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Celebrating a quartet with a string of emerging gallopers at Sha Tin on Saturday (4 July), Ricky Yiu outlined long-range hopes to contest the 2027 BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) with Victor Supreme (125lb) after the promising stayer’s crushing victory.
Calandagan rebounded from the worst loss of his career last month in Britain to win his sixth Group 1 race in Sunday’s $457,000 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Racecourse in Paris.
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The last time McTique raced in Saratoga his race was over before it truly began, as he fell over the first jump in the Beverly Steinman Steeplechase here last month. In Sunday’s inaugural Grade 1, $150,000 Leo O’Brien Steeplechase Handicap, the race wasn’t over until McTique was in front.
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All four $150,000 divisions of the Next Generation for freshmen Ohio-sired horses on Saturday (July 4) at Eldorado Scioto Downs were tightly contested, creating exciting races for those trackside and who joined to watch via the simulcast show or on Fox Sports.
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In Saturday night's $153,200 Grade 3 Perfect Sting, for pacing mares at the Meadowlands, Miki And Minnie sustained a long first-over grind to upend Chris Ryder stablemate and 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year Twin B Joe Fresh in a thrilling stretch duel and lower her lifetime mark to 1:48 amid a sudden downpour.
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A mid-race give-and-go proved the winning strategy for Pollack Racing's Ervin Hanover, who powered to a 1:46 3/5 score - the fastest mile ever by an older male pacer at the Meadowlands - in the Grade 3 $168,100 Dave Brower Memorial on Saturday (July 4).
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Captain Optimistic continued in his comeback season from the breeding shed with a front-stepping win in the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series final for 4-year-old male pacers on Saturday night at the Meadowlands to equal the fastest mile paced in North America this season.
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On To Norway seized vindication from defeat in the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series final for 4-year-old trotters on Saturday night at the Meaadowlands with a 1:48 3/5 mile, the fastest-ever trotted in North America, to make his first return to the winner's circle since the end of his 27-race win streak.
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Forgoing a bye to the $810,000 Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace final, Brandon Blvd served notice to his nine rivals in the lone $50,000 elimination of the midsummer classic for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday (July 4) at the Meadowlands, delivering a devastating 1:47 3/5 win.
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Bourbonista S was one of the stars of the show at the Meadowlands on Saturday night, breaking the track record and equaling what at the time was the fastest mile ever in North America on the trot with a 1:48 4/5 romp in the Grade 3 $129,400 Six Pack for older mares. Dexter Dunn piloted the 5-year-old by Face Time Bourbon to an epic performance for trainer Marcus Melander.
