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Yonkers: Analysis for Tuesday 9/8/26
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 9/8 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Matt RoseSep 07, 2026
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 9/8 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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On Sunday, a few hours after Hughes became Bob Baffert's 20th Del Mar Futurity winner, the Hall of Fame trainer added more perspective to the accomplishment.
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Jockey Manny Franco went into Monday's closing-day card having already clinched his first Saratoga riding title with 70 wins. He capped his spectacular meet on Sunday by winning four races, including the Grade 1 Hopeful on The Good Life a few hours after he won the Grade 3 Prioress on Mashallah.
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U. S. S. Valor, the 13 1/4-length winner of a fast seven-furlong maiden race for 2-year-olds on Saturday at Saratoga, shipped to Belmont Park on Monday, where he will be based this fall, and will be pointed to the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes on Oct. 3.
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With each passing day it looks less and less likely that Sovereignty will make the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup on the Sept. 18 opening-day card at Belmont Park.
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While the general belief is the Belmont Stakes will move back to its traditional 1 1/2-mile distance in 2027 when it returns to Belmont Park, that may not be the case after all.
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After heat forced the $750,000 Bowling Green Gold Cup to be postponed to Wednesday's closing-day card at Kentucky Downs, Tawny Port, who likes a dry, firm, and fast course, gets exactly that in the 2 1/16-mile marathon.
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The 2-year-old colt Jas lost his career debut, won second time out on opening weekend at Kentucky Downs, and is entered right back Wednesday in the $750,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile.
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Pepper Brooks will try to remain unbeaten in Thursday's featured sixth race at Woodbine, a nonwinners-of-two hybrid sprint for Ontario-sired allowance types and $40,000 claimers.
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The morning line lists Kentucky Belle as the 3-1 chalk for the closing-day feature, the 1 5/16-mile Dueling Grounds Oaks for 3-year-old fillies, but she might wind up a hotter favorite than that.