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The morning line lists Encino as the 9-5 favorite in the featured eighth race Friday at Churchill Downs, and if that price proves accurate, bettors might want to get involved – not playing but laying.
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The backers of Full Screen will be hoping the 7-year-old gelding can rebound Friday at Belmont when he drops back into an allowance/optional $110,000 claiming race going 1 1/8 miles that tops Belmont Park's eight-race card.
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Trainer Shug McGaughey won the first two races of the Belmont Park fall meet on Sept. 18, and 30 days into the season, he's still winning. Sunday, McGaughey won three more races giving him a record of 9 for 28 record at the fall meet. The three horses who won Sunday – Pentathlon in the Grade 3 Forty Niner, Quiet Power in a first-level allowance, and the 2-year-old filly Flightress in a maiden race
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How about this for a potential early-season matchup along the 2027 Kentucky Derby trail: U. S. S. Valor and American History in the Grade 3, $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes on Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park.
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The 3-year-old gelding Jordi Bear is winless in four starts since arriving from Ireland, a situation that trainer Phil D'Amato expects will change as early as Friday's $100,000 Let It Ride Stakes at Del Mar.
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Santa Anita showed a decline in average daily handle at its autumn meeting that ended Sunday compared to the corresponding meeting in 2025, according to figures compiled by Daily Racing Form.
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Daily Racing Form has served as the most trusted source of news and information about the sport since 1894, and moving forward we have decided to provide a free daily playbook – something that both hardcore horseplayers and casual observers can reference to get informed of each day’s action.
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Jerry Chau’s push for LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) participation continues to muster precious momentum after last season’s leading homegrown rider partnered Do Your Part (121lb) to victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
It's last call for turf racing at the Woodbine meet this week and there are two $25,000 nonwinners-of-two routes in lane 4 on the main course on Friday's program.
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Monticello Raceway will postpone its regularly scheduled Monday (Nov. 9) racing card in honor of John Manzi and to accommodate track staff and horsemen that wish to attend the longtime publicity man’s funeral arrangements
