Reigning sprint champion Book'em Danno is running Saturday at Saratoga in the Forego, but the current division leader will take center stage a couple of hours earlier when Englishman goes postward in the $500,000 Allen Jerkens.
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Since the $250,000 St. Louis Derby was reintroduced at Fairmount Park in 2021, Kenny McPeek has become a regular participant. The trainer's Blackout Time will ship in search of his first stakes victory in the 2026 edition.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Won for Lou has been training remarkably well ahead of his first start on the East Coast for trainer Jose D'Angelo. Once an outsider on the 3-year-old turf scene in California, he could return from a layoff with far more to offer in the $100,000 Bears Den Stakes on Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
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Off a poor showing, Canadian champion female sprinter Little Teddy will try to win the $150,000 Zadracarta Stakes for the second year in a row on Saturday. She seems to be back on track for the first of two stakes on the Woodbine card.
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Betting Pacer is officially the final horse from Europe that will compete in the MGM Yonkers International Trot on September 12. The 9-year-old will make her U.S. debut in the Grade 1 event with a $1,000,000 purse.
Although trainer Derek Ryan has taken a different route to get him to the race this season, reigning sprint champion Book'em Danno will be back in Saratoga on Saturday to defend the title he won in popular fashion a year earlier in the $500,000 Forego Stakes.
The road to the Maryland Sire Stakes championships came into sharper focus Wednesday evening (Aug. 26) at Ocean Downs as the 2-year-old pacing and trotting fillies contested their second and final preliminary leg ahead of the finals on Sept. 6.
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Queen of Hawaii was the only 3-year-old in the field when she defeated older females in an allowance seven weeks ago. Saturday, Queen of Hawaii, will look to build on that performance in the Grade 2, $400,000 Lake Placid at Saratoga.
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Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Personal Ensign at Saratoga features a rematch between Fully Subscribed and Scottish Lassie and includes four others who will need to step up their games in the 1 1/8-mile race for fillies and mares.
