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Grand Slam Smile scrapped for the early lead and pulled clear with ease to win the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. The switch from turf to dirt went seamlessly for the 5-year-old mare, who earned her second straight stakes victory in a 5 1/4-length romp.
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Trainer Melanie Giddings has decided to prioritize stakes races for juveniles late in the year at Finger Lakes. She will bring a pair of 2-year-olds with strong chances into two $45,000 stakes on Monday, with the gelding Silver Knight running in the Tin Cup Chalice and the filly My Bestie going in the Shesastonecoldfox.
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It was more of a quiz than a test, but the 2-year-old colt Hullabaloo Ray Ray passed with high marks on Sunday, winning a one-mile allowance by 9 1/2 lengths at Belmont Park, likely earning a start in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes here in four weeks.
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Forever Young, the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner who finished fifth in this year’s race, is being pointed to the Group 1 Tokyo Daishoten on Dec. 29 at Oi Racecourse in Japan, his connections announced Sunday.
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As brilliant as Stimulate was winning Saturday’s one-turn Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park, trainer Bill Mott still believes the son of Tapit is made to succeed around two turns.
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Crowning his emergence as one of Hong Kong’s top jockeys, Jerry Chau produced a masterly ride on Speed Dragon (121lb) to land the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (8 November), enhancing his chances of participation in the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) next month.
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Mr. Disrespectful kicked well clear early under jockey T.J. Pereira to steal the $100,000 The Chosen Vron Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar, pulling off a 35-1 gate-to-wire stunner.
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David Fawkes’s heart sank when he discovered on the morning of Oct. 2 that Viking, a 5-year-old gelding he trains, was showing signs of colic. Viking was supposed to run that day in the Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland. The horse was thriving. Fawkes liked his chances. But he had to treat the colic, which turned out to be minor, and scratch the horse.
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Godolphin’s Pondering broke out of her slump by taking the Grade 3 Bessarabian for the second year in a row with a surprisingly forward style under a jubilant Sahin Civaci on Saturday at Woodbine.
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Tap to Open didn’t have the kind of trip that a filly with her running style has that would be conducive to success in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx Racing seven weeks ago. Wide and well off the pace, Tap to Open grinded her way to a fourth-place finish, 8 1/2 lengths behind Bodacious Bay.
