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Conceit’s connections have generally treated her like a filly for turf and synthetics. Dirt looks like her forte. Winless in two turf starts, defeated in her one synthetic race, Conceit made it 3 for 3 on dirt while making her stakes debut in the $200,000 Audubon Oaks on Sunday at Ellis Park.
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Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. appeared to have escaped serious injury after an on-track incident at Saratoga on Saturday, but it is not clear when he will return to race-riding.
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John the Beer Man survived a torrid stretch duel, a bumping incident approaching the wire, and a near-10-minute stewards inquiry before ultimately being declared the winner of Sunday’s $300,000 Troy Stakes at Saratoga.
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Forged Steel, winner of the Grade 2 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita, will return to California from New York for the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 22.
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Losses by Phone Booth and He Is No Lie in Saturday’s Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar have not deterred trainer Doug O’Neill.
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Trainer Rick Dutrow wasn’t happy about it, but he had no choice when shipping Igniter from Belmont to Ellis with the only option a long, hot van ride last weekend. Dutrow gave his charge a relatively easy week after the demanding trip, and on Sunday, Igniter went out and dominated the $400,000 Ellis Park Derby.
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Heavy favorites Salahudin and Manuka Honey had no trouble taking care of business in a pair of 2-year-old stakes races Sunday at Ellis Park.
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After White Abarrio finished last in Saturday’s Grade 1 Whitney Stakes - his second straight poor performance - his connections are expected to meet to discuss the future of the 7-year-old, including the possibility of retiring him from racing.
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Trainer Bill Mott stared at Sovereignty’s stall and, for a brief moment, allowed himself to reflect on what had happened about 16 hours earlier, when Sovereignty won the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes by a dominant 4 3/4 lengths before an appreciative Saratoga crowd of 40,422.
Sun Goddess gave Aidan O’Brien a staggering 18th career win in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes for 2-year-olds at the Curragh on Sunday, but the legendary trainer’s first with a filly.
