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Three people still active in the practice of training Thoroughbred racehorses have housed a Horse of the Year in their barn four times, but if the 2026 season ended today, Steve Asmussen would become the only one with five.
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El Potente, the winner of two Grade 3 races at a mile on turf since the beginning of 2025, is on schedule to start for the first time since early March in the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar on July 26.
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A fast workout by Sweet Azteca at Santa Anita on Sunday is likely to result in a start in Saturday's Grade 2 Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos, a race she has won the last two years.
There was no controversy surrounding Benvenuto Cellini’s win in Sunday’s Group 1 Irish Derby at the Curragh, only an attractive win by 1 3/4 lengths to lead a sweep of the trifecta by runners trained by Aidan O’Brien.
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Knick’s Honor became a stakes winner Saturday night, when he charged to a three-quarter-length victory over pacesetter Jackie Paper in the $50,000 Canterbury Park Derby.
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Borderline Mobby and James MacDonald upset reigning Canadian and U.S. Horse of the Year Beau Jangles in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday (June 27) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The mile was 1:48 2/5.
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Quickly bouncing back from her last outing, Somemore Blue, driven by Marcus Miller for trainer Erv Miller, was a decisive winner in the $94,500 Indiana Sire Stakes contest for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday (June 27) at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
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In a nod to the Father's Day holiday on June 21, The Meadows played host to two father-son races one day prior, pitting multiple generations of drivers and trainers against each other. Management set the stage for a heartwarming outcome, and a family rich in harness racing history delivered with a thrilling finish, separating father and son by just a nose at the wire.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s remarkable streak of 10 consecutive wins in the Los Alamitos Derby now includes a maiden.
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Lagynos is a barn favorite – and who wouldn’t love to have him in the barn? The chestnut capped a perfect Churchill Downs meet for himself, and was part of a huge day for his connections, in the Grade 2, $500,000 Wise Dan Stakes on Saturday’s Stephen Foster undercard beneath the twin spires.
