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Odds On Monetary and Surreal Spirit emerged with the wins from a pair of $82,500 New York Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night (August 6) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
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Trainer Nancy Takter has enjoyed incredible success on Hambletonian Days, notably going back-to-back in 2023-24 with Tactical Approach and Karl capturing the sport's biggest prize. On Saturday, without a horse in this year's Hambletonian, Takter will send out a pair in the $500,000 Grade 1 Hambletonian Oaks for sophomore fillies at the Meadowlands.
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That Brett Beckwith is on the verge of his second consecutive Meadowlands driving title is no surprise. While he won the award as top driver at the New Jersey track in 2025 and was in the winner's circle last Hambletonian Day to get his plaque, he still spent the rest of the card watching from the stands.
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Trainer Andrew Harris won't be putting the equipment on any horses in the Grade 1 Hambletonian or Grade 1 Oaks, but he has a strong group of contenders in three other Graded stakes on a noon Meadowlands program with over $3.4 million in purses.
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There were two divisions of 2-year-old trotting fillies racing in preliminary number two of the group's Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action on Thursday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia. The two winners shared an amazing number of similarities: trainer Marcus Melander, driver Dexter Dunn, sire Captain Corey, being laid off for 23 days, favoritism, lowering their lifetime-bests, staying undefeated and setting a track record for their group. The one place there wasn't agreement was in the times: Birr Castle won the first grouping in 1:53 4/5 to equal the Philly divisional track standard, and then Two Day Hangover stopped the clock in 1:53 3/5 in the second cut to take sole possession of the record.
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On Friday, at Saratoga, Buttah got his chance to prove he was not a one-hit wonder and did so with a gutsy 1 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 John Morrissey Stakes for New York-breds.
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The most anticipated race on the United States standardbred calendar is the Grade 1 Hambletonian. While the hype is always at a fever pitch, the storylines for the 101st edition of America’s Trotting Classic are busting at the seams.
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Jockey Edgard Zayas will be off his mounts through the weekend as a result of an injured toe he suffered in the starting gate when he rode Time to Dream to a fourth-place finish in the Grade 3 Lake George Stakes here on Aug. 1.
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The Puma, the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby winner who most recently finished fourth in the Grade 1 Haskell, had his first workout in Saratoga on Thursday morning, going five furlongs in 1:02.11 over the main track.
