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There are a number of elements which provide the lifeblood that keeps the industry alive and healthy. Certainly near the top of the list are people who spend their money at the sales and purchase horses publicly and privately in all denominations.
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In reviewing the autopsy of what happened to the 3-10 favored Dandy Ideal in the Grade 3 $100,000 Always B Miki Invitational, the concluding race on Saturday's (August 22) Sun Stakes card, handicappers had to be puzzled how the 4-year-old that was dominant in the Dan Patch at Hoosier Park just eight days earlier succumbed in the stretch at his home track. For it was Dandy Ideal a year earlier to the date that took on and beat the best in the sophomore division in the Max Hempt Memorial.
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For young trainer Cam Capone the conditions at Woodbine Mohawk Park have been ideal. Last year he brought Madden Oaks to Ontario and the sophomore was dazzling in the North America Cup and fought valiantly but came up a tad short of Louprint's stunning performance. So, when Capone showed up with Ocean Storm for last week's William Wellwood, it was worth taking notice. Much like Madden Oaks, Ocean Storm had but one career start, and that was in an Excelsior leg of the New York Sire Stakes at Tioga. Taking on the best in North America in the Wellwood appeared something out of reach.
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Opening up two lengths on the field soon after the start under Flavien Prat, Wood Island cruised around the track uncontested and came home a 2 3/4-length winner of Thursday’s $200,000 Skidmore Stakes for 2-year-old males at Saratoga.
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As they did on Wednesday night at Northfield Park, driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. and trainer Vernon Beachy bagged both of Thursday afternoon's $54,945 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes splits for rookie trotting fillies at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, led by a track record effort from Shes A Home Run.
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Heading into Thursday's card at Woodbine Mohawk Park the Jackpot Hi-5 carryover sits at just over $228K. Should no single winner take down the pool, it will continue to grow until Saturday when a mandatory payout will be distributed.
Champion sprinter and prominent sire Orientate was euthanized August 17, at Gainesway Farm due to the infirmities of old age. He was 28.
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Antiquarian, the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup winner of 2025 and a three-time graded stakes winner, has been retired from racing.
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Some of the top 3-year-old pacers in the nation will square off at The Meadows on Friday evening in the final leg of Pennsylvania Sire Stake action. The fields will include Grade 1 Adios winner Al Papi and Grade 1 Lynch winner Sangria Summer.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 8/29 card at The Meadowlands.
