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Tempting Flames set a new track record Tuesday (August 18) at Eldorado Scioto Downs while equaling the world record on a five-eighths-mile track for a 2-year-old filly pacer. Racing in the second of two $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes splits, Tempting Flames hit the wire in 1:50, tying the divisional standard set by Beach Cowgirl in 2022.
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Madam Cheval shipped from a defeat in the Grade 1 Hambletonian Oaks and ripped off the speed for a 1:51 victory in the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series second preliminary for 3-year-old trotting fillies, while Sea Bistro Hanover torched the track earlier in the card with a 1:47 1/5 mile in the $80,000 second preliminary dash for sophomore pacing glamor boys.
Ake Svanstedt catch-drove Seven Thirds and then piloted his own trainee Kountry Plunge to triumphs in two New York Sire Stakes races for 2-year-old filly trotters on Tuesday at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
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With a perfect stalking trip under jockey Samuel Marin, Micanopy closed with dogged determination to win the $200,000 Smarty Jones Stakes on Tuesday at Parx Racing.
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Tap to Open, resilient in her stakes debut under Flavien Prat, willed her way to a photo-finish victory in the $200,000 Cathryn Sophia on Tuesday at Parx Racing.
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Daily Racing Form has 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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Were the Yorkshire Oaks run at Ascot, the outcome would be all but a foregone conclusion, but the Ascot-loving mare Kalpana makes her first start at York Racecourse on Thursday as the heavy favorite to win the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks.
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Kevin Plowcha's analysis of the Thursday 8/20 card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Thursday 8/20 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Brad Free's Del Mar Horses to Watch for the week of Aug. 13-16, 2026
