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Weekend GamePlan for Sept. 19, 2026: Picks for Pennsylvania Derby, Cotillion, Dogwood
Weekend GamePlan for Sept. 19, 2026: Picks for Pennsylvania Derby, Cotillion, Dogwood
Marcus HershSep 17, 2026
Weekend GamePlan for Sept. 19, 2026: Picks for Pennsylvania Derby, Cotillion, Dogwood
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Explora on Aug. 8 roared to a five-length victory in the Grade 1 Test at Saratoga, North America's pre-eminent sprint race for 3-year-old fillies. You'd figure she's a slam dunk Saturday night at Churchill running back in the Grade 3, $300,000 Dogwood, and the morning line, which has Explora 3-5, would validate that perspective.
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Pharocity, sparkling debut winner of a Saratoga maiden 2-year-old sprint, is out for the year with an unspecified injury, trainer Steve Asmussen said Thursday.
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Our Moneyman was no match for Further Ado when the two met in the Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes, a race in which Further Ado parlayed a perfect trip into a two-length victory over Our Moneyman. Bret Calhoun has reasons to believe Our Moneyman can flip the script when the two meet again in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.
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The 2-year-old filly Vanta left Del Mar with an undefeated record and as a stakes winner. Vanta’s next start is likely to be the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 30, trainer Jeff Mullins said earlier this week.
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Shea Brennan, one of this year’s top California-breds, is in the midst of a 30-day vacation and a notable absentee from Saturday’s $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes for statebreds at Los Alamitos.
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After finding Grade 1 company and the quirky Kentucky Downs turf course a little too much to overcome when finishing seventh in the Ladies Turf Sprint, Movin' On Up figures to rebound in a big way coming to Belmont Park and dropping in against listed competition for the first time this season in Saturday's $175,000 Floral Park Stakes.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Saturday 9/19 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Always a Runner, the Kentucky Oaks winner coming off an intense summer stint at Saratoga, will look to get back to her winning ways in the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes on Saturday at Parx Racing.
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The New Meadowlands Racetrack, in conjunction with the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ), is pleased to announce a couple of new stakes races to its 2027 schedule.