Two more standout 2-year-old trotters have punched their tickets to the eliminations for the 2027 Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Oaks following major Grand Circuit victories over the weekend.
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Autumn seems to be the best time of year for Super Corredora, who won her first start in more than six months in Sunday’s Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita.
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Listenupshance was expected to lead in Sunday’s Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship from an inside post.
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Fire and Wine posted an 11-1 upset in Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the anchor leg of the Canadian Triple Crown at Woodbine, in which he led all the way under a shrewd ride from Jalon Samuel.
The former $50,000 claimer Liam Smith may run in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
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Atitlan earned a start in the country’s richest turf race in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 31 with a win in the Grade 2 John Henry Turf Championship at Santa Anita on Saturday.
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Forged Steel’s fall campaign changed with his 12-1 upset win in Saturday’s Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita.
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In a thrilling finish, longshot Wicked Django wore down the classy favorite Paramount Prince in the stretch to land his first stakes in the inaugural running of the $150,000 Grand Valley on Sunday at Woodbine.
Puro Magic, 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar last November, led throughout Sunday’s Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes at six furlongs on turf at Nakayama Racecourse in Japan, her first win in a race at the highest level in her fifth start in a Grade 1 or Group 1 race.
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Emulating the feats of champions Golden Sixty and Ambitious Dragon, Invincible Ibis laid the foundation for a tilt at LONGINES Hong Kong International Races glory with a triumphant return in the HK$4.2 million G3 Celebration Cup Handicap at Sha Tin.
