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Meadowlands: Ryder trainees two-for-two in NJSDF finals
Trainer Chris Ryder took both $60,000 New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund finals for 3-year-olds on the pace Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
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Trainer Chris Ryder took both $60,000 New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund finals for 3-year-olds on the pace Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
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After failing to fire from the pocket in a third-place finish behind Super Chapter last week, Mr Mouton mounted a four-wide stretch rally to spring a 42-1 upset with a 1:50 2/5 victory in his $50,000 third-round division of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters on Saturday (June 20) at the Meadowlands - and, in doing so, ended On To Norway's win streak at 27 races.
Trainer Ron Burke and sire Lather Up were both responsible for a pair of winners in Ohio Sires Stakes events for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday night at Northfield Park.
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The New York Sire Stakes program has become rather lucrative for 3-year-olds over the last few years, as the second-tier option has diverted many horses away from the top class and assured six-figure purses. Trainer Ray Schnittker has been a long-time veteran of the New York program and has found success through the years with a varied assortment of pacing and trotting talent.
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Bingo Night and Th Trix R Forkids each recorded lifetime-best victories in winning their respective C$90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series divisions on Saturday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Loua Dipa and Miss Jum Jabber, the two "big fillies," won as expected in Saturday's third preliminary of the Pennsylvania Sire Stake for sophomore pacing misses, worth $106,254 over two divisions, at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Both stopped the clock in 1:50 3/5, with supercharged back-half speed; both won by half a length, but looked to be more control than the margin may suggest.
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Shea Brennan snagged an early lead in Saturday’s $100,000 Bertrando Stakes and proved impossible to catch in the one-mile stakes for California-breds at Los Alamitos.
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In a battle of classic-placed colts, Chip Honcho ran down Ocelli and cleared in the final strides for a length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown.
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Nerazurri dropped directly out of a pair of Grade 1 attempts into Saturday’s $250,000 Lady Jacqueline Stakes at Thistledown, and responded to the class relief with a dominant 4 3/4-length victory.
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Nessuna Pagina overcame propping at the quarter pole, getting passed in upper stretch and objections from the two riders who finished immediately behind him to win Saturday’s $150,000 Spectacular Bid division of the New York Stallion Series by a nose.