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Hughes came out of his victory in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile “a happy horse” trainer Bob Baffert said Saturday morning, and the undefeated 2-year-old will now be pointed to a 2027 campaign that Baffert hopes includes a start in the Kentucky Derby on May 2.
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All-sources handle on Friday’s 10-race card at Keeneland, featuring five Breeders’ Cup races, was $53,244,221, a 14.1 percent decrease from last year’s corresponding card held at Del Mar which handled $62,008,354.
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Big Ranger bounced back in a back way just six days removed from a third-place finish in the Breeders Crown, as the Ohio-bred son of In Range set a stakes record in capturing the Grade 2 $200,000 Carl Erskine Memorial at Harrah's Hoosier Park in a 1:51 2/5 clocking. Tim Tetrick guided the sophomore from the Anette Lorentzon stable, using a different strategy than in the Breeders Crown and paying dividends.
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Al Papi put on a dazzling display with a 1:47 4/5 stakes record following an all-out war with stablemate Melillo in the Grade 2 $160,000 Monument Circle for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
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Loua Dipa, with Ronnie Wrenn Jr. in the bike, snapped out of the pocket and blew right by favored stablemate She's A Bulldog to capture the Grade 3 $125,000 USS Indianapolis Memorial for 3-year-old filly pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Friday night. Ron Burke trains and co-owns the homebred Loua Dipa, who stopped the timer in a stakes record-equaling 1:49 mile.
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Returning to form at the right time, supplemental entry Fresh Face Yankee played the role of spoiler with pilot and trainer Jay Cross pulling off the upset in the Grade 3 $140,000 Crossroads Of America for 3-year-old filly trotters on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
Minoan and Oversear were the winners of the two $30,000 sections of the Liberty Bell stake for 3-year-old trotting males on Friday afternoon at Harrah's Philadelphia, and both stopped the timer in 1:53 1/5 on their way to victory.
Hammy closed with an impressively rally through the stretch to remain unbeaten after two starts in Friday’s $75,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on turf at Gulfstream Park.
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Trainer Aidan O’Brien continued his dominance of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, and did so at the direct expense of his son Joseph, when Haffner rallied to a 1 3/4-length victory over the favorite Folsom Blues in the finale on Friday’s Breeders’ Cup program at Keeneland.
