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Katie’s Grace won her first stakes in style on Saturday at Woodbine, taking the $350,000 Bison City, the middle leg of the Canadian Triple Tiara, under a patient ride from Ryan Munger.
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Although Explora finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and won the Grade 3 Honeybee earlier this season, both races at 1 1/16 miles, she has become a force in the filly and mare sprint division following her extremely impressive, five-length victory over Percy’s Bar on Saturday at Saratoga in the $500,000 Test Stakes.
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Fair and Square turned the tables on Who Dey and won the Governor’s Buckeye Cup by a neck Saturday at Thistledown.
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Michael Trombetta swept a pair of 3-year-old stakes on Saturday at Colonial Downs, with Hark Theangelssing sprinting away in the $100,000 Shenandoah and Doubting Thomas charging home to take the $100,000 Colonial Turf Dash. Colonial’s leading trainer now has five stakes victories at the meet.
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A slick move through slow early fractions by driver Yannick Gingras to loop Nezuko Kamado S to the lead placed her at a strong tactical advantage to grit a last-ditch blitz by pocket-pouncing Carve and win the $500,000 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian Oaks in 1:51 4/5 on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands.
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Air Recruit came out on top of an extremely tight photo to win the Oceanport Stakes last summer at Monmouth Park and on Saturday it happened again, with a favorable head bob earning Air Recruit a second straight win in the $100,000 Oceanport.
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After falling just short of Yo Tillie in a Miss Versatility leg last week, Walspea found enough to strike the front in deep stretch and also evade a pair of late pursuers en route to a lifetime-best 1:50 3/5 score in Saturday's (Aug. 8) Grade 2 $183,650 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial, for trotting mares, at the Meadowlands.
Whitten Way was far from a sure thing at the top of the stretch in the $75,000 Blue Hen Stakes on Saturday at Delaware Park, but the 1-5 favorite eventually kicked into gear and surged ahead in a photo-finish victory. The 2-year-old filly is trainer Gary Capuano’s first juvenile stakes winner of the year.
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Super Chapter and Lexus Kody hooked up in a stride-for-stride duel down the stretch of Saturday’s $281,200 John Cashman Memorial, with Super Chapter getting his head in front in the final strides to win the Grade 1 event for older trotters in 1:50 1/5 at the Meadowlands.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/9 and Monday 8/10 cards at Ocean Downs.
