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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.
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Favored Runaway Again mounted an impressive rally under Ryan Munger to prevail in Saturday’s Grade 3, $208,950 Autumn at Woodbine.
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Stimulate, a lightly-raced 3-year-old, for whom expectations were always high, met his potential in a big way Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park, running away from his opposition − including previously undefeated champion Ted Noffey − to win the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes by 7 1/2 lengths. Sea Strike, the 6-5 favorite, finished second by 1 1/2 lengths over Igniter.
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Mercante broke a nine-race losing skid and jockey Walter Rodriguez won his first graded stakes race Saturday at Churchill Downs in the River City Stakes.
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Favored Sultana won the $184,800 Maple Leaf for the second year in a row under a patient ride from Rafael Hernandez in the first of three Grade 3 Tapeta stakes on Saturday’s Woodbine card.
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Trainer Bill Mott was at first surprised and then concerned when he came to the Belmont Park paddock and saw there were only four horses, scratched down from six, in Saturday’s $162,750 Pumpkin Pie Stakes.
