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Sweet Azteca completes Rancho Bernardo hat trick
For the third consecutive year Sweet Azteca has swept the two summertime sprints at Los Alamitos and Del Mar.
Steve AndersenAug 16, 2026
For the third consecutive year Sweet Azteca has swept the two summertime sprints at Los Alamitos and Del Mar.
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Steve Asmussen may not have a reputation as an elite turf sprint trainer, but he certainly enhanced his status in that category this weekend at Saratoga.
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Aside from the Pacific Classic, there are three graded stakes on turf – the Grade 2 Green Flash Handicap at five furlongs, the Del Mar Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles, and the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile.
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There was considerable activity involving the multiple stakes-winning filly Om N Joy at Del Mar on Sunday morning.
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The venerable 9-year-old Artemus Citylimits won the $150,000 Vice Regent for the second year in a row on Sunday at Woodbine while giving trainer Audrey Cheung her first stakes victory.
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It was easy to see the relief on jockey Jose Lezcano’s face on Sunday morning after he won two races on Saturday to break an 0-for-80 start to the Saratoga meet.
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Though Survie proved quite effective running back on short rest to win Saturday’s Grade 1 Christophe Clement Stakes at Saratoga, it is expected her next start won’t be for 11 weeks when she returns to the U.S. for a run at the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf on Oct. 31 at Keeneland.
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Yellow Jacket worked out a perfect trip along the inside and was unleashed at just the right moment by driver Vinny Ginsburg to take the featured $45,000 New Jersey Home Grown for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
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Melillo and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. found room along the pylons in early stretch and held off a furious late bid by Redland Rocket Man to capture the Grade 2 $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial at Northfield Park on Saturday night. The Ron Burke-trained son of Sweet Lou stopped the timer in 1:50 4/5, gaining his third win of the season in the process.
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Daya and Cher Hill converted from the pocket to post victories in Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series action for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.