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Secured Freedom, winner of the Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita in June who was scratched from the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby last month, is under consideration for the Grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park on Sept. 27, trainer Tim Yakteen said on Friday.
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Jockey Joe Bravo was scheduled to undergo minor knee surgery on Friday that will keep him from riding for at least three weeks, the veteran rider said.
What High Lateen lacks in experience his trainer, David Fawkes, feels he can make up for with pure talent when going postward one of several key contenders in Sunday's $62,500 allowance/optional-claiming feature at Gulfstream Park. The race serves as the fourth and arguably one of the more puzzling legs of a mandatory-payout Rainbow 6 sequence.
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Yes, it was a restricted sales stakes, but what the 2-year-old filly Sun Goddess did Aug. 20 at York in the Harry's Half Million still was remarkable. And it is not just that single performance that makes Sun Goddess the heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on Sunday at The Curragh.
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Making official what was widely anticipated, trainer Bill Mott said Friday that Sovereignty, the Grade 1 Whitney winner and reigning Horse of the Year, will not be entered in the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup to be run next Friday at Belmont Park.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Sunday 9/13 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Kenny Walters' horses to watch list from Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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On Sunday at Los Alamitos, jockey Drayden Van Dyke has two mounts on a modest eight-race program, including contender Bessie Coleman in an allowance race for California-bred fillies and mares at 5 1/2 furlongs that goes as race 4.
It took four days in late August to determine the finalists for Sunday's $270,000 Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association Breeders Futurity at Los Alamitos. It takes a rapid glance through the list of 10 qualifiers to realize who will be a deserving favorite. Cv Fdddinasty Shan, winner of the $920,000 Ed Burke Futurity in June, set the fastest qualifying time from eight trials for the PCQHRA Futurity on Aug. 23 to remain unbeaten in four starts.
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The jockey Florent Geroux remained in stable condition Friday while hospitalized in a Louisville intensive care unit after a fall Thursday at Churchill Downs.
