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Yonkers: Analysis for Friday 8/14/26
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 8/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseAug 12, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 8/14 card at Yonkers Raceway.
In the last two years, the New Zealand-bred gelding Cosmic Crusader has won 7 of 10 starts at distances ranging from six furlongs to 1 1/8 miles. That record has made Cosmic Crusader the favorite in Saturday’s P.B. Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Friday 8/14 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Juan Hernandez, the leading rider at the current Del Mar meeting, will miss two days of racing in California next week to travel to York Racecourse in Britain to ride Bacio in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes on Aug. 21.
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Hit Show, the winner of the $12 million Dubai World Cup in 2025 and eight stakes in the United States, is bound for Del Mar and the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Aug. 22.
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Bow Echo, the star 3-year-old miler based in England, has been retired from racing with an unspecified injury.
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Ellis Park Debutante winner Manuka Honey's next start will come Sept. 12 in the Pocahontas, a one-turn Churchill mile.
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Lush Lips, scratched as the morning-line favorite for the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes on April 11 at Keeneland, will make her first start since Feb. 28 in the Ellis Park Turf Stakes on Aug. 23.
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The 8-year-old gelding Here Mi Song was born in Kentucky and his 38 races have come at the Commonwealth's four tracks. The worldly Nakatomi comes into his house for the featured eighth race Friday.
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Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. is closing in on 2,000 career wins. He doesn't plan a big celebration when he achieves it.