Arild Hansen and Bjarne Morisbak were shooting the breeze with five other owners and amateur trainers when the topic turned to their 2-year-old in training in the U.S. with Ake Svanstedt. Their friends were curious if the colt could be a factor in the money-rich 2- and 3-year-old races in North America - and even the biggest one?
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For Denise Dennis and her husband, trainer Jeff Edwards, the journey to Saturday's (Aug. 8) $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian began 25 years ago with a cantankerous filly whose "naughty" behavior spoiled her chances for success on the racetrack but not her future impact as a broodmare.