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Friday was a hot day at Saratoga, but neither the temperature nor the heat index came close to forcing the cancellation of the racetrack’s opening-day card.
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Heeere’s Johnny, the only maiden in the field, rallied from last just a furlong from the wire to upset a very contentious edition of the $150,000 Saranac Stakes on a hot and steamy Friday afternoon at Saratoga.
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Trained by Maryland-based Cal Lynch, Harper's Corner scored a gate-to-wire victory under Paco Lopez in Friday's Schuylerville at Saratoga.
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The $2 pick six at Los Alamitos on Saturday begins with a carryover of $17,050. The carryover was assured on Friday after the third of the six races in the sequence when Perfecto Amor ($101.40) edged 2-5 One Smokin Dude in an $8,000 claimer for sprinters.
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John Parisella, a man with a big personality, who was dubbed “trainer to the stars,” and a winner of more than 1,200 races in a four-decade-plus career, died Friday in a hospital in Long Island, N.Y., according to his ex-wife Melissa. He was 85.
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Princess Jade extends to her preferred distance of 1 1/16 miles while getting some class relief in Monday’s first race for non-winners-of-two Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Monday 7/6 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Monday 7/6 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
For the third straight year, the four $150,000 divisions of The Next Generation for freshman Ohio Sired horses will be featured on FOX Sports as part of New York Racing Association’s series America’s Day at the Races.
Ron Moore, a former track superintendent at Santa Anita, died on Friday of complications of a recent stroke.
