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The complexion of Sunday’s $200,000 Albany Stakes at Saratoga changed the moment the gates opened: Tricky Business came away alertly from his inside post, Talk to Me Jimmy broke at the rear of the seven-horse field.
Aventure scored a sharp win in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France, handing favored Diamond Necklace the first defeat of her career, and doing so handily.
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Jose Ortiz, a three-time leading rider at Saratoga who is 0 for 10 in the Travers, will be aboard Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Golden Tempo against nine rivals in the Travers, the highlight of a 14-race card with six graded stakes.
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Happy Offering, a steadily improving gelding trained by Chuck Spina, earned his first New Jersey-bred stakes victory in the $100,000 Charles Hesse III Handicap on Sunday at Monmouth Park.
Totally Justified won just the third race of her career by running down 1-2 favorite Lush Lips, who was making her first start since February, in the $175,000 Ellis Park Turf on Sunday.
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There are pivotal decisions looming for Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing and trainer Bill Mott regarding race plans for Knightsbridge, the runaway winner of Saturday’s Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar.
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The 3-year-old filly My Gun’s Loaded, a neck winner of Saturday’s Grade 1 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga, will most likely take on older females in her next start with the options being the Grade 2, $250,000 Beldame at Belmont Park on Sept. 25 or the Grade 1, $650,000 Spinster at Keeneland on Oct. 4.
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Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., dealing with a nagging foot injury, will not ride again at Saratoga this summer, and is now pointing to a Sept. 3 return at Kentucky Downs, according to his agent Steve Rushing.
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Quarry left little room for doubt in the Grade 3 Canadian Derby on Saturday at Century Mile, making a sweeping move at the top of the stretch and holding on to win by a half-length.
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Ohio Sires Stakes action took center stage at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday (August 22) with two impressive gate-to-wire winners.
