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The New York Sire Stakes program has become rather lucrative for 3-year-olds over the last few years, as the second-tier option has diverted many horses away from the top class and assured six-figure purses. Trainer Ray Schnittker has been a long-time veteran of the New York program and has found success through the years with a varied assortment of pacing and trotting talent.
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Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories in winning their respective C$90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Loua Dipa and Miss Jum Jabber, the two "big fillies," won as expected in Saturday's third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stake for sophomore pacing misses, worth $106,254 over two divisions, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Both stopped the clock in 1:50 3/5, with supercharged back-half speed; both won by half a length, but looked to be more control than the margin may suggest.
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Shea Brennan snagged an early lead in Saturday’s $100,000 Bertrando Stakes and proved impossible to catch in the one-mile stakes for California-breds at Los Alamitos.
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In a battle of classic-placed colts, Chip Honcho ran down Ocelli and cleared in the final strides for a length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown.
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Nerazurri dropped directly out of a pair of Grade 1 attempts into Saturday’s $250,000 Lady Jacqueline Stakes at Thistledown, and responded to the class relief with a dominant 4 3/4-length victory.
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Nessuna Pagina overcame propping at the quarter pole, getting passed in upper stretch and objections from the two riders who finished immediately behind him to win Saturday’s $150,000 Spectacular Bid division of the New York Stallion Series by a nose.
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Witty didn’t leave much to chance in the $100,000 Ben’s Cat Stakes on Saturday at Laurel Park, forgoing his late-closing style in favor of a flawless stalking trip. The 7-year-old gelding is now a nine-time stakes winner and always seems to find a way.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 6/21 and Monday 6/22 cards at Ocean Downs.
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More than nine months after he clipped heels and fell in a minor sprint stakes at York Racecourse in Britain, Almeraq won his group stakes debut in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Ascot.
